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    • Comment: Modal shift still key to rail’s green agenda

    In the transport sector, the urge to decarbonise is manifesting itself in an increasingly frenetic push for the roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell and battery technology to replace internal combustion in everything from cars to small aircraft.
    UK

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    Level crossing incident at Mitiamo derails grain train

     Victorian Rail News
    At least one person has been killed after a freight train hit a vehicle at a level crossing near Mitiamo in northern Victoria.

    UPDATED: Steam locomotive 7029 Clun Castle takes to the tracks in Birmingham this Thursday

     Railway Preservation
    UPDATE: A diesel locomotive will now haul these tours due to a fault with 7029 Clun Castle

    Humatics and Siemens to develop Ultra Wideband specification for MTA

     USA
    THE New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has awarded Humatics and Siemens a $US 14m contract to develop an interoperable Ultra Wideband (UWB) specification, building on the success of a 2019 pilot project which determined the effectiveness of using UWB in conjunction with CBTC.

    Plānotā “Rail Baltica” trases šķērsojuma apkārtnē veikta sākotnējā sprādzienbīstamo objektu pārbaude Daugavas upes gultnē

     Europe
    Turpinot pamattrases projektēšanas darbus, Rail Baltica kopuzņēmumam un globālā projekta koordinatoram RB Rail AS, sadarbojoties ar Latvijas Republikas Nacionālajiem bruņotajiem spēkiem, laika posmā no š.g. 21. līdz 23. jūlijam veikta sprādzienbīstamu priekšmetu pārbaude Daugavas gultnes virsējā kārtā Saulkalnes – Daugmales apkārtnē, kur plānots Rail Baltica pamattrases un autoceļa apvienotais šķērsojums pāri Daugavas upei.

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    Steam locomotive Jurassic returns at the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway

     Narrow Gauge
    Jurassic, a 118-year-old steam locomotive, has been back in steam at the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway in Skegness.

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