In the coming years, the current train detection system of track circuits in the Dutch port of Rotterdam on the port railway is being replaced by axle counters. The project is the first large-scale application...Read more
With more than 8.000 unique visitors of more than 90 different nationalities RailTech Europe 2021 has been a tremendous success. For three days, visitors of this digital event watched more than 100 speakers on three...Read more
In this blog of RailTech Europe Day 3, you can read updates from the three stages of the digital event, which is all about Smart Infrastructure: sensors, predictive maintenance, data in rail are all discussed....Read more
Without ERTMS, the European rail sector cannot make further steps in digitalisation. This was said by ERTMS coordinator Matthias Ruete at RailTech Europe last week. “ERTMS is the backbone of the digitisation of the railway....Read more
ProRail is entering into an “innovation partnership” with twelve companies to accelerate the implementation of ERTMS. This was announced on the second day of RailTech Europe Live. In July 2020, ProRail started the ASAP ERTMS...Read more
Former European Parliament member Wim van de Camp launched the Dutch campaign of the European Year of Rail on Monday at 1.30 pm. He did this together with director Corina de Jongh of network organisation...Read more
The UN climate summit in Glasgow last year was moved to November 2021. This gives the rail sector the opportunity to work towards this event in the European Year of Rail. ProRail director John Voppen...Read more
During RailTech Europe, various presentations are focused on public transport. From international train travel, high-speed lines and ticketing, to research into passenger behaviour in corona time. But with over a hundred speakers in the programme,...Read more
The infrastructure of the ERTMS track section between the Dutch yards Kijfhoek and Roosendaal will be set up in such a way that shunting locomotives on the railway yards in Lage Zwaluwe and Roosendaal can...Read more
Extra-long 740-meter freight trains, the automatic and digital coupling of freight wagons, operations on Rotterdam’s harbour line and self-driving freight trains. These are just a few of the more than a hundred topics that are...Read more
The Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail will reassess the so-called WInterproof RAilway (WIRA) switch that was fabricated ten years ago. According to the inventor of the switch, it could have been the solution to failing switches...Read more
Last year, a smart camera was installed on the Moerdijk railway site in the Netherlands for the monitoring of incoming freight wagons, especially those with dangerous substances. Karel van Gils, Director of Innovation and Technological...Read more
When it comes to restoring disruptions on the track, the manual planning for taking track out of service still causes hours of delay. Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail recently started using an application developed in collaboration...Read more
In the Netherlands, heavy snow and strong wind make it difficult for trains this week. On Sunday, trains on the main rail net were suspended for the entire day. This includes rail freight, which was...Read more
ProMedia Group opened registration for RailTech Europe 2021 and launched the new website. The first speakers are also made public, including Elisabeth Werner, Director Land Transport of DG Move, and ERTMS coordinator Matthias Ruete of...Read more
