Knorr-Bremse has signed a cooperation agreement with Deutsche Bahn on the use and analysis of train operating data and vehicle subsystem data. The agreement aims to use big data insights to improve condition-based maintenance of...Read more
At the beginning of the German election year 2021, eight railway associations presented their most important demands for their next federal government. Three billion euros a year for infrastructure, the entire digitalisation of the railways...Read more
“Rail plays a special role in achieving our climate protection goals. We want more people to switch from cars or planes to trains and more goods to be transported by rail”, says German Chancellor Angela...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
Although the new head of infrastructure at Swiss railway company SBB, Peter Kummer, was responsible for IT in the last ten years, he thinks his company or railways in general do not need a digital...Read more
UNIFE has announced the kick-off of an Erasmus+ project for skills development in European rail. The 4-year Skill Training Alliance For the Future European Rail System – known as STAFFER – gathers 32 partners from...Read more
Austrian rail infrastructure manager ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG has put a new digitalisation system into operation at the train station of Achau, Austria. The ‘Distributed Smart Safe System’ (DS3), developed by Siemens Mobility, is a universally deployable...Read more
French rail infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau is using a new application for real-time track monitoring of its rail network in collaboration with technology company Capgemini. The tool called ‘New Generation Supervision’ is in use in...Read more
Bombardier Transportation has announced the launching of a new predictive maintenance service for rail signalling. The EBI Sense solution is developed by Bombardier’s Rail Control Solutions’ Services Team that is based in Sweden. It combines...Read more
Railway supplier voestalpine Railway Systems has a special component in its Roadmaster Intelligent monitoring and diagnostic system: RXM or Rail Crossing Monitoring system. As the name suggests it monitors the performance of rail crossings. The...Read more
ÖBB, the Austrian railway company, will invest almost three billion euros annually in the railway network. The vision for the design is to prioritize four different points: combating climate change, strengthening Metropolitan regions and rural...Read more
Siemens Mobility has announced that 109 of their Avenio high-floor light rails were ordered by Düsseldorfer Rheinbahn AG and Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft. These will provide transport for two million people in Dusseldorf and Duisburg in 2025....Read more
Several transport associations have called on European decision-makers to make every effort in creating a fair and transparent governance structure for business-to-business (B2B) data. This is a prerequisite to unlock the potential of the data...Read more
German national railway company Deutsche Bahn has recognised wi-fi connection as a basic need for travellers. To this end, it launched a major investment programme to provide this option at more than 130 stations and...Read more
An obstacle detection system is being tested on tracks in Switzerland. It enables to control the shunting operations from a remote location. If the trials will be successful, the solution will be mounted on SBB’s...Read more
