Topic: Sensors

De Lijn collaborates with OTIV and CAF for safer trams

De Lijn, operated by the Flemish government in Belgium, provides public transportation with approximately 99 trams. The company has announced a collaboration with Spanish rolling-stock manufacturer Construcciones y…
Railtech europe Workshop: smart sensors for effective light rail maintenance

At RailTech Europe on 6 and 7 March, various free workshops will be given, which we’ll put in the spotlight here. In this workshop, Sensornet will share how…
How can you identify different failures of rail infrastructure?

By collecting data with sensors, manual inspections of railway infrastructure on a regular basis are no longer needed. At RailTech Europe, RailMonitor gives a free workshop about identifying…

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Partner article The different energy harvesting technologies used in railways

Energy harvesting, the collection of small amounts of energy from the surrounding environment to power autonomous electronic devices or circuits, is a promising technique that can help produce…
Deutsche Bahn starts new sensor tests on Hamburg S-Bahn train in May

Deutsche Bahn has started preparations for the second test phase of the Sensors4Rail project, which will take place in Hamburg from May this year. The smart sensor technology…
Partner article Sensors can solve weight distribution issues in rail freight wagons

Lithuanian 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…
German and Italian freight operators test smart wagons

TX Logistik AG and Mercitalia Intermodal cooperate in a new project aiming to optimise combined transport (CT) operations. The companies will test innovative sensors and communication technologies to…
Partner article ‘Vibration energy harvesting will boost development of IoT in railways’

Lithuanian company Viezo has developed a vibration energy harvesting technology by which sensors and other Internet of Things elements can be powered without batteries. The self-sustainable sensors can…
Partner article Software-as-a-service for digitalisation of switches

Infrastructure managers can just buy IoT sensors to collect data and try to do the rest themselves, but this is not the most optimal way, says Thomas Böhm,…
Partner article Monitoring train wheels and bearings to improve operations

The wheels and bearings of trains have a lot to put up with, and can suffer many damages. What exactly are these and what are the consequences for…
Intelligent trams on the rails in Florence

Smart trams are now running through the city of Florence in Italy, as part of the innovative computing infrastructure developed by the EU-funded project ELASTIC. A set of…
Gotcha! Freightliner UK tagged with digital tech

Unexpected item in the marshalling area? The same sort of technology that makes sure your purchases are all accounted for at the supermarket checkout is also being applied…
Deutsche Bahn to test HD mapping, creating railway Digital Twin

HERE Technologies is providing HD mapping technology for the Sensors4Rail project of Deutsche Bahn. In the pilot, DB will equip a Hamburg S-Bahn train with innovative sensors that…