European railways move ‘from ERTMS patchwork to ERTMS network’
The deployment of ERTMS in Europe is going at different speeds. The situation is complicated by the diverse approaches of the countries involved in the process. Nevertheless, the European railways continue to work over the...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
Dutch train stations will generate more solar energy
Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail plans to increase the number of solar panels installed at train stations. This could double generated solar energy by 2020. Such plans were announced by Stientje van Veldhoven, State Secretary for...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
Liveblog RailTech Europe 2019 Day 2 – Energy saving in rail
Wednesday 27 March is the second day of RailTech Europe at Jaarbeurs Utrecht. Today’s conference is devoted to energy saving in rail. In this liveblog you can read everything that happens at this big rail...Read more
RailTech Innovation Awards 2019 winners
Innovations from five different countries underscore the international character of the RailTech Innovation Awards 2019. These were presented on Tuesday evening in the Nicolaïkerk in Utrecht. Jury chairman Rolf Dollevoet presented the seven prizes after...Read moreLiveblog RailTech Europe 2019 Day 1 – ERTMS
Tuesday March 26 is the first day of RailTech Europe at Jaarbeurs Utrecht. In this liveblog you can read everything that happens at this big rail event. 19.00: The official ceremony of RailTech Innovation Awards 2019...Read more
‘ATO is most profitable innovation to reduce energy consumption’
Energy efficiency is the most important aspect of the Automatic Train Operation (ATO). Benoît Bienfait, System Program Manager at Alstom Belgium, argues that the ATO system will allow reducing energy consumption by railway undertaking from...Read more
Alstom opens StationOne online marketplace for all buyers
French technology company Alstom has launched StationOne, an online marketplace developed for the railway sector. On 19 March, the solution has been opened for all buyers. It will be presented at the Railtech Europe Trade...Read more
Rail transport needs more effective usage of HVAC systems
The energy saving policy may be carried out by railway undertaking in various ways. One of them is effective usage of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems (HVAC). Ferdinand Spek, Technical Consultant at ADSE...Read more
‘Energy efficiency is right path for Dutch rail sector’
The Dutch rail sector has achieved good results in energy saving policy for several last years. Only the passenger trains have reduced the energy consumption from 0.37 megajoules per passenger kilometres in 2013 to 0.28...Read more
‘ERTMS will constitute backbone of ATO’
“Rail has been the main land transport mode in the world for more than 100 years. This is not the case anymore,” considers Matthias Ruete, ERTMS coordinator of the European Commission. In order to turn...Read more
Eighteen innovations in final of RailTech Innovation Awards
The jury has made its verdict: from a total of 75 applications, eighteen innovative products and services have made it through to the final round. At the end of the first day of RailTech Europe...Read more