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DB Cargo pilot train with automated brake testing system in operation

DB Cargo has put a pilot train with an automated brake testing system into operational parallel operation at Mitteldeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH (MEG).

21. Juli 2022

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Access more difficult for competitors in France: ART recommendations

The ART, the French Autorité de Régulation des Transports, has published a study in which it makes 18 concrete recommendations to remove barriers to entry for competitors in passenger rail transport.

28. Juli 2022

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Switzerland: partnership for cyber security of signalling systems

Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has signed a partnership agreement with Fincons Group and Cervello to receive services for the security of SBB's railway signalling and safety systems throughout Switzerland.

29. Juli 2022

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Odometry solution tested for railway operations

Humatics, together with Hitachi Rail, has successfully completed a one-year pilot project for odometry in rail transport.

03. August 2022

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RailWatch launches data platform TrainSnap

The Bonn-based company RailWatch launched its TrainSnap data platform in July. The platform displays data on the condition of freight wagons that the company collects via its WTMS stations. The data can be used for logistical processes, but also for maintenance.

04. August 2022

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New cybersecurity service for railway companies and public transport operators

Telent has a new product in its portfolio alongside its range of digitisation services focusing on high-availability IP and transmission networks for the mobility of the future.

11. August 2022

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Secure computer platform specified for future rail operations

With advancing digitalisation, new technologies are entering the railway system that place high security demands on the IT environment.

17. August 2022

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RailCOMPLETE® - Planning tool for railway assets

The planning process for electrotechnical systems in railway engineering is characterised by many system discontinuities, different planning procedures in control and safety technology and in overhead line construction.

18. August 2022

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Australia: New Rio Tinto mine connected to AutoHaul™ network

Hitachi Rail and mine operator Rio Tinto have reached another major AutoHaul milestone with the commissioning of the autonomous rail transport system for the new Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

26. August 2022

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Luxembourg: ETCS solution put into operation on northern line

On the Luxembourg northern line between Luxembourg via Ettelbrück to Goebelsmühle, scheduled operation of a special ETCS solution started last Monday, 29 August 2022, at 5.07 am.

31. August 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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Thales' seeing train

At Innotrans 2022, Thales will present a system that supports trains in autonomous driving - even at the highest levels GoA 3 and GoA 4.

13. September 2022

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TÜV Nord China certifies autonomous metro for the first time

It is an important milestone for the railway technology business of the TÜV Nord Group: the company's Chinese foreign subsidiary has tested and certified the complete system of an autonomously running underground for the first time.

14. September 2022

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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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Hamburg: automatic S-Bahn trains in operation

The Digital S-Bahn Hamburg has been in regular passenger service since 15 September 2022. Four

16. September 2022