Hardt Hyperloop leaves university base for Rotterdam
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 DB kick off test operations with battery electric train
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
First AI-based video analytics system for railroad crossing safety deployed
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
Adif awards contract for variable gauge axle system for freight trains
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
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 same? “No, there will be a major...Read more
Increasing rail’s competitiveness versus flying needs European approach
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
Shift2Rail organises hackathon for rail solutions
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
ERA: Chinese rail inventions have overtaken European ones
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
HS2 joins with Digital Catapult for 5G and machine learning
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
Angela Merkel: ‘Only with rail we will achieve our climate goals’
“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
Onboard robot will assist tunnelling machines of high-speed line HS2
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 launches digital service for predictive maintenance on signalling
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
Digital twin for locomotive diesel engines
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