What started as a contemplation over half a year ago is now becoming a reality. Spanish Infrastructure Manager Adif and Ukrainian Railways (UZ) will start cooperating to develop and implement a variable gauge wheel technology,...Read more
Cargo Sous Terrain (CST), a Swiss project to implement an underground freight-dedicated rail network is now entering a new phase. The Swiss Federal Offices of Transport and Territorial Development opened the audition period, during which...Read more
InterviewMarcus Roth is a software developer based in Frankfurt, and Thomas Heydenreich is a rail freight consultant based in Hamburg. Together, they ‘digitally’ founded RailAppSolutions to improve the exchange of information concerning wagon damage reports....Read more
Parallel Systems publicly showcased for the first time its platooning operation with autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles on 20 December. Separate Parallel railcars connect with each other through bumper-to-bumper contact and are able to form platoons...Read more
The large-scale deployment of Nevomo’s MagRail Booster, a hyperloop-inspired technology that can be applied to existing rail infrastructure and rolling stock, is one step closer to reality. The product is currently being assessed by two...Read more
The Swiss Federal Office of Transport issued the type-approval for automated brake tests for SBB Cargo trains. In-service tests will be held at selected locations over the next three months, with a large-scale rollout planned...Read more
InterviewWhat happens if we apply electric vehicle technologies to the rail freight industry? Intramotev, a company based in St. Louis, Missouri, is exploring this question by making rail freight wagons autonomous by retrofitting them with...Read more
analysisOne of the next steps for the rail freight industry is to become fully digitised and digitalised. A key step towards digitisation would be a strong switch to paperless documents, which currently are used in...Read more
In Europe, demand for available rail infrastructure continues to increase sharply. Indeed, further modal shift towards this more sustainable type of transportation is a key element to reaching climate targets. Continuous monitoring of rail assets...Read more
Citizens of the Mainz-Bischofsheim area, in Western Germany, might see a dog-like robot walking around DB Cargo’s maintenance facility. Despite looking like the ones attacking people in the Black Mirror episode ‘Metalhead’, this one has...Read more
Leaf-clearing trains are being deployed across Scotland this Autumn, with the technology to give leaves the cold shoulder. A blend of cutting-edge technology and specialised trains are on the tracks to ensure the network doesn’t...Read more
Nevomo, recently unveiled its MagRail Booster technology at the TRAKO International Railway Fair in Gdansk, in northern Poland. As Stefan Kirch, CBDO at Nevomo, explained to RailFreight.com, the next steps entail finalising the tests by...Read more
Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail, the Irish national railway company, will start tests on a freight locomotive retrofitted with a specialised internal combustion engine (ICE) hydrogen system. This project is quite unique for the rail sector...Read more
innovationParallel Systems has just introduced its second-generation autonomous battery-electric rail vehicle. The US-based company aims to revolutionise freight transport by introducing its autonomous, platooning vehicles on the same tracks as conventional trains.Read more
Nevomo carried out the first test on its MagRail technology in Poland. The test was conducted on existing railway infrastructure with railway vehicles reaching a speed of 135 km/h. Through levitation and magnetic guidance, the...Read more
Brand storyOverseeing terminal operations to ensure efficient control and safety in real life is one thing. However, migrating a whole terminal and its operations in a digital 3D environment is completely revolutionising. For Minecraft enthusiasts, this...Read more
The European Commission (EC) has amended the Dutch scheme to implement ERTMS on with an additional injection of 21 million euros. With these new funds, the current budget for this initiative is 67 million euros,...Read more
Another subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn (DB) is launching a trial to replace traditional diesel with Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). This time is DB Cargo Nederland, who stated that the fuel is being tested on the...Read more
The Spanish infrastructure manager Adif is introducing a new freight tracking system, called SIMPLE (Simplification of Processes for a Logistic Enhancement), at the beginning of 2024. This constitutes a first for Spain, where there is...Read more
The rail freight sector reaches out to Brussels to address the pressing matter of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) implementation on a European level. Major associations and their members send a clear message: the EU should...Read more
In a rapidly evolving world where data is at the core of decision-making, Hungarian rail freight firm GYSEV CARGO is leading the way by reimagining their operations for the new age. Working closely with IT...Read more