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And here’s todays news from Rail Technology Magazine in association with TransCity Rail – on Wednesday 15th May 2024
LNER is proud to celebrate five years since its world-class Azuma trains entered service across its East Coast route between the Scottish Highlands, Yorkshire and London King’s Cross.
Azuma services launched on 15th May 2019 with the inaugural journey from London King’s Cross to Leeds. Since then, tens of millions of customers have travelled on the trains which continue to set new, higher standards in comfort, reliability and customer experience.
During the five years, LNER’s fleet of 65 Azuma trains have clocked up more than 58-million miles – equivalent to travelling the circumference of Earth over 2,000 times
A new AI solution could make the installation of tunnel infrastructure safer, faster, cheaper, and greener. The innovation, known as the Automated Tunnel Robotic Installation System, comes from a consortium of industry leaders in mechanical and civil engineering, as well as robotic automation.
The consortium includes Tunnel Engineering Services, i3D robotics, Manufacturing Technology Centre, Costain, and VVB Engineering. The innovation can autonomously select brackets, locate where they need to be mounted along a tunnel wall and install them.
A new survey, commissioned by Hitachi Rail, has found that high-speed rail travel is becoming increasingly more popular in the United States, with many favouring it over flights.
The research comes as part of a global study, collecting data from 12,000 people from 12 different cities around the world, and has found that the results from the two involved US cities – San Francisco and Washington DC – represents a statistically accurate picture of how the average US citizens thinks about long distance travel.
Hitachi Rail unveiled the report at the annual US High Speed Rail Conference, which brings together leaders of industry, business and politics to explore how high-speed rail travel in the US can be improved and increased, fulfilling the clear desires of many people.
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