Nokia has deployed its first AI-based video analytics system designed to improve railroad crossing safety in Europe. The system, dubbed Scene Analytics, was field tested in collaboration with railway safety company Schweizer Electronics and Baselland...Read more
Spanish railway manager Adif has awarded a contract for an improved version of a variable gauge axle system for freight rolling stock to TRIA Transport Engineering and Technology. The project costs nearly 6 million euros,...Read more
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 same? “No, there will be a major...Read more
European governments will have to come up with a continent-wide approach to rail in order to have trains compete with planes, a report by Koios consultancy concludes. Released earlier in the year, the report was...Read more
In connection with the European Year of Rail, Shift2Rail announces its first online Hackathon ‘Hack 2 Rail’ on 23 and 24 October. To realise an actual shift to rail, there are many challenges that passenger...Read more
In total numbers, China produces the most innovations in the railway sector, finds a new report by the European Union Agency for Railway (ERA). Interestingly, most of these patents are filed only domestically, and when...Read more
UK’s High-Speed 2 joins forces with Digital Catapult, a leading UK digital technology innovation centre. As part of a three-year agreement, HS2 will draw on Digital Catapult’s expertise to make use of the potential of...Read more
“Rail plays a special role in achieving our climate protection goals. We want more people to switch from cars or planes to trains and more goods to be transported by rail”, says German Chancellor Angela...Read more
An onboard robot will be used to help improve safety and efficiency on the UK’s high-speed line HS2 project. According to the project organisation of HS2, the robot will assist two 2,000 tonne TBMs (tunnel...Read more
Bombardier Transportation has announced the launching of a new predictive maintenance service for rail signalling. The EBI Sense solution is developed by Bombardier’s Rail Control Solutions’ Services Team that is based in Sweden. It combines...Read more
Sinara Group, a major engineering holding in Russia, completed the validation tests of a digital twin of the 6DM-185T locomotive diesel engine. It is the first stage of the virtual trials of the technology. The...Read more
Satellites can be a powerful means for the maintenance of rail infrastructure. To examine this, Deutsche Bahn (DB) is making shots of trackside trees from space. Thus the railway undertaking plans to create precise digital...Read more
Several British engineering companies developed or are developing new products related to the electrification of railways. They will optimise the interaction between pantograph units and catenary systems as well will reduce costs for both infrastructure...Read more
HS2, one of the largest infrastructure projects in the UK, is gradually being implemented. The High Speed Rail Group highlights six strategic priorities that the planned line between London and Northern England should address. What...Read more
Global engineering company Linde will construct the world’s first motionless filling station for hydrogen trains. It will appear close to Bremervörde railway station in the German state of Lower Saxony. The filling station will be...Read more
