All EU infrastructure managers are obliged to have a data collection system for the energy consumption of trains by January 2022. Energy management expert Bart van der Spiegel from Infrabel will get the railway sector...Read more
The fact that the roll-out of the European train control system ERTMS is behind schedule is no disaster according to Simon Fletcher, director Europe at the international rail organisation UIC. He said this in a...Read more
Technology company Thales will digitise the train signalling system for Deutsche Bahn (DB) in the Stuttgart region. The job is part of the railway company’s Digital Rail Germany programme and should allow capacity expansion without...Read more
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
The German Centre for Rail Traffic Research starts two new Automatic Train Operation (ATO) projects this year. The performance of a train driver will be compared with ATO, and the risk acceptance will be examined....Read more
The large trade show for the technical rail industry, RailTech Europe, will continue next year, despite corona. On the 30th and 31st of March and the 1st of April the ProMedia studios in Rotterdam will...Read more
The first automated passenger train was rolled out on the Moscow Central Circle, a railway line that encompasses the city. Russian Railways (RZD) plans to perform a series of tests with obstacles. It is expected...Read more
After the successful launch of the RailTech Infra Forum this June, the second edition will take place in September. It will focus on the deployment of ERTMS in Europe and other parts of the world....Read more
Alstom, Lineas and ProRail will start test drives with fully automatic shunting in 2021. The parties announced this on Wednesday, 15 July. It concerns the Automatic Train Operation Grade of Automation 4 (GoA4). The tests...Read more
There are many obstacles for railway undertakings in implementing the Automatic Train Operation (ATO). One of them is extreme weather that complicates the operations of the locomotives and trains, even those with drivers. To tackle...Read more
French technology group Thales is continuing to improve metro networks in Asia. It will deploy its SelTrac communication-based train control system on the metro lines in South Korea, China and Turkey. The CBTC solution allows...Read more
French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom plans to perform the Automatic Train Operation (ATO) tests in Germany. The research project will start in 2021. Meanwhile, the automated operations on a regional route in Lower Saxony are...Read more
French public transport company RATP is preparing one of the oldest routes of Paris Metro for introducing the Automatic Train Operation (ATO). Line 4 has been equipped with a new operation control centre. It was...Read more
After successful tests of the autonomous tram in Moscow, Russian company Cognitive Technologies is planning to develop an AI-based computer vision system for the Chinese market. This needs for testing and launching the self-driving trams...Read more
This year and next year, Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail together with Belgian rail freight operator Lineas will test the automatic shunting of freight trains. Alstom has been selected as a supplier of knowledge and...Read more
