Railway supply industry news round-up

DB Fernverkehr has selected Nose Design Experience as a design partner for the development of its next generation of high speed trains. The selection process considered expertise in design and layout, process quality, technical proficiency, knowledge of standards and regulations, execution capabilities, mock-up construction and train architecture.

Composite train floor panels using Scott Bader’s Crestafire Bio resin sandwiched with Armacell’s ArmaPET Struct GRX recycled PET foam core have been developed to be 60-70% lighter than plywood and up to five times more durable, or an alternative to metal. Elena Romanova, Global Market Manager for Land Transport at Scott Bader, said there is widespread use of composite structures in high speed trains, but use for lightweight semi-structural interior applications is less advanced and ‘this is a unique market approach that we believe will significantly contrib…