Topic: Automatic Train Operation

Cyber threat presents ‘challenging conditions’ for rail: IRS2017

‘Industrial espionage, blackmail, political motivation…’ – just some of the reasons why cyber criminals might target rail, the Intelligent Rail Summit 2017 was told. Those were some of the observations of Christian Sagmeister of ÖBB,...Read more

28-11-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Intelligent Rail Summit 2017 starts today – watch the live webinar

The Intelligent Rail Summit in Vienna has started today – and you can follow it all online. This year’s new webinar feature makes it easy to follow all of the sessions that feature keynote presentations...Read more

28-11-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Setting the safety standard for ATO in heavy rail operations

Ensuring a sufficient degree of safety is one of the key challenges for Automatic Train Operation (ATO). Whilst ATO applications already exist in metro systems, it is a relatively new development within the domain of...Read more

21-11-2017|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

New ERTMS plan ‘reflects reality’, says CER’s Lochman

Libor Lochman, Executive Director of the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) says the latest timetable for delivery of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), which is so vital to freight’s future, ‘reflects...Read more

13-02-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy