Sporveien chooses CAF to supply Oslo metro units
Sporveien, the public urban transport operator for the Norwegian capital of Oslo, has awarded a new contract to CAF, a leading manufacturer of railway vehicles, to supply units…
Siemens Mobility to upgrade Copenhagen S-bane with ATO by 2033
Driverless operation for the complete S-bane network in Copenhagen is on its way. Siemens Mobility aims to implement GoA4, on 170 kilometres of the Danish S-bane network by…
Alstom and partners demonstrate shunting operations at GoA4
Alstom, Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail and rail freight company Lineas on Tuesday demonstrated the operation of a shunting locomotive on Grade of Automation (GoA) Level 4. Dutch sister…
Fully automated metros introduced on line 4 in Paris
Since this week, passengers on metro line 4 in Paris can board fully automated metros. Equipped by Siemens Mobility, four automated vehicles with CBTC signaling at GoA 4…
Ricardo to assess Copenhagen’s planned S-Bane conversion to GoA4
Ricardo Certification will be the Assessment Body (AsBo) for railway operator DSB as it works to convert Copenhagen’s S-Bane to Grade of Automation 4 (GoA4). The S-Bane is…
Driverless monorail makes debut in China
A fully automated, driverless monorail opened in Wuhu in Eastern China, a first in the country. It is equipped with Automatic Train Operation (ATO) GoA 4, and is…
DB Cargo to develop fully automated shunting by 2024
DB Cargo has contracted Railergy to fully automate the activities of shunting locomotives in its train formation facilities. This is to further boost single wagonload traffic throughout Germany.
Russian Railways to test fully automatic train in 2023
Russia will start test runs with a fully automated passenger train in the middle of 2023. This Lastochka train is currently being built by train manufacturers Siemens and…
What can we expect from Shift2Rail’s innovation successor?
The European rail innovation programme Shift2Rail is coming to a close, but a new initiative is gearing up to continue boosting innovation. Will it be more of the…
Autonomous freight train to be tested in Finland
A fully autonomous freight train will be tested on Finnish tracks by the end of this year. Led by Finnish technology company Proxion, the autonomous freight train will…
Interview
Taxirail: the future for regional rail?
Small, autonomous vehicles on the rails, which run seven days a week and 24 hours a day. That is the concept of Taxirail, and according to Project Director…
‘I am convinced ATO obstacle detection works better than a human driver’
Pavel Popov of Russian Railways gave an update on the testing and plans with Automatic Train Operation in Russia during RailTech Europe 2021. Already this year, the railway…
Russia puts first autonomous trains in regular service this year
The Russian Railways (RZD) will start using first autonomous passenger trains (GoA3) in the regular timetable in September this year. Pavel Popov, responsible for this project at the…