DB Cargo well underway towards silent wagon fleet
Around 80 percent of DB Cargo’s freight cars are now equipped with silent brakes. The German operator aims to reduce railway noise pollution by half by 2020. Today, DB Cargo has 50,500 silent railcars in in...Read more
Rail Cargo Group equips wagon fleet with telematics devices
By the end of 2020, the freight cars of Rail Cargo Group will feature position detection, motion sensing and shock detection. The freight division of OBB has partnered up with A1 and A1 Digital to...Read more
UWC delivered 60 heavyweight flatcars to Transcontainer
Research and production corporation United Wagon Company (UWC) has completed the delivery of sixty flatcars on bogies with enhanced axle load to Transcontainer. The cars are intended to carry heavyweight containers. Transcontainer received 30 model 13-6851-05...Read more
Technical standards for rail interoperability extended
The opportunities to evolve Telematics Application for Freight Services (TAF TSI) will be further discovered. The European Commission has awarded a contract with this aim to Circle S.p.A and Hacon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH. Circle will partner up...Read more
New rail terminal puts non-cranable trailers on track
Trailers are traditionally transported by road, but this is about to change. A terminal for the transport of non-cranable trailers by rail is in the pipeline in the Netherlands. The concept should bring about a revolution...Read more
Mobile app for digital rail freight Belarus
Belarusian Railways has presented a new mobile app, allowing rail freight operations to become fully digital. The app comes after the implementation of the electronic document in transit transportation on the Latvia-Belarus-Russia corridor. The launch of...Read more
Rollout world’s first driverless freight train network complete
Rio Tinto has completed the rollout of its automated rail network in Pilbara, Western Australia. According to the iron ore operator, it is the world’s first fully autonomous, long-distance, heavy-haul rail network, operating the world’s...Read more
Kalmar to supply 4 smart cranes to Norfolk Southern in US
Cargotec’s subsidiary Kalmar is to supply four SmartPower rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to the US-based transportation company Norfolk Southern. The cranes are equipped with a range of process automation solutions. The units are scheduled to...Read more
HHLA will use Hyperloop to transport containers from port of Hamburg
German logistics company Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has established a joint venture with the US-based research company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT). The operator intends to use Hyperloop technology in transporting standard containers from the...Read more
IoT solution helps carriers retrieve lost freight cars
Dutch technology company Dual Inventive has developed an Internet of Things (IoT) track and trace system so that carriers always know where their freight cars are. This is because cars that are used for international...Read moreHit Rail moves interoperability platform to AWS Amazon
Data exchange specialist Hit Rail has migrated its HEROS interoperability platform to the public cloud of AWS Amazon. The move is in response to the digitalisation of railway services and products. “The interoperability requirements of the...Read more
Russian Railways patents new piggyback flatcar
Russian Railways (RZD) is testing new piggyback depressed floor flatcars, expected to run on rails in 2019. Joint-stock company Federal Freight, subsidiary of the Russian railway company and Uralvagonzavod, a Russian manufacturer have obtained the...Read more
Alstom: Autonomous train test in Netherlands includes object sensors
In testing automated freight trains on the Dutch Betuweroute this autumn, sensors will be placed to recognise objects on the railway. This technique will eventually enable complete autonomous train traffic. Director of Alstom Utrecht Alwin...Read more
Bombardier reaches milestone ERTMS preparations Sweden
Bombardier Transportation has successfully tested the latest software of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) Level 2 solution in Sweden. Known as Baseline 3 Release 2, the testing indicated a milestone in the preparations...Read more
SNCF, Shift2Rail introduce digital brake testing on freight trains
SNCF, Shift2Rail and Traxens revealed a digital brake testing system for freight trains at trade fair InnoTrans 2018 on Tuesday. It is the first step towards a fully digital freight train, the companies said. The...Read more
Alstom launches marketplace for train parts and commodities
Alstom is launching an online marketplace dedicated to the railway sector. Revealed on the second day of trade fair Innotrans in Berlin, it has been designed as an efficient platform to both promote and get...Read more