Third railway operator will test ATO in Netherlands
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 moreEnvironment and traffic are main obstacles for ATO on mainlines
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
‘Train platooning and working with algorithms are very promising rail technologies’
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 moreSecond test with autonomous passenger train in Groningen
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
‘European railways have no future without cost-effective digitalisation’
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
‘EULYNX replaces mosaic of national signalling interfaces’
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
Intelligent Rail Summit 2019 open for registration
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
IT solutions become crucial for development of railway infrastructure
The railway industry becomes more and more interrelated with IT solutions. Several European countries have already implemented some, while others are just thinking about it. What are the advantages of IT solutions for infrastructure asset...Read more
Railway operators and track managers join forces in infrastructure measuring
Railway infrastructure monitoring becomes more and more sophisticated. Infrastructure managers analyse not only the conditions of the rails but also the trains running on it. Sometimes, infrastructure managers know more about the rolling stock of...Read more
‘Railway companies have to share information to move forward’
Voestalpine’s Metal Engineering Division has been restructured. As of April 1, 2018. the Rail, Turnout Systems and Signalling Technology business segments were officially regrouped under the ‘Railway Systems’ umbrella. The new business areas include urban...Read more
TU Vienna creates model to predict service life for tram infrastructure
Until recently, Viennese tram operator Wiener Linien had no centralized database containing net-wide infrastructure data. After implementing an infrastructure database, the operator is now working with the Technical University of Vienna to create a model...Read more
‘International rail sector can learn a lot from Scandinavian rail companies’
The international rail sector can learn a lot by looking at Scandinavian rail companies, says Peter Boom from Voestalpine Signaling. “In Scandinavia, they like to use new technologies and are often ahead of other countries.” The...Read more