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Digital Automatic Coupling to go

Around 500,000 freight wagons are to be equipped with Digital Automatic Coupling (DAK) throughout Europe by 2030.

20. Oktober 2022

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Digital command in prototype operation from the end of 2024

The written command process will be replaced by a digital transmission process in the area of the Digital Node Stuttgart from 15 December 2024.

23. Februar 2023

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Digital ICE maintenance

Deutsche Bahn is now using robots and artificial intelligence (AI) in the operational maintenance of ICE trains.

13. Oktober 2023

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Digital interlocking for Ruhr-Sieg line in operation

Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) has commissioned the completely renewed signalling and interlocking technology on the Ruhr-Sieg line between Letmathe and Kreuztal. An official ceremony was held on 01.06.2022.

03. Juni 2022

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Digital interlocking for the S-Bahn in Hamburg city centre

The federal government is funding the planning of the digital interlocking Hamburg-City with EUR 31.5 million. This will enable "a speed boost in the digitalisation of Hamburg's S-Bahn", says Deutsche Bahn AG (DB).

25. Mai 2022

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Digitalisation – booster for the rail sector?

Maria Leenen (SCI Verkehr GmbH) in conversation with digital experts Daniel Dede (Ginkgo Management Consulting GmbH) and Fabian Stöffler (Menlo79 GmbH) about the opportunities and limits of digitalisation (not only) in the railway sector.

01. September 2022

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Digitalisation on many fronts

In September, the Digital Rail Convention took place for the second time in the Ore Mountains - with around 200 experts. The organiser was the Smart Rail Connectivity Campus (SRCC), which recently became a location cluster of the German Centre for Future Mobility.

05. Oktober 2021

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Digital Maintenance Gateway aims to make rolling stock updates more secure

Rail cybersecurity company RazorSecure has launched its Digital Maintenance Gateway, designed to improve security and efficiency when maintaining and updating rolling stock software.

24. März 2023

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Digital S-Bahn presented at the ITS Congress

On the occasion of the ITS World Congress, two projects within the framework of the "Digital S-Bahn Hamburg" had been presented in practice.

11. Oktober 2021

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Digitisation of the French railways

The FERCOM project is intended to pave the way for SNCF Réseau's transition to FRMCS.

09. Mai 2023

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Digitisation of the railways needs funding commitments

In a recently published position paper, the German Association of Local Rail Transport (BSN) has called for the digitalisation of the railways to be implemented consistently now.

16. September 2022

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Do you trust me? – Yes/No/Maybe

When we talk about IT security – especially for securing industrial systems and components against abusers – the term "trust" quickly comes up.

14. September 2022

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DRS Alliance founded for complete infrastructure solutions

The "Digital Railway Solutions Alliance" (DRS Alliance) was presented at the International Exhibition for Track Technology iaf in Münster last week.

08. Juni 2022

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DSB allowed to order trains for fully automated operation

Das dänische Parlament, Folketing, hat der DSB die Genehmigung erteilt, neue Fahrzeuge für die S-Bahn Kopenhagen zu bestellen.

09. Mai 2023

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DSB expands cooperation with Cognizant

Denmark's largest rail operator DSB is expanding its cooperation with US IT services provider Cognizant.

13. März 2023