Stadler
Stadler on June 24 reported opening an Atlanta, Ga., office, which it called “the first major international expansion” of the Stadler Signaling Division. Located in the Uptown Atlanta area, the office is adjacent to Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority headquarters and the Lindbergh Center MARTA station (pictured above).
Among the reasons for the new office: Stadler’s $500 million contract to equip the MARTA network with its NOVA Pro CBTC (communications-based train control) technology. The contract, awarded last November, marks the first time that a U.S. rail transit agency will use a Stadler train control system with Stadler rolling stock. Stadler in 2019 won a $646 million contract to provide MARTA with 254 rapid transit cars for delivery by the end of 2028; the exterior design was revealed in 2022 and the first CQ400 train was shipped from Stadler’s Salt Lake City, Utah, plant and unveiled in Atlanta earlier this year.
According to Stadler, the Atlanta office (pictured below) will “facilitate close operational and technical collaboration and ensure optimal project management.”
The office includes laboratory space and will serve as a hub for the growing U.S. team, with room for further expansion, Stadler reported. Employees will have access to the Uptown office building’s amenities and collaborative spaces, including a fitness center, conference facilities, grab-and-go-food market, coffee and wine bar, and game room with a golf simulator.
“As one of the driving forces behind Stadler’s growth in North America, our new location represents a significant investment in our future success in the region,” commented Lucy Andre, CEO of Stadler Signaling North America. “This new signaling office in Atlanta will allow us to further innovate and enhance our cutting-edge signaling technology for our clients right here and in general in the U.S. market.”
“With the new office in Atlanta, we are not only establishing a physical presence near our existing customer and other North American customers but also providing our employees with a modern, flexible, and scalable work environment,” added Marc Trippel, Executive Vice President Division Signaling at Stadler. “This is an important step for the continued development of our signaling operations in North America.”
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RailState / Telegraph™
Chicago, Ill.-based Telegraph™ and Quincy, Mass.-based RailState on June 24 reported partnering to improve what shippers can see and do with their rail data throughout a shipment’s lifecycle.
“The rail industry has been limited by data that only shows where individual shipments are, not the network conditions that determine where they’re going, and when they’ll actually arrive,” RailState CEO Jamie Heller said. “Working with Telegraph changes that fundamentally. We’re providing customers with network-enriched intelligence that reveals the hidden factors affecting their shipments—the congestion building three states away, the velocity changes indicating emerging bottlenecks, or the volume patterns that predict capacity constraints before they impact operations.”
Telegraph’s integrated rail platform—including carload and intermodal shipment tracking and real-time rail equipment monitoring; reporting and analytics; and pricing and booking—provides the freight rail data needed for “proactive business intelligence and decision-making,” they explained. “RailState’s trackside camera network contributes additive events beyond standard CLMs [car location messages], as well as high-resolution car images of shipments enroute.” This allows shippers to spot network anomalies, such as delays, congestion, or unexpected routing, according to the companies.
“When this layer of visual awareness from RailState’s network is integrated with Telegraph’s advanced telematics and machine learning, it creates a dynamic, multi-dimensional operational picture,” RailState and Telegraph explained. “The result is a system that doesn’t just react to issues as they occur but anticipates them.”
“When we speak with some of the largest rail shippers in North America, we continue to hear of friction with the four D’s—delays, dwell, demurrage, and disputes,” Telegraph CEO Harris Ligon commented. The goal, he said, is to help tackle “the opaqueness often associated with shipping by rail” and eliminate some of the back-and-forth between rail carriers and shippers. Click here for more details.
