Britain develops innovations for electrified railways
Several British engineering companies developed or are developing new products related to the electrification of railways. They will optimise the interaction between pantograph units and catenary systems as well will reduce costs for both infrastructure...Read more
Smart turnouts prevent faults on German railway network
German rail infrastructure manager DB Netze has installed 28,000 smart turnouts on its network. They are vital for implementing predictive maintenance solutions and increasing safety on tracks. With the help of the smart turnouts, the...Read more
Internet of Things for safer railways
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
Finnish Railways develops solution to monitor bogies
VR FleetCare, a subsidiary of Finnish national railway company VR Group, intends to develop and introduce the data-driven solution for bogie maintenance. It will allow the company to monitor and predict the malfunctions of the...Read more
Distributed acoustic sensing: The future for rail monitoring?
Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) is one of the latest technologies for rail monitoring. German technology company ITK Engineering is currently developing numerous rail applications for DAS. Distributed Acoustic Sensing is the railway operators’ ear on the...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
GOBOTiX tests automated inspection system to identify rolling stock faults
The UK-based technology company GOBOTiX has completed a successful trial of Vehicle Underside Examination System (VUES). During the 27-month tests, this automated inspection system has detected the various types of rolling stock defects and anomalies....Read more
Knorr-Bremse and Railnova join forces in rail digitalisation
German technology company Knorr-Bremse has purchased 32 per cent of the shares in Railnova, a Belgian supplier of railway telematics solutions and maintenance workflow software to the railway industry. The deal is a part of...Read more
UNIFE calls for European platform on rail digitalisation
The Association of the European Rail Industry (UNIFE) considers digitalisation inevitable for the rail sector development. To support and facilitate the process, the European Commission should establish a coordinated approach towards digital technologies, prepare a...Read more
‘Railways go to modularity, interconnectivity and technologies’
Monika Heiming, Executive Director at European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM Rail), spoke about predictive maintenance at the RailTech Europe Conference, held in the Netherlands last week. “Efficient predictive maintenance is key to increase the performance...Read more
Liveblog RailTech Europe 2019 Day 3 – Predictive maintenance in rail
Thursday 28 March is the third day of RailTech Europe at Jaarbeurs Utrecht. Today’s topic is predictive maintenance in rail. In this liveblog you can read everything that happens at this big rail event. 16.20: The...Read more
Algorithm leads to breakthrough in measuring trackside trees
Data scientist Anahita Khosravipour has developed an algorithm which measures the size, shape and height of trees next to a track, as well as how close they are to the track. The algorithm has a...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