Author: Mark Simmons

Mexico awards $US 220m ETCS contract

MEXICO –– The Mexican government body Attrapi has awarded a joint venture of Sonda and Siemens Mobility a Pesos 3.84bn ($US 220m) four-year contract to supply ETCS Level 1 signalling for the Mexico City – Querétaro – Irapuato passenger line.

Cleaning up rail grinding

STADTHAGEN, Lower Saxony, Germany –– Traditional rail grinding can be messy and require large volumes of water. Maurice Verheijen, CEO of RailTechnology, explains to Mark Simmons how his company developed a new type of grinding machine that is particularly suited to track maintenance in confined spaces such as tunnels.