‘Autonomous transportation complements train’
Many innovations could be found last month at the InnoTrans railway fair, including autonomous buses. This new type of transport does not have to be competition for the train, says Jan Scheepers of Ricardo Rail:...Read more
HyperloopTT wants capsule to be ready for passengers in 2019
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) presented its first full-scale passenger Hyperloop capsule in the Spanish city of Puerto de Santa Maria on Tuesday. It was built in Spain by HyperloopTT’s partner Airtificial and is headed to...Read more
CAF selects Teleste’s onboard systems for its metro trains in Manila and Naples
Railcar manufacturer CAF has selected Teleste’s onboard systems for its metro projects in the Philippines and in Italy. The deliveries will take place in 2019 and they will include 30 metro units for the city...Read more
Tests autonomous train in Netherlands includes object sensors
In testing automated freight trains on the Dutch Betuweroute this autumn, sensors will be placed to recognise objects on the railway. This technique will eventually enable complete autonomous train traffic. Director Alwin van Meeteren of...Read more
Bombardier completes ERTMS Baseline 3 release 2 test
Bombardier Transportation has completed its first tests of the latest wayside software release of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) Level 2 solution, known as Baseline 3 Release 2, in Sweden. According to Bombardier,...Read more
SNCF, Shift2Rail introduce digital brake testing on freight trains
SNCF, Shift2Rail and Traxens have created digital brake testing for freight trains, the companies announced at trade fair InnoTrans 2018 on Tuesday. It is the first step toward creating a fully digital freight train, the...Read more
Survey: 66 per cent of Europeans are satified with frequency trains
According to a survey of the European Commission 66 per cent of Europeans are satisfied with the frequency of trains. 59 per cent of the people who travel by train in Europe are satisfied with...Read more
SNCF sets up consortia to develop driverless trains
The French national railway company SNCF, together with manufacturers Alstom, Thales and Bombardier and six other railway companies, has set up two consortia for the development of self-driving trains. One consortium focuses on freight trains and...Read more
TU Graz is using acoustic waves to detect track failures
Graz University of Technology wants to use acoustic waves to detect track failures and worn components. In many countries, distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is already being used to identify the location of trains. Ivan Vidovic is Research...Read more
Dual Inventive uses AR to showcase innovations at InnoTrans
Dutch technology company Dual Inventive, together with Strukton Rail, is present at the InnoTrans 2018 trade fair for transportation technology, which takes place from 18 to 21 September in Berlin. Dual Inventive will showcase the...Read more
Network Rail Scotland uses 3D scanner for railway modelling
Network Rail Scotland has begun using a track-based three-dimensional scanner to model the railway infrastructure ahead of the arrival of new trains onto the network. With new fleets of trains arriving onto Scotland’s railway, including...Read more
Alstom to install Wi-Fi on PKP trains
Polish railway company Polskie Koleje Państwowe (PKP) signed a contract with Alstom for the installation of Wi-Fi in Express InterCity Premium (EIP) trains, which were originally built by Alstom as Pendolino trains. The first EIP...Read more
CER calls for extra 10 billion to fund digitalisation in railways
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) has called for an additional 10 billion Euros in the new CEF transport budget to support the digital transformation of rail. Without this support, the deployment...Read more