Dutch national railway operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) intends to test Automatic Train Operation (ATO) by the year’s end. It will become the third company to perform the ATO trials in the Netherlands. Two other operators,...Read more
Autonomous trains have become quite common for metro systems around the world carrying billions of passengers a year. But why are they not so popular on the mainlines? What does hinder the deployment of ATO...Read more
Platooning, and a traffic management system in which algorithms anticipate train breakdowns, are very promising technologies that could lead to big improvements in train services. With these technologies, obstructions on the lines can be forecast...Read more
In the coming period, there will be a second test with Automatic Train Operation (ATO) in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. This time the passenger train of Arriva will run between the Groningen...Read more
New challenges require from the rail sector to keep pace with the times and move towards digitalisation. What should the process include? At the Intelligent Rail Summit 2019 Libor Lochman, Executive Director of the Community...Read more
The movement of the European railways towards the joint ERTMS network is impossible without the unification of standards in signalling architecture. To meet this challenge, the EULYNX initiative has been launched in 2014. Since that time,...Read more
The Intelligent Rail Summit 2019 is now open for registration. The event will take place on 19-21 November in the headquarters of UIC Paris, France. Two themes will be discussed by several railway experts: Automatic...Read more