Pilz enhances Swedish railways with glass fibre digital technology
PartnerPilz, a leading automation expert, has secured a crucial role in the digitisation project led by the Swedish railway authority, Trafikverket. Read more
Train driver shortage: can digital solutions and exchanging drivers help?
AnalysisThe job market for train drivers is tight, and within ten to fifteen years a substantial part of the labour force will retire. Digital solutions to simplify the exchange of train drivers among different operators...Read more
Alstom in China pioneers new traction system
Alstom NUG Propulsion System (ANP), the company’s joint venture in China, has recently debuted a novel traction system on one of its trains. Trial operations in the city of Chengdu with passengers are currently underway....Read more
PKP Intercity to optimise fleet management with cloud tool
PKP Intercity is working on an IT tool supporting efficient rolling stock management. The Polish operator has signed a letter of intent with Chmura Krajowa, a specialised provider of cloud computing solutions on the Polish...Read more
Founder of European Sleeper: the time is right for a new night train
In roughly a year from now, the new Dutch private rail operator European Sleeper wants to run its first night train from Prague to Brussels. Co-founder Elmer van Buuren: “The time is right for the...Read more
Siemens and Infineon improve efficiency of on-board power systems
Siemens Mobility and Infineon Technologies AG have developed new auxiliary converters (HBU) to make vehicle electrical systems with power semiconductors based on silicon carbide (SiC) more efficient and save energy. Siemens Mobility uses the new...Read more
Transfesa Logistics installs GPS on all its car carriers for rail
Transfesa Logistics has installed a GPS system on all of the 889 car carrier wagons that operate from Spain to Europe. The aim of the digitalisation is to improve the logistics efficiency. It has already...Read more