Will digitalisation speed up the slow pace of the railway sector?
“We need digitalisation in railways, but it is not the only solution”, says Wim van de Camp, ambassador of the European Year of Rail at the Intelligent Rail Summit, which took place 21-23 of September...Read moreHow ProRail uses wayside monitoring systems
In the upcoming period until 2030, Dutch railway manager ProRail expects a large increase in passenger and freight transport. Wayside monitoring systems can help to improve and make better use of the capacity. What insights...Read moreFree webinar: the next steps in wayside train monitoring
RailTech dives into maintenance and prognostics in a free webinar on Friday August 6. What are new ways in which data from trackside monitoring can be used, not only for rail maintenance, but also for...Read more
Magazine ‘Intelligent Rail’ out now
Our editorial team has published a special RailTech Magazine themed ‘Intelligent Rail’. With many interesting interviews, it dives into intelligent rail infrastructure, data platforms, and condition monitoring.Read more
Intelligent Rail Summit 2021: what is it about?
The Intelligent Rail Summit 2021 focuses on asset management, Wayside Train Monitoring Systems and monitoring rail infrastructure, and takes place on 21-23 September in Bilbao, Spain. We are happy to announce that the event will...Read more
Bombardier delivers wayside system to Bangkok Skytrain extension
Canadian manufacturer Bombardier Transportation has delivered a turnkey wayside rail system for the 13-kilometre extension of Bangkok’s rapid transit Skytrain. The new section will increase the capacity of the public transport system up to 100,000...Read more
Railway operators and track managers join forces in infrastructure measuring
Railway infrastructure monitoring becomes more and more sophisticated. Infrastructure managers analyse not only the conditions of the rails but also the trains running on it. Sometimes, infrastructure managers know more about the rolling stock of...Read more
‘International rail sector can learn a lot from Scandinavian rail companies’
The international rail sector can learn a lot by looking at Scandinavian rail companies, says Peter Boom from Voestalpine Signaling. “In Scandinavia, they like to use new technologies and are often ahead of other countries.” The...Read more
‘Digitalisation is challenging but crucial for the railway sector’
“Digitalisation is a very challenging topic for the railway sector, but I think it can ultimately revolutionise the sector,” Johannes Neuhold from the Graz University of Technology argues. “The key point is to take the...Read more
TU Graz is using acoustic waves to detect track failures
Graz University of Technology wants to use acoustic waves to detect track failures and worn components. In many countries, distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is already being used to identify the location of trains. Ivan Vidovic is Research...Read more
Dutch infrastructure manager wants sector to profit from its data
ProRail collects a lot of data on rolling stock via its Wayside Train Monitoring Systems (WTMS). The Dutch infrastructure manager is calling on the rail sector to make use of this ‘treasure trove of data’...Read more
Registration for Intelligent Rail Summit 2018 now open
The registration for the Intelligent Rail Summit 2018 is now open. The event will take place on 27-29 November in Malmö, Sweden. The themes of the summit are Infrastructure Mononitoring and WTMS, and Railway Infrastructure...Read more
Call for papers RailTech Intelligent Rail Summit 2018 is open
The call for papers for the RailTech Intelligent Rail Summit 2018 is now open. The summit will be held in Malmö, Sweden this November. Themes include infrastructure monitoring and data management. The deadline to submit the...Read more