InterviewThe many accolades rail receives for being the greenest form of motorised passenger and cargo transport, and an essential component of reaching the European Union (EU) 2050, sustainability targets do not negate room for improvement....Read more
IRS 2023With the rail industry grappling with the challenges of ageing infrastructure, the imperative for innovation has never been more pronounced. On Tuesday, 6 November, just under 100 attendees gathered at the Intelligent Rail Summit (IRS)...Read more
In the RailTech webinar ‘what to do with all that data?’, two experts in the field of railway monitoring and data shared their views on current practices and what can be improved to make the...Read more
How does Metro Bilbao benefit from a fully integrated monitoring approach including sensors, software & analytics? Helmut Liebminger, CEO of voestalpine Signaling and Walter Serno, customer manager for Spain, talk about the modular product concept...Read more
Partner contentIn the past two years, the transport sector has experienced something it was not accustomed to: high volatility and unpredictability, says digital solutions provider Hexagon. As rail travel becomes central for Europe, how can asset...Read more
Partner webinarIn a joint RailTech webinar with voestalpine Signaling, Richard Lenthall, Vice President Customer Management and Markus Urban, Product Manager at voestalpine, will talk about the possibilities of a Central Management Software (CMS) for combining monitoring...Read more
“Quality data helps to make better decisions about rail infrastructure, and this role will only become bigger“, says Bert Verplancke, Regional Sales Director Northern Europe for HxGN EAM at Hexagon. He will give a free...Read more
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
Italian railway manager RFI and the National Observatory of Sharing Mobility will analyse five stations with the goal of developing shared mobility, they announced this week. The goal is to make rail transport more connected...Read more
Deutsche Bahn has started preparations for the second test phase of the Sensors4Rail project, which will take place in Hamburg from May this year. The smart sensor technology being trialled on an S-Bahn vehicle should...Read more
Next to the regular Swiss railway network, there is a network of one meter gauge of around 1500 kilometres scattered across the country. Historically, not one of the 30 railway companies that operate on these...Read more
Partner articleInfrastructure managers can just buy IoT sensors to collect data and try to do the rest themselves, but this is not the most optimal way, says Thomas Böhm, Head of Product at KONUX. The company...Read more
“We need to get smarter. Every railway undertaking is trying to build their own algorithm, but that might not be the best approach. We need to engage the supply chain more, and it would benefit...Read more
With satellite images you can map damage to the track much faster in the event of flooding, says Auke Blokland, Earth Observation Specialist at IT company CGI. Flooding, such as the recent ones in Belgium,...Read more
Deutsche Bahn and Stadler are developing a digital twin of a complete train, a first in rail according to the companies. Real-time data should help to maintain the air conditioning, doors and wheel sets in...Read more