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Trenitalia Orders effort of 370 kN. Seating capacity will 1000 HSTs be 457 (300 in standard, 76 in premium, On 4 June 2019 awarded 69 in business and 10 in executive class). a contract worth around 575 million EUR Two wheelchair spaces will be provided. to a 60/40 % joint venture formed by The trains will comply with all cur- Hitachi Rail and Bombardier Transporta- rent TSIs, and will be designed for use tion for 14 (ETR 400) in , , , , Type V300 ZEFIRO high speed trains. , and , The contract includes ten years of main- being equipped with all pertinent ATP tenance and servicing by the manufac- systems, including ETCS. However, their turers. For Bombardier the deal is worth exact areas of operation will be deter- 233 million EUR and for Hitachi 342 mil- mined by Trenitalia. When the first batch lion EUR. of 50 ETR 400s was ordered, a similar Trenitalia currently has a fleet of wide international operating range was On 4 June 2019 the Italian rail regu- to target the international market or 50 Frecciarossa 1000s, built between envisaged. Deliveries are to start within lator ARAFER announced that Trenitalia practise cabotage on the domestic 2013 and 2017. Like these, the follow- 18 months of the date on which the subsidy had informed it of its in- French one. Thello states that its aim is ing 14 will be built in , at Hitachi’s contract was signed. The delivery of tention to run an open access passen- to enhance its international transport Pistoia works and Bombardier’s Vado the last train is scheduled by the end of ger service on the French LGV network. offer and improve the existing train ser- Ligure works. The 14 new trains will again 2021. A request had been submitted to SNCF vice between and Milano, which have a design top speed of 400 km/h, This photo of a pair of ETR400s Réseau for paths for two trains per day is not routed via the LGV SudEst. During but will be suitable for a top commercial was taken on 16 November 2016 in linking Milano and Paris starting in June the first years of operation of the service speed of 360 km/h. On the Italian high the new testing area at Pistoia works. 2020, departing from both cities at the target market will be Italian passen- speed network they will, however, be Here, and also at is Napoli and Reggio around 07.00 and 15.00 daily, with gers, with revenue from fares between limited to 300 km/h in the foreseeable di Calabria, Hitachi Rail Italia has evolved intermediate stops at Torino, Modane, Paris and Lyon amounting to between future. This resulted from a decision by into the largest rail vehicle manufacturer Chambery Challes Les Eaux and Lyon 10 and 30 % of total turnover. the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and in Italy, following the acquisition of An- Part Dieu, and providing an end-to-end Thello is already a passenger train Transport and ANSF announced on saldoBreda’s train building activities in journey time of under seven hours. On operator in France, with safety certifi- 28 May 2018, that no further very high November 2015, and the latter concern’s this service ETR400s are to be used, cates for its sleeper service between speed testing was to take place, and 160 years-plus of know-how in this field. since they will be able to run on the LGV Paris and Venezia and its open access the speed limit would not be raised. Hitachi Rail Italia now has a workforce SudEst. daytime service linking Marseilles, Nice Each eight-car train will be 202 m of around 2,200. On 16 March 2016 ARAFER is currently assessing the and Milano. Negotiations with the French long, and will have a Bo’Bo’ + 2’2’ + a further new factory, run by subsidiary request, which involves the services Rail Regulator, EPSF, began in May 2019 Bo’Bo’ + 2’2’ + 2’2’ + Bo’Bo’ + 2’2’ + concern Hitachi Rail USA, was opened starting prior to the implementation of regarding operations on the LGV net- Bo’Bo’ axle arrangement. The traction in Medley, near Miami, and is initially build- the Fourth Railway Package in Decem- work. equipment will be designed for quadru- ing 136 Metrorail cars and 272 powered ber 2020. There is thus a need to de- Mike Bent ple-voltage (25 kV 50 Hz, 15 kV 16.7 Hz, for Miami-Dade County’s De- termine whether Thello’s primary aim is Photo: Hitachi 3 kV DC and 1.5 kV DC) operation, partment of Transportation and Public rated at 9,800 kW, and with a tractive Works. Following test running, which began on 4 February (see R 1/19, p. 23), the first four of the 17 Class ETR 700 „Albatros“ EMUs, originally built for Virtual Reality memory retention and home in on the services in the Netherlands and Belgium, were put in commercial service For Training Purposes learning aspect. A Telemetry system al- by Trenitalia on 9 June. The trains are branded and are used Brisbane-based Real Serious Games lows learning skills to be evaluated and on the four-hour run between Milano and Ancona, where they can reach their (RSG) develops interactive virtual reality checked through interactions with the top speed of 250 km/h. Two return workings are provided daily, departing (VR) technology which can be used for virtual worlds, without the inherent risks from Ancona at 05.00 and 06.20 and from Milano at 18.35 and 19.35. rail staff training, including the training involved in „hands-on“ training. One The remainder of the „Albatros“ fleet are to be phased into service by early of drivers. VR technology provides possible use of this system could 2020, and this will enable them to be used on services linking Milano and trainees with a computer-generated 360° be for driver and maintenance staff Venezia with Ancona, Pescara, Termoli, Foggia, Bari, Lecce and Taranto, on view of their working environment, a vir- training by a rail operator which has the Adriatic Corridor. Each eight-car train has 500 seats in three classes - tual world, which gives them a more re- a wide range of vehicle types. It is standard, premium and business. A „Frecciabistro“ buffet with hot and cold alistic understanding of the surroundings then not necessary to build versions of food and drinks is situated in car 4, while accommodation for handicapped and situations they may be working in. each cab type, for use on simulators, passengers and their helpers is located in car 2. The trains are equipped for This is also known as XR (eXtended since everything can be generated as WiFi reception. Reality) training. It is far superior to con- virtual reality scenes. Petr Kadeřávek ventional classroom teaching, because VR innovation is making head waves it ensures that the person being sub- and now entering the next phase of jected to training is fully focused on the Haptic Feedback introduction which VR simulations can be run on ordinary CAD project work more complex and situation in question, and there are no will enable a person’s actions to be met consumer grade PC hardware, which is time-constrained. RSG’s 4D planning risks of distractions to attention, the with real tactile feelings, these taking not excessively expensive. However, tool allows users to collaborate in real trainee being fully immersed in the place on the hands or elsewhere. RSG’s powerful gaming graphic cards are ne- time, playing out different scenarios on learning situation. VR simulations make use of the well- cessary. As the core element in the VR screen, over the life of the project. RSG’s VR development is under- known commercial gaming engine, Unity simulation, headsets are necessary, and Although we tend to associate si- pinned by neuroscience to maximise 3D. Thanks to this it means that RSG’s consumer products can be used, again mulation with driver training, this is not ranging from cheap models to more always the case with RSG technology, expensive de-luxe types, which provide which was used on the Sydney Metro better quality sound and image repro- North West Rail Link for training opera- duction. tors of the TBM, prior to the actual boring To create the simulation scenes, of tunnels. In the United Arab Emirates, such as journeys over parts of the net- RSG technology has also been used by work, 3D scanning of the actual envi- Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai ronments and routes is undertaken. for bus, taxi and other types of driver This scanning incorporates signalling training. RSG has also participated on and ATP systems. Scenarios involving other projects in Australia: Cross River vehicle behaviour and journey events Rail - Brisbane, Moreton Bay Rail Link, are hand-programmed into the virtual HCMT Depot - Packenham, Darra to worlds. Springfield Railway, Link - RSG also brings new innovation to Victoria, Melbourne Suburban Network. CAD modelling with its 4D planning tool. In addition to static 3D CAD designing, it is also possible to add a fourth dimen- Bohuslav Kotál sion - time. „4D modelling“ makes 3D Image: RSG

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