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AI Mobility Lab at InnoTrans 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies do not stop at the railway system and so InnoTrans 2024 is introducing the new exhibition area AI Mobility Lab.

21. Juli 2023

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Adif AV orders measuring train for high-speed lines

The Spanish infrastructure manager for high-speed lines Adif AV has ordered another measuring train from the manufacturer CAF. It is to travel at a speed of up to 300 km/h on normal tracks.

19. Juli 2023

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Alstom awarded contract by Renfe to equip 28 locomotives with ERTMS

Alstom will equip 28 freight locomotives with ERTMS technology for Renfe. The order from the Spanish state railway company is worth 11.2 million euros.

19. Juli 2023

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CCS provider Systra seeks strategic investor

The CCS provider Systra wants to grow and is therefore looking for a strategic investor. In the next five years, the company plans to increase its turnover by around a third to 1.5 billion EUR.

18. Juli 2023

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Deutsche Bahn tests volume contract with construction partners

Deutsche Bahn is breaking new ground in the construction of control and safety technology: for the first time, it wants to conclude a volume contract with companies.

18. Juli 2023

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Diagnosis for the digital interlocking

Das digitale Stellwerk (DSTW) wird bei der DB Netz AG in den nächsten Jahren für Neubauvorhaben und Ersatzinvestitionen z.B. im Digitalen Knoten Stuttgart (DKS), im DSTW Koblenz-Trier, Mainz und Rostock zum Einsatz kommen.

06. Juli 2023

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Multi-agent AI helps DB with train scheduling

DB is expanding the use of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool for train scheduling. It uses reinforcement learning methods.

19. Juni 2023

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Federal government supports project to expand 5G on railway lines

The "Gigabit Innvation Track -GINT" project is intended to provide new insights into the nationwide expansion of 5G on railway lines. A test track is also planned in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

15. Juni 2023

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For the first time in Germany: Hamburg comes closer to riding the underground in a moving block

The Hamburg Hochbahn's U-Bahn100 project is making progress. Together with Siemens Mobility and Alstom, the transport company now presented its CBTC model for trains running every 100 seconds and via GoA2.

13. Juni 2023

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Integrated metro system for Cluj-Napoca

Alstom has signed a contract with the Municipality of Cluj-Napoca (Cluj-Napoca) for the construction of metro line 1 in the Transylvania region of Romania as part of a consortium with civil engineering companies Gulermak and Arcada.

07. Juni 2023

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Hungarian railway corridor gets ETCS L2

The Czech company AŽD has signed a contract with the Hungarian construction company V4SIL (part of the V-Híd holding) for the supply of modern signalling and ETCS L2 for the Soroksár - Kelebia project as part of the Budapest-Belgrade connection.

06. Juni 2023

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Optrail taken over by Siemens

The Italian technology company Optrail S.r.l. was recently acquired by Siemens. Optrail provides algorithms for Traffic Management Systems (TMS) based on complex models and methods from the field of mathematical optimisation and operations research.

02. Juni 2023

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Key for the future: scalable software solutions for critical infrastructures

As recently as October 2022, fibre optic cables belonging to Deutsche Bahn were sabotaged, plunging northern Germany into traffic chaos. Such acts of sabotage and accidents at critical infrastructures are not only tragic, but can also have devastating consequences for public safety.

24. Mai 2023

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Successful test run for the digital freight train

In the past one and a half years, a total of 10,000 km were covered in seven European countries, with 25 different marshalling yards, in different terrain and under extreme weather conditions from -25 to +40 degrees.

08. Mai 2023

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Amsted Digital Solutions SAS announces partnership with Greenbrier Europe

Amsted Digital Solutions SAS (Amsted Digital), a subsidiary of Amsted Rail Company, Inc., has announced a multi-year contract to supply IQ Series™ gateways to Greenbrier Europe (Greenbrier) to improve customer service and railcar safety.

04. Mai 2023