Infrabel installed ETCS on 30 percent of the main rail net
Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel has equipped 1.915 kilometres of track with train control system ETCS up until January 2021. This makes up 30 percent of the 6.399 kilometres of the main rail net, which Infrabel...Read more
Knorr-Bremse and Deutsche Bahn team up for train data analysis
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
German rail industry: invest in infrastructure, digitalisation and modal shift
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
Angela Merkel: ‘Only with rail we will achieve our climate goals’
“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 sets up fast data link between Moscow and Far East
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
New head of SBB Infrastructure: we do not need a digital revolution
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
European Erasmus+ project to train skills for the future of railways
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
ÖBB puts first cloud-enabled interlocking in operation
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
SNCF Réseau uses new application for real-time rail net monitoring
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 launches digital service for predictive maintenance on signalling
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
Voestalpine about the added value of digitalisation for rail crossings
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 invests 17.5 billion euros in railway masterplan
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 Avenio HF come to Dusseldorf and Duisburg in 2025
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