2021 Product & Innovations showcase
ALSTOM
GREEN AND SMART MOBILITY SOLUTIONS As the leader in Green Mobility, Alstom is the only rail manufacturer to offer the full range of green traction solutions, from battery to hydrogen, all developed to meet specific market and customer needs. A pioneer of sustainable and smart mobility, Alstom introduced the world’s first hydrogen train, which has been running in Germany since 2018 and has accumulated more than 200,000 km of operational service. Alstom now has firm contracts for 59 hydrogen trains in Germany, France and Italy and multiple partnerships in other countries. Alstom also has a great deal of experience with battery solutions with some notable ongoing projects in this field. Among them is a product test agreement signed earlier this year with the Long Island Rail Road to study the feasibility of converting the railroad’s M-7 cars to battery-operated electric multiple-units. Both hydrogen and battery-based technologies provide benefits to the environment, operators, passengers and the general public. Within their applicability range, they offer efficient alternatives for non-electrified lines. They can reduce harmful emissions in comparison to traditional diesel locomotives or diesel multiple units, improve operability due to fleet standardization, and provide opportunities to combine electrified and non-electrified networks. Furthermore, these solutions reduce noise and vibrations, increasing passenger comfort and providing a quieter environment for residents in communities along the railway. Alstom is also minimizing CO2 emissions of trains that will run on diesel by developing hybrid powertrains that combine battery or hydrogen and diesel. Looking ahead, Alstom is already working on ways to improve, focusing on reducing the cost of green traction and enhancing the range and autonomy of both fuel cell and battery trains.
BENTLEY SYSTEMS
RAPIDLY DEPLOY LINEAR ANALYTICS TO IMPROVE TRACK MAINTENANCE Bentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) is the infrastructure engineering software company. We provide innovative software to advance the world’s infrastructure—sustaining both the global economy and environment. Bentley Systems employs more than 4,000 colleagues and generates annual revenues of more than $800 million in 172 countries. Proven and trusted by the world’s rail community, Bentley’s software helps increase productivity, reduce cost and exposure to risk, helping private and national owner-operators, municipal governments and transit agencies, plus leading engineering consultants and contractors improve overall service, safety and reliability of rail and transit infrastructure. Comprising applications and services for the design, construction, plus operations and maintenance of rail infrastructure, Bentley’s rail and transit solution advances BIM to facilitate collaboration, coordination and compliance through digital twins and a connected data environment provisioned in Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform. Recently, Bentley launched AssetWise Rail Condition Analytics, which enables small- to medium-sized agencies to unlock the full potential of data they already own. Drawing on industry best practices and using the latest innovations in linear analytics, the solution uses predictive technology to provide the insight and visibility needed to optimize and future-proof key maintenance and renewal decisions, while ensuring networks are maintained in a state of good repair. www.bentley.com/en/products/product-line/asset-performance/assetwise-rail-condition-analytics 12 Railway Age // September 2021
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