If the EU wants to move to zero-emission mobility, rail freight has a huge role to play. This has been iterated by the rail freight industry since the Green Deal echoed these ambitions. But equally...Read more
Rail technology specialists 3Squared are just months away from deploying their PathPlanner software solution, which they believe will make far better use of spare network capacity. The PathPlanner is designed to assist in finding a...Read more
In late January, a freight train equipped with the Digital Automatic Coupling technology started a test trip from Berlin to cross Europe and assess the technology. In February, it spent some days in Austria, testing...Read more
The autonomous battery-powered rail vehicles designed and developed by Parallel Systems will receive 4,5 million US dollars from the Department of Energy of the USA. The autonomous rail vehicles built by former SpaceX engineers will...Read more
The University of Huddersfield, in Yorkshire in the north of England, and rail freight operator DB Cargo UK have announced a new framework for research and innovation collaboration. The academic institution and the freight carrier have an...Read more
US Railway company Union Pacific has ordered 20 battery-electric locomotives for testing in yard operations in the US, with the first units set to arrive on site next year. The purchases include 10 EMD Joule...Read more
In three years from now, the fleet of DB Cargo will be complemented with innovative locomotives of Siemens, Vossloh and Toshiba. Next year alone the German operator receives 150 new locomotives as part of its...Read more
The German data provider company RailWatch leaps ahead with deploying its wayside wagon monitoring system across Europe. In 2021 RailWatch expanded its control stations in Germany while it partnered up with METRANS to develop the...Read more
The rail freight industry wants to embrace the digital revolution; the IT firms are standing ready to facilitate this transformation. Still, the transformation is painfully slow, and the two industries are only gradually moving closer...Read more
Intramotev, a technology startup from St. Louis, has developed an autonomous freight car that can be used in a standard rail service. The vehicle, called the TugVolt, is currently aimed at short-haul routes of 600...Read more
The artificial intelligence (AI) based system Cognitive Rail Pilot acquired the Declaration of Conformity to the regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union, meaning that it can start its deployment in several countries. The system is...Read more
In the Netherlands a new product is on the horizon; a wireless axle counter that works on 5G. The infrastructure manager ProRail and innovator Rail Connect will work on this product for the next three...Read more
Russia is currently building a fleet of new hydrogen-based freight locomotives, completely in line with the recently approved state strategy towards hydrogen energy in the Russian Federation. But only by building new locomotives the shift...Read more
Parallel Systems, a company founded by former SpaceX engineers, has raised nearly 47 million euros in funding to build autonomous battery-powered rail vehicles that move containers. The new engineering work aims to make rail freight...Read more
Intermodal Telematics (IMT), a Netherlands based telematics company, entered a long-term agreement with Hitachi Rail. Their partnership will focus on developing digital solutions for rail freight in Europe and North America.Read more
Spanish railway manager Adif has awarded a contract for an improved version of a variable gauge axle system for freight rolling stock to TRIA Transport Engineering and Technology. The project costs nearly 6 million euros...Read more
A German logistics company is still counting the cost of a breach of its digital archives earlier this month. The knock-on effects for customers and reputation are only just being counted. With the very nature...Read more
An ambitious underground freight transport tunnel has been proposed as an answer to access issues at the rapidly expanding Port of Liverpool. The project would provide an alternative to a road access scheme, which campaigners...Read more
