Bodan Level Crossing System from Gmundner Fertigteile Ges. M.b.H. & Co. KG is a unique system which allows the level crossing to cope efficiently with the requirements of two quite different kinds of traffic and transport systems – one being the requirement of having elastic tracks for rail traffic and the other being the continuously changing demands of road traffic. ...
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Fuel Metering System
Diesel Fuel Metering system (DFM) from Integra India is a versatile fuel metering system suitable for trucks, buses and diesel locomotives. The DFM system gives exact measurement of diesel consumption which helps optimise operating costs and provides savings of up to 20 percent. It helps prevent loss or waste of diesel and enables to discover and avoid fuel theft. The ...
Non-invasive meteorological sensors
LUFFT GmbH, which has partnered with Masstrans Systems (P) Ltd for its Indian operations, has developed a new generation of Non-Invasive Road Sensors (NIRS) that work on smart modular UMB technology. They serve as good remote road weather stations and pavement condition detectors. The NIRS sensors make it possible for road information systems to collect reliable weather information and issue ...
Glued Steel Fibres
BUNDREX is a Glued Steel Fibre product from Kosteel Ltd, made available in India by their Indian partner Onward Chemicals Pvt Ltd. CE-certified and conforming to ASTM A 820 and EN 14889-1: 2006 standards Bundrex, when added to conventional concrete, gives the resulting product – Steel Fibres Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) – many advantages over conventional concrete. It is able to ...
Conference on Road Infrastructure organised in Mumbai
A one day workshop on Road Infrastructure was organised by IBK Media in Mumbai. Various experts spoke on different aspects of road infrastructure in four suitably divided sessions at the conference. A V Simha, former Director General (Road Development) & Special Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, was of the opinion that in the highway sector it was important ...
Bombardier to supply latest propulsion and control equipment to MRVC
Bombardier Transportation has won a `11.2 billion contract to supply Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) propulsion and control equipment. The company will design, manufacture, test and deliver its MITRAC propulsion and control equipment plus other equipment such as compressors, high voltage instruments fans and a passenger information system to MRVC as part of the contract. The equipment for 72 trains ...
New WAM and PRM systems at Sydney Airport
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia has approved the use of wide area multilateration (WAM) and precision runway monitoring (PRM) systems at Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport. This will allow air traffic controllers of Airservices Australia, the government body in Australia responsible for air traffic control management and related services, with terminal airspace surveillance for improved coverage and aircraft separation ...
DIMTS and Delhi Government bag award
The Delhi Government and Delhi were awarded the ‘Best PPP initiative in Urban Transport’ award for the project ‘Corporatisation of Private Stage Carriage Buses in Delhi’ at the recently held Urban Mobility Conference. DIMTS monitors and manages the operations of the cluster buses on behalf of the Delhi Government. Currently, 150 cluster buses are operating on the road. The cluster ...
Efkon wins ITS and tolling contracts
Efkon India, a subsidiary of the Austria-based Efkon Group, has recently received tolling and ITS contracts worth `430m. The first contract from Maruti Suzuki includes installing tracking boxes and backend solutions in 3,000 trucks. The second contract from Oriental Structural Engineers is for providing a complete ITS solution for the Nagpur Bypass project which includes Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) ...
BEML to separate rail business
Bangalore-based BEML, manufacturer of heavy equipment for the transport, mining and earth-moving sectors, has decided to split its rail business into a separate entity to better manage, and take advantage of, the high demand for rail rolling stock in the country. Of the company’s revenue of about `5000 crore for the 2010 fiscal year, `1300 crore was earned from its ...