UIC: 5G delay has no effect on new rail communication system
EU Member States are significantly behind schedule in rolling out their 5G networks, putting the EU’s timeline for the 5G rollout at risk. However, the delay will not affect the deployment of the Future Railway...Read more
5G enables facial recognition at Málaga station
Facial recognition gives access to areas in a train station, and maintenance workers have a real-time digital model of elements directly on their phone. These are some of the possibilities of 5G, which Vodafone and...Read more
What can we expect from Shift2Rail’s innovation successor?
The European rail innovation programme Shift2Rail is coming to a close, but a new initiative is gearing up to continue boosting innovation. Will it be more of the same? “No, there will be a major...Read more
Dual Inventive connected to 5G Hub on High Tech Campus Eindhoven
As a new partner of the 5G Hub on the High Tech Campus Eindhoven, technology company Dual Inventive is focusing on a Dutch joining of forces in the field of IoT and sensor technology. The...Read more
FRMCS tests in Finland to start in 2022
In the Finnish Digirail project, the radio-based communication system FRMCS will be tested. A unique European trial will begin in Finland, where the new system can be adopted earlier than in most countries, because their...Read more
Germany funds digital twin project for freight wagons
The IT company RailWatch is receiving around 3.5 million euros funding from the German government for a digital twin project for freight wagons. Together with railway company Metrans, the company is to install a system...Read more
HS2 joins with Digital Catapult for 5G and machine learning
UK’s High-Speed 2 joins forces with Digital Catapult, a leading UK digital technology innovation centre. As part of a three-year agreement, HS2 will draw on Digital Catapult’s expertise to make use of the potential of...Read more
Thales to install ETCS Level 2 in Finland
Thales has been selected to provide and install ETCS Level 2 signalling on the Kotka-Kouvola-Hamina line. It will be the first ETCS Level 2 track in Finland, which will prepare for the launch a nation-wide...Read more
Thales launches eighth generation CBTC train control system
Thales presented various new digital applications during a press conference last week. One is a new version of the supplier’s Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) system called SelTracTM G8. This variant has a new digital...Read more
HS1 to monitor rail assets with augmented reality
HS1 Ltd, the owner and operator of the UK’s only high-speed railway, is part of a project that develops augmented reality technology that will virtually replicate rail assets on the High Speed One line by...Read more
New European mobility strategy aims to triple high-speed rail traffic
The European Commission aims to double high-speed rail traffic within ten years and to triple it by 2050. Rail freight traffic must also have doubled by that time. This is stated in the new ‘Sustainable...Read more
Rail Baltica joins 5GRAIL project
Rail Baltica, a greenfield rail transport infrastructure project, will take a role in the 5GRAIL Advisory Panel. 5GRAIL will be testing and validating the Future Railways Mobile Communications System (FRMCS) for trackside infrastructure and on-board...Read more
Consortium for the development of FRMCS officially started
The 5GRAIL project for the development of the Future Railways Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) has officially started on the 1st of November. A consortium led by UIC will set to work over the next thirty...Read more