Topic: DAC4EU

Munich hot topic: to DAC or not to DAC?

analysisThe implementation of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) for rail freight in Europe has been under the spotlight for a while now. What makes the DAC digital? How realistic can a large-scale implementation by 2030 be?...Read more

19-05-2023|Comment|author: Marco Raimondi

Switzerland starts testing ‘DAC+’ digital freight train

A Swiss consortium that includes the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) launched the so-called DAC+ pilot freight train. This automated freight train is equipped with an automatic coupler including a digital data line. This new initiative...Read more

10-03-2023|Comment|author: Marco Raimondi

150 workshops popping up around Germany to speed up DAC retrofitting

The successful test runs of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) trains around Europe bring some rapid developments in Germany. DB is eager to set up 150 pop-up workshops for the DAC retrofitting of wagons. First, the...Read more

17-10-2022|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

Switzerland next stop for DAC test train

After an extensive test program at five Austrian stations from the beginning of February to the beginning of March 2022, a freight train with Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) will be tested in Switzerland now. The...Read more

03-03-2022|Comment|author: Esther Geerts

What did the DAC4EU train do in Austria?

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

17-02-2022|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios