Software upgrades: a barrier for rail?
The railway industry is dealing with software applications more and more nowadays. This requires some innovative thinking; not only the software is new for many people in the industry, the software also needs to be...Read more
Drones become new rail workers
The usage of drone technology is upcoming in the railway industry. More and more railway companies use them in various areas. What roles could the unmanned aerial vehicles play in the rail sector of the...Read more
Deutsche Bahn produces heavy spare parts on 3D printer
Deutsche Bahn has started to produce heavy spare parts with the help of a 3D printer. It will reduce the time for rolling stock maintenance. In the coming years, the railway company intends to extend...Read more
NMBS has no plans for its own Three Countries Train
For a number of years, Dutch and Belgian authorities, rail operators and rail infrastructure managers have been discussing an international rail connection between four cities in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Until the Dutch trains...Read more
New trend in track maintenance: water instead of herbicide
In order to provide safe railway operations, the infrastructure managers regulate the vegetation along the tracks. Usually, these works are carried out with the help of glyphosate, a moderately toxic herbicide that some research organisations...Read more
Munich orders 73 Avenio trams
German municipal company Stadtwerke München (SWM) has ordered 73 additional trams to be delivered from Siemens Mobility. The deal is valued at 200 million Euros. The first supply is scheduled for 2021. Siemens Mobility will produce...Read more
European open-access railway operators break borders
While the European officials are making further steps to the European single rail market, the open-access railway operators do the same in their own way. They enter new markets, launch new services to the neighbouring...Read more
Stadler gets first order for Akku battery-powered trains
German public transport authority Nahverkehrsverbund Schleswig-Holstein (NAH.SH) has chosen Stadler Rail as a supplier for its first battery-powered trains. The Swiss manufacturer will deliver 55 battery-powered Akku multiple units to fulfil the first order of...Read more
Deutsche Bahn wants to maintain tracks without toxic herbicide
German national rail operator Deutsche Bahn intends to renounce the use of glyphosate in track maintenance. The popular and moderately toxic herbicide is applied to kill the weeds along the tracks. The company will look...Read more
NordWestBahn increases fleet for Bremen S-Bahn
German railway company NordWestBahn will intensify its service on the Bremen S-Bahn network and on the regional routes in Lower Saxony. The operator has ordered 16 Flirt electric trains to be delivered by Stadler Rail....Read more
Model-based design for efficient software development in rail
German technology company ITK Engineering is applying a model-based design to develop software for various industries. The company’s program manager Dr Tobias Hofbaur explains how the method can be also applied in the rail industry. Model-based...Read more
DB Regio orders 18 Kiss double-decker trains
DB Regio, subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, has ordered 18 double-decker trains from Stadler Rail. The Swiss manufacturer will supply the four-car vehicles of the Kiss type in 2022. The entire value of the batch is...Read more
Knorr-Bremse and Railnova join forces in rail digitalisation
German technology company Knorr-Bremse has purchased 32 per cent of the shares in Railnova, a Belgian supplier of railway telematics solutions and maintenance workflow software to the railway industry. The deal is a part of...Read more