Adif awards 6.9 million contract for new Sitra+ traffic control system
Spanish infrastructure manager Adif has awarded the contract for the supply and installation of the traffic regulation system Sitra+ on wednesday. The system has numerous advantages for traffic optimisation, punctuality and information to the passengers,...Read more
Gotcha! Freightliner UK tagged with digital tech
Unexpected item in the marshalling area? The same sort of technology that makes sure your purchases are all accounted for at the supermarket checkout is also being applied to some items that may be a...Read more
Sensors can solve weight distribution issues in rail freight wagons
Lithuanian company Viezo is working on sensors for the weight monitoring of freight wagons. Loading wagons too heavy on one side can lead to derailments, which has happened in the past. Like all of Viezo’s...Read more
ProRail uses new DDIO system saving hours to a day in case of train disruptions
When it comes to restoring disruptions on the track, the manual planning for taking track out of service still causes hours of delay. Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail recently started using an application developed in collaboration...Read more
Deploying railway personnel goes completely digital with RailApp
“Much less hassle with mail, paper and telephone contact, it helps to keep the certification of personnel up-to-date and the administration is more efficient”, says Frank Horstra of VolkerRail about RailApp. The closed transaction and...Read more
Digital track safety systems are increasingly popular in the UK rail market
In recent years, the UK rail industry has been embracing new technologies to both increase track capacity and improve the safety of rail workers. Adrian Calladine, Product Implementation Coordinator at Dual Inventive Ltd, works to...Read more
DB Cargo equips locomotives with Alstom’s ETCS technology
DB Cargo agreed with Alstom to equip thirteen freight locomotives with the ETCS signalling standard technology. They will use Alstom’s Atlas ETCS Baseline 3 Release 2 solution, which complies with the latest European standards for...Read more
Knorr-Bremse and Deutsche Bahn team up for train data analysis
Knorr-Bremse has signed a cooperation agreement with Deutsche Bahn on the use and analysis of train operating data and vehicle subsystem data. The agreement aims to use big data insights to improve condition-based maintenance of...Read more
‘DAC is a real game changer for the European Green Deal’
“DAC will boost rail freight transport in Europe by increasing capacity, efficiency and quality of the system”, said Mark Topal, Programme Manager of the European DAC Delivery Programme. He talked to Shift2Rail about the ambitions...Read more
EU Commission: deployment ERTMS is behind on schedule
The deployment of ERTMS is lagging behind schedule. In April 2020, the installation of the system reached just 78 percent of the target for 2019. Under the ERTMS European deployment plan, the EU signalling system...Read more
Deutsche Bahn to test HD mapping, creating railway Digital Twin
HERE Technologies is providing HD mapping technology for the Sensors4Rail project of Deutsche Bahn. In the pilot, DB will equip a Hamburg S-Bahn train with innovative sensors that locate the train and monitor surroundings, which...Read more
Germany: 200 million state aid to promote ERTMS and ATO
The European Commission has approved a 200 million euros investing scheme by the German state for the upgrade of rail vehicles in the area of Stuttgart. Financial support will take the form of direct grants...Read more
Nokia provides WiFi with intelligent switching for Austrian Westbahn fleet
Nokia announced that it has been selected by Austrian rail operator Westbahn to implement a new high-bandwidth train-to-ground WiFi network across the operator’s newly expanded fleet of intercity trains. The network uses intelligent switching, a...Read more