Partner articleLithuanian company Viezo is working on sensors for the weight monitoring of freight wagons. Loading wagons too heavy on one side can lead to derailments, which has happened in the past. Like all of Viezo’s...Read more
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
The European Commission will formulate EU legislation for “concrete actions” to double rail freight transport and triple the number of high-speed train services by 2050. In the meantime, trials are underway with a European train...Read more
In recent decades, huge investments were done in Europe for the construction of high-speed lines. National networks of thousands of kilometers of track have been built. “Now the only thing left to do is to...Read more
DB Cargo recently conducted a practical test with ATO on ETCS on the Swiss main rail network. In three and a half months, on-board units from four different suppliers were tested. Baseliyos Jacob from DB...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
At the second day of RailTech Europe 2021, the winners of the 15 nominated companies for the innovation awards were announced: Infrabel, 3M Poland, Network Rail, DB Vertrieb, Civil Water Management Limited and TrioLight. After...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
From the three stages of RailTech Europe Live, many topics relating to digitalisation such as ERTMS, Automatic Train Operation, and communication systems were discussed on day two. As icing on the cake, the winners of...Read more
Dutch railway operator NS is working with start-up CastLab to digitise its inventory, allowing for the production of metal parts on demand. By digitising obsolete parts, a mold can be printed and metal items can...Read more
RailTech Europe has officially started! On the first day, many topics such as international train travel, the TEN-T network and the Trans Europ Express were discussed. In this liveblog, you can read about some of the...Read more
UK-based rail gauging experts D/Gauge are set to release their new ‘Rift’ software package to the industry at large. The Derby headquartered specialists say the clearance assessment software will transform the safety-critical and commercially-sensitive process....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