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'The biggest obstacle of the North Sea-Baltic rail corridor is the lack of ERTMS'
The biggest drawback of the North Sea-Baltic rail corridor is currently the lack of the European traffic control system ERTMS. Bottlenecks in the network that
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'Railways have learned a lot in condition monitoring in the last five years'
“We can’t afford to send out a maintenance team when we don’t know what’s going on, we have to anticipate failures”, says Diego Galar, professor
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'Adopting a passengers’ perspective is essential for the shift to rail’
“Railway operators should work together more. If we get people out of the car and into the train, everyone will benefit”, says Delphine Grandsart, researcher
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Russia puts first autonomous trains in regular service this year
The Russian Railways (RZD) will start using first autonomous passenger trains (GoA3) in the regular timetable in September this year. Pavel Popov, responsible for this
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France gets 31 million euro EU grant for ETCS on rolling stock
The European Commission has granted SNCF Réseau 31 million euros to finance the installation of ETCS equipment on 252 passenger vehicles and freight locomotives. Additionally,
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'Delay in roll-out ERTMS is no disaster'
The fact that the roll-out of the European train control system ERTMS is behind schedule is no disaster according to Simon Fletcher, director Europe at
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ÖBB presents EU Year of Rail locomotive
Austrian operator ÖBB has given one of their locomotives a special European Year of Rail design. The locomotive was presented at a ceremony at Vienna
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Sensors can solve weight distribution issues in rail freight wagons
Lithuanian company Viezo is working on sensors for the weight monitoring of freight wagons. Loading wagons too heavy on one side can lead to derailments,
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ProRail uses new DDIO system saving hours to a day in case of train disruptions
When it comes to restoring disruptions on the track, the manual planning for taking track out of service still causes hours of delay. Dutch infrastructure
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'Rail goals EU are achievable, but often promises were made that did not happen'
The European Commission must do more to create a level playing field for the various forms of mobility, so that trains can better compete with
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ERTMS tests with Vectron on the Øresund Bridge were successful
After tests on the Øresund Bridge with a Vectron locomotive from Siemens Mobility, the ERTMS installation on the bridge and the transition between the Swedish
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Elisabeth Werner (DG Move): invest revenues of truck kilometre charge in railways
One of the spearheads in the new Mobility Strategy of the European Union is the pricing of CO2, also for transport. In addition, the proceeds
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Railway lighting without light pollution with maximum safety
Exhibitor news, brought by Triolight SCOOP: RailLight®. Railway lighting without light pollution with maximum safety RailLight® is a unique product that has been nationally approved
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EU Commission: deployment ERTMS is behind on schedule
The deployment of ERTMS is lagging behind schedule. In April 2020, the installation of the system reached just 78 percent of the target for 2019.
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German rail industry: invest in infrastructure, digitalisation and modal shift
At the beginning of the German election year 2021, eight railway associations presented their most important demands for their next federal government. Three billion euros
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Submissions now open for the RailTech Europe Innovation awards
Innovations play an important role in the rail industry. At the digital event RailTech Europe 2021, the best innovations in the railway industry will be
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Rail Baltica about the advantages of a green field situation
The construction of brand new rail infrastructure like Rail Baltica has some advantages over the updating or extension of existing networks. Especially on a digital
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Deutsche Bahn to test HD mapping, creating railway Digital Twin
HERE Technologies is providing HD mapping technology for the Sensors4Rail project of Deutsche Bahn. In the pilot, DB will equip a Hamburg S-Bahn train with
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RailTech Europe: registrations are open and first speakers revealed
ProMedia Group opened registration for RailTech Europe 2021 Thursday morning and launched the new website. The first speakers are also public, including Elisabeth Werner, Director
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Trade show and conference RailTech Europe 2021 will go digital
The large trade show for the technical rail industry, RailTech Europe, will continue next year, despite corona. On the 30th and 31st of March and