DB Cargo and ProRail start ATO testing
A new Automatic Train Operation (ATO) test project started this month on the Dutch Betuwe route. It is a German-Dutch cooperation which will run until the end of 2025. The project includes a one-year test...Read more
Cologne railway junction will go digital
Deutsche Bahn (DB) will digitise one of the largest and busiest railway hubs in Germany. DB is now starting a feasibility study for the project, which the federal government is funding with 800,000 euros. Results...Read more
Alstom to install digital interlocking in Coburg for Deutsche Bahn
Alstom will install a digital interlocking in Coburg, Germany on behalf of DB Netz, on the Lichtenfels-Coburg-Sonneberg line section in Bavaria and Thuringia to support DB’s Digital Rail programme. The technology will transmit train control...Read more
Germany accelerates rail digitalisation with 500 million euros
The German federal government, Deutsche Bahn and the industry will jointly accelerate the digitalisation of the rail network in 2021. Seven regional routes will be equipped with digital interlocking this year with 500 million euros...Read more
Thales to digitise signalling system for Deutsche Bahn
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
Deutsche Bahn to test HD mapping, creating railway Digital Twin
HERE Technologies is providing HD mapping technology for the Sensors4Rail project of Deutsche Bahn. In the pilot, DB will equip a Hamburg S-Bahn train with innovative sensors that locate the train and monitor surroundings, which...Read more
Germany: 200 million state aid to promote ERTMS and ATO
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