The global rail supply market is expected to expand by 19,5 percent to 211 billion euros in the coming five years, the latest edition of World Rail Market Study by the European Rail Supply Industry...Read more
DB Fernverkehr has started working with IVU Traffic Technologies’ IVU.Rail system for its vehicle dispatch and train control system. The move comes as part of an ongoing digitalisation effort.Read more
Deutsche Bahn and KIA will cooperate on so-called second-life battery storage systems for green energy in a bid to save electricity. Encore, a corporate start-up of the DB Bahnbau Group, will take the lead in...Read more
Asset management, predictive maintenance and improving operations all rely on data. An increasing number of stakeholders have the means to analyse and process this data. But what are some of the strategies for turning this...Read more
Capturing CO2 from the air while running a train: it could even make diesel-fuelled train operation nearly carbon-neutral, according to new research. US-based startup CO2Rail Company, together with researchers from various universities, are working to...Read more
InterviewWhat if you could run more trains on a railway by coupling different trains while they are running? That is the aim of Israeli startup DirecTrainSystems (DTS), building on know-how of refuelling airplanes mid-air. This...Read more
15 European railway track technology companies announced the formation of the Digital Railway Solutions Alliance (DRS Alliance) at the IAF rail trade fair in Münster, Germany last week. The goal of the alliance is an...Read more
Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk on Monday confirmed that The Boring Company, one of its other enterprises, will work to build a hyperloop system “in the coming years”.Read more
The UK government has made 7,6 million pounds (9,14 million) euros available for the participants of this year’s First of Kind competition, which challenges organisations to help modernise rail travel.Read more
Earlier this year, Swedish startup Wavebreaker started operations with the launch of its traffic noise sound damper of the same name. Founder and developer of Wavebreaker Tony Johansson spoke with RailTech.com about the system and...Read more
Polish company Nevomo has completed the first section of what is slated to become the longest passive magnetic levitation test track in Europe for their MagRail technology. Earlier this month, a 700-metre section was installed...Read more
Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking has issued a call for proposals for Research and innovation activities as part of Europe’s Rail annual work plan and budget. Some 390 million euros worth of projects is expected to...Read more
Dutch tech company Hardt Hyperloop will move its headquarters from the campus of the Delft University of Technology to the nearby city of Rotterdam in June, the scale up company announced on Wednesday.Read more
Alstom and Deutsche Bahn (DB) are set to enter into service Alstom’s Battery Electric Multiple Unit (BEMU) for trial runs. The test operations commenced on January 24 in the state of Baden-Württemberg, followed by passenger...Read more
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
