
Belgium: €960 million to modernize railway signalling
This modernization will make rail traffic management much safer and more centralized while reducing operating costs.
This modernization will make rail traffic management much safer and more centralized while reducing operating costs.
All newly built GATX T3000e cars will now be fitted with this sensor as standard, while older models will be soon retrofitted.
With the new investment, OTIV will further develop the technology platform and accelerate its pilot projects and implementation with customers in the rail industry.
The GUARDIA system will be used for the first time on a large scale in the maintenance sector at Deutsche Bahn.
In addition to EUSPA, Betrian Group is also working with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop technologies - for hazard warning. Thus the company plans to contribute to the modernization of European ETCS security.
The investment will enable the purchase of platforms and wagons for freight transport and the buying of modern electric locomotives.
The specific technical maps for the Czech Railway Administration will provide information on the transport and technical infrastructure and will contribute to better and more efficient preparation of investments and repair work.
Two contracts cover the electrification and modernization of the 66 km railway line between Cluj Napoca and Poieni. Thanks to modernization, the speed will be increased to 120 km/h for freight transport and 160 km/h for passenger trains.
Monitoring the condition of switches is intended to prevent unplanned downtime due to faults, increase the efficiency of maintenance work and significantly boost the availability of track.
The new GGT-GearSaver® sensor, gearboxes’ service life and operating costs could be optimized.
The Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV) and Deutsche Bahn (DB) are jointly moving ahead with the planning for Digital Rail Germany. An existing financing agreement will be increased from around 1.7 billion to around 2.7 billion euros.
The highly automated fulfillment warehouse will expand the company's logistics capacity and shorten delivery times.
duisport and VITRONIC implemented automatic detection of containers at Rivergate
The aim of the demonstration was to show how trains can react autonomously to unpredictable obstacles.
The electronic consignment note has been available in Germany since April this year - and the majority of logistics companies (77 percent) already use it. However, only one in twenty companies (5 percent) rely exclusively on the digital version of the delivery document and have abandoned the paper form altogether.
Hitachi Rail has signed two new contracts to equip digital cab signaling technology onboard trains operated by SNCF and Eurostar on French national and cross-border rail networks. The equipment to contribute for enabling passengers to more easily travel by train across European borders.
13th December, free of charge webinar on this topic is held by the IoT specialists from A1 Digital (part of the A1 Telekom Austria group). The company's customers include Rail Cargo Austria, Rail & Sea and Bündner Güterbahn. The main speaker is Jürgen Rudolf, Innovation management and senior expert in IoT solutions in rail from A1 Digital.
The service FastTrack bundles VTG’s digital rail freight offerings in Germany.
Under the €867 million contract, Hitachi Rail will cover 1,885 kilometers of the Italian rail network.
The ATO system is designed to improve the efficiency, punctuality, and competitiveness of rail freight transport.