Revolutionising rail: Parallel Systems debuts automated platooning cars
Parallel Systems publicly showcased for the first time its platooning operation with autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles on 20 December. Separate Parallel railcars connect with each other through bumper-to-bumper contact and are able to form platoons...Read more
Fewer accidents at level crossings in Belgium, yet more fatalities
Belgian Infrastructure manager Infrabel recorded 32 accidents at level crossings in 2022, 14 less than in the year prior. However, the number of fatalities increased from 9 to 11. They were mostly pedestrians. Infrabel therefore...Read more
Czech railway manager Správa železnic will be watching you (at level crossings)
Správa železnic will install cameras at a level crossing in the Vendryně municipality in a bid to reduce dangerous and premature crossings of level crossings by motorists. The installation will become active on February 1...Read more
Netherlands and Norway see increase in near misses at level crossings
Infrastructure managers Bane NOR and Prorail, operating in Norway and the Netherlands, respectively, have seen the number of near misses at level crossings and other incidents close to the tracks increase this year. In separate...Read more
Swedish startup introduces standalone system to make level crossings safer
Accidents at level crossings still happen every year. A new safety solution introduced by the Swedish startup company CROSSING SAFETY is aimed at reducing the number of incidents by combining train detection and data from...Read more
Corona leads to drop in rail accidents
Due to the sharp decrease in train traffic caused by corona measures, the number of serious railway accidents worldwide also fell last year. There were 34 percent fewer collisions involving persons at level crossings, but...Read more
Railway selfie craze linked to 433 ‘serious incidents’ in Wales
Hashtags like #railphotography and #railwayshoot have escalated dramatically in recent years – with more than 1 million uses on apps like Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok. In Wales, this has contributed to a rise in illegal...Read more
94 level crossings in Croatia to get active safety measures
Croatia takes action to make 94 level crossings safer to reduce incidents. Last week, an agreement was signed in order to provide the level crossings with active signalling and other safety measures. The rail-road crossings...Read more