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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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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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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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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 alone is not enough"

Publishing director Manuel Bosch explains what food for thought the discussions about the 9-EUR ticket in Germany should provide for the digitalisation of rail transport.

26. Mai 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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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 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 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 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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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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Development of a Safe Computing Platform started

The conversion of the rail industry to digital technologies poses special challenges in terms of safety, especially on the software side. These are to be met with the specification of a Safe Computing Platform.

17. März 2022

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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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Deutsche Bahn rejects criticism of DIANA diagnostic tool

Deutsche Bahn and "Die Güterbahnen" are engaged in an exchange of blows over the DIANA diagnostic tool. The association says the system does not live up to expectations.

10. Oktober 2023

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Deutsche Bahn forms sector wide FRMCS working group

GSM-R will be phased out as radio technology in German rail transport in the foreseeable future. To ensure that the migration to a digital data transmission technology can take place smoothly, Deutsche Bahn is currently setting up a working group. This is to coordinate the implementation of the Future Railway Mobile Communications System (FRMCS) step by step.

20. Januar 2022