The wheels and bearings of trains have a lot to put up with, and can suffer many damages. What exactly are these and what are the consequences for the availability of the train wagons? Lithuanian...Read more
Smart trams are now running through the city of Florence in Italy, as part of the innovative computing infrastructure developed by the EU-funded project ELASTIC. A set of sensors has been recently installed on three...Read more
Rolling stock maintenance company VR FleetCare will deploy Train Scanner next month, a device designed to automatically inspect the external condition of trains. The device will be used for the maintenance of Helsinki Region Transport’s...Read more
Energy harvesting, the collection of small amounts of energy from the surrounding environment to power autonomous electronic devices or circuits, is a promising technique that can help produce renewable and clean energy and improve sustainability...Read more
Thales presented various new digital applications during a press conference last week. One is a new version of the supplier’s Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) system called SelTracTM G8. This variant has a new digital...Read more
“We can’t afford to send out a maintenance team when we don’t know what’s going on, we have to anticipate failures”, says Diego Galar, professor of condition monitoring at the Luleå University of Technology in...Read more
Lithuanian company Viezo is working on sensors for the weight monitoring of freight wagons. Loading wagons too heavy on one side can lead to derailments, which has happened in the past. Like all of Viezo’s...Read more
Russian Railways has launched a high-speed technological data transmission network in Russia’s Far Eastern region and commissioned a new communication network control centre in Moscow. The railway company calls the network ‘essential for a digital...Read more
Lithuanian company Viezo has developed a vibration energy harvesting technology by which sensors and other Internet of Things elements can be powered without batteries. The self-sustainable sensors can be used to monitor tracks, switches and...Read more
Since last year, ProRail, the Dutch Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT), Strukton Rail and DB Cargo, in conjunction with Dual Inventive, have been carrying out a pilot with a remotely controlled red signal in...Read more
A crisis such as the current corona pandemic shows how dependent vital processes are on manual operations. According to tech companies, it would be good to learn lessons from this period and so make more...Read more
The unprecedented times of the coronavirus pandemic require extraordinary actions from railways that are on the front line. In this regard, digital solutions could benefit significantly. One of the examples is the usage of real-time...Read more
Dutch technology company Dual Inventive will get an Internet of Things (IoT) network. It will be provided by Vodafone Business in the next five years. Dual Inventive, in its turn, will use the IoT network...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
Network Rail is currently conducting trials with an Internet of Things technology to prevent flooding of railway lines. The British railway manager carries out the experiments, which are part of the TrackWater project, in collaboration...Read more
