Flat spots, hot boxes, and host of other problems could be tackled by the technology originally developed to keep retail goods safe from light-fingered shop lifters. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is set to be rolled on...Read more
Thales on Monday formally signed the agreement announced in March with Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail for the rollout of the ERTMS Central Safety System (CSS). The contract is valued at s maximum of 420 million...Read more
Norway’s Bane NOR will be utilising sensor monitoring to improve maintenance predictability and thereby reduce stoppages and increase punctuality. To that end, it has launched a digital track monitoring system and accompanying app, which will...Read more
Finnish operator VR Group has suspended all passenger and freight trains to Russia. On Sunday, the last Allegro train from St Petersburg to Helsinki left the station. Read more
Last year’s trial runs by Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail to test specific functionalities of Automatic Train Operation (ATO) have demonstrated the potential of the current ATO system to also execute advanced functionalities under the Dutch...Read more
Ricardo Certification will be the Assessment Body (AsBo) for railway operator DSB as it works to convert Copenhagen’s S-Bane to Grade of Automation 4 (GoA4). The S-Bane is expected to be under GoA4 operation in...Read more
Spain’s CAF Group has inked a new deal with Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR). While the bulk of the contract involves maintenance work on trains, it also includes setting up a joint engineering department and a...Read more
InterviewMonitoring solutions for the railway system have gained a footing over the last few years. And they can play a big role in making rail more reliable, says Malte Breiting, CEO of Danish company Pantoinspect....Read more
Spanish rail operator Renfe has launched the digitisation of the security systems of 483 Cercanías stations to collect and process data with AI anonymously and automatically. This year, nearly 200 stations should see the system...Read more
OpinionGetting a single ticket on a journey made up of various rail parts still is out of reach in 2021. Even though ease of choice and payment could be the number one reason for people...Read more
In Berlin, a freight train equipped with a Digital Automatic Coupler has started a practical test run across Europe, lasting several months. German Federal Minister for Transport Volker Wissing gave the symbolic starting signal for...Read more
Engineering and consultancy groups SYSTRA, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Group (ITALFERR) and EGIS have been appointed as engineering and works supervision contractors for Rail Baltica’s control-command and signalling (CCS) subsystems deployment. The contract signed on...Read more
Banedanmark has taken the digital train control system CBTC into use on Copenhagen’s S-train. More than half of the S-tog now runs with the new digital signalling system.Read more
Much progress has been made in the past year with fast connections, night trains and investments in the networks. But despite this, national borders in the EU are still major obstacles on the railways, says...Read more
Stalder on Tuesday announced the acquisition of German railway safety company BBR Verkehrstechnik GmbH (BBR) in an effort to bolster its signalling expertise. BBR will be one of the two mail pillars of a new...Read more
