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Hitachi, Ltd. is currently working on development of the CBTC system for Line 1 of the Metro in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Development work considered validation of the system at Hitachi’s Mito Works laboratory (Japan) as a basic requirement prior to final installation on the track. CITEF has been chosen by Hitachi to supply, […]
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The new CBTC system is now a reality on Line 1 of the Metro of Santiago de Chile. One of the main values of the system is reducing the headway between trains by 20 seconds, which translates into an increase in the frequency of passing trains and therefore in the capacity of Line 1, which […]
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Metro de Madrid has started the training process scheduled for 2016. The process involves the planned training of the 380 new professionals who are to join current staff to make a total of 1,898 drivers. Their training includes theory and practical. The theoretical block includes subjects concerning regulations, safety, emergency plans and knowledge of customer […]
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Railtex 2015 was held from 12 to 15 May at the NEC, Birmingham, bringing the latest railway technology in all market segments to railway professionals. For CITEF, the highlight of the event was the opportunity to demonstrate the new simulator developed for HITACHI Rail Europe. Known as the VR CBTC, the simulator represents a new […]
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From 8 to 12 December 2014, CITEF engineers were working on several work packages in the Mito Works laboratories at the premises of Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan). These activities included the installation, commissioning and testing of the second phase of the CBTC iSim (CBTC integrated Simulator) project, which comprises the development of a simulator for testing, […]
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The international sector of passenger and freight rail transport gathered at InnoTrans in the German city of Berlin from 23 to 26 September 2014. At this 10th InnoTrans, CITEF was present via several stands, such as the one set up by Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd. (HRE), which presented the new AT200 train to give visitors […]
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The first metro line in Changsha opened on 29 April, which means that the capital of Hunan province has become the nineteenth city in continental China to have a metro line. For this project, CITEF developed a driving simulator with CBTC (Communications-Based Train Control), implemented in Line 2 of the metro in the city of […]
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The Marmaray tunnel linking the European and Asian sides of Istanbul was opened on 29 October 2013. The event took place on the same day as the 90th anniversary of the founding of Atatürk’s Republic in Turkey, and it was attended by the Romanian Prime Minister, Victor Ponta, and the Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, […]
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