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HS2 high-speed rail project begins underground tunnel
The largest tunnelling machine ever used on a UK rail project is officially starting work. Florence – named after Florence Nightingale – will spend the next three-and-a-half years cutting through the chalk beneath the Chiltern hills in Buckinghamshire. The tunnel will form part of controversial high-speed rail project HS2’s first phase, which will link London …
Glenville leaders look at fines, new technology to prevent semi crashes into Glenridge Road rail bridge
GLENVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — It feels like a tale as old as time — hit after hit after hit to the Glenridge Road rail bridge. “We’re not going to put ‘to serve and protect’ on our car, we’re going to put ‘to investigate bridge strikes.’ I mean that’s just, we’re tied up a lot there,” …
Airports and Rail Operators Prioritize Some Touchless Technologies Over Others – Skift
Airports and railway operators worldwide are turning to contactless technology from vendors and startups to help them safely open back up and accept full volumes of visitors during the coronavirus pandemic. Exhibit A: Eurostar, the high-speed rail operator in Europe, said on June 17 that it will adopt facial recognition technology as an alternative for …
Probing the polls: who pays the price for technology and light rail?
Stage 2A of light rail will be wire-free, but who should bear the costs? Image: Supplied. School is back across the ACT and with it the onslaught of ever-more technology in our schools. Ian Bushnell recently questioned the …
North East news RECAP: Rail users warned of major delays on the East Coast Main Line as trains are cancelled
Drug deaths in Northumberland up 20% The number of drug deaths in Northumberland rose by almost 20% last year and more than 40% over the past decade, according to new figures. The ONS (Office for National Statistics) recently released new data which shows that between 2016 and 2018, there were 91 deaths related to drug …
UK rail line becomes first in world to be powered by solar farm | Business
The world’s first solar farm to directly power a railway line is set to plug into the track near Aldershot, paving the way for solar-powered trains. About 100 solar panels at the trackside site will supply renewable electricity to power the signalling and lights on Network Rail’s Wessex route. The 30kW pilot scheme could pave …
Rio Tinto develop world’s first driverless heavy-haul long distance rail network
Rio Tinto has developed the world’s first driverless heavy-haul Long distance rail network. More than 200 completely automated locomotives are monitored by a control centre in Perth, 1500 kilometres away. “It’s the world’s biggest robot,” Rio Tinto’s Van Vella said. The project has been a decade in the making and cost $940 million. The trains …
