Autonomous rail vehicle concept secures 4,5 million dollars for testing
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
5G enters Dutch railways with this innovation
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 moreInnovation: former SpaceX engineers design railcars of the future
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
Adif awards contract for variable gauge axle system for freight trains
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
Empowering intermodal terminals through automation
After the East West Gate terminal in Hungary and the port of Koper in Slovenia, Camco Technologies signed with Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), to enable the automation of its terminals in the UK. Werner...Read more
‘Digitalisation and innovation can help in achieving climate goals’
Rail freight transport in the fight against climate change. This was the focus of Rail Cargo Group’s annual press conference. According to the Austrian company, digitalisation and innovation can help in achieving the climate goals.Read more
Need space? How about folding your container?
“On every container space, you can place four foldable containers. This saves 75 per cent of the space on a wagon. Just imagine how much space that is on an entire train”, said Hans Broekhuis...Read more
This week in RailFreight Live: foldable containers and e-fueled locs
Although the rail freight industry is known to be traditional and old-fashioned, there are many innovative ideas being presented every year. In this week’s edition of Railfreight Live, we take a look at some interesting...Read more
Alexey Grom: New Silk Road is on the brink of unified waybill
Digitilisation is what will bring the New Silk Road further, and 2022 could be the year of change. “Together with our partners and EAEU neighbours, we are on the brink of introducing a unified waybill....Read more
Camco Technologies to provide port of Koper with Rail OCR
Camco Technologies is partnering with the port of Koper for the automated registration of its increasing container and rail wagon traffic. Supported by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE programme, the port of Koper is part of...Read more
How the modular freight wagon became the standard
Ten years ago, manufacterer Wascosa presented its first modular freight wagon. Recently, the 500th wagon was delivered. Today, the trend is firmly towards modular freight wagons, the company says, adding that this was much different...Read more
UK’s high-speed line reiterates capacity and carbon credentials
HS2, Britain’s high-speed rail project, connecting London and Birmingham, continues with civil engineering works on sites including Old Oak Common in the capital and Curzon Street in the West Midlands. With tunnelling machines set for...Read more
European rail freight companies test automatic coupling
Six European rail freight companies led by DB Cargo have started the trials of digital automatic coupling (DAC) on wagons. The pilot project is dedicated to demonstrating, testing and obtaining regulatory approval for this technology....Read more
UK company brings future hi-tech leaders on track
A valuable funding programme administered by the Knowledge Transfer Network in the UK has engaged a raft of creative businesses with the rail industry, bringing forward the latest discoveries in rail and other critical sectors....Read more
Poland moving from coal to containers
The Polish economy is reducing the consumption of coal. This has a direct impact on the country’s rail freight sector. As a result, the carriers are being refocused to the transportation of the containers. This...Read more
SBB: 5L demonstrator successful so far
SBB has carried out the first evaluation of the 5L demonstrator, the innovative freight train consisting of various new technologies. The train consisting of 16 wagons has been on the Swiss rail network since June...Read more
RailApp: a tool to find railway staff more efficiently
The RailApp transaction and communication platform won the award in the Rail Freight Transport category of the RailTech Innovation Awards 2019. Making use of the application could save companies up to 20 per cent in...Read more
Cargo should find its own way to final destination
Cargo should find its own way to its destination, where it determines a logical next destination. It could do this autonomously, without intervention of a human. This is called self-organising logistics. A step too far?...Read more
Wagon keepers want more support for quiet trains
With quiet routes covering a considerable part of the European railway network post-2020, wagon keepers are bound to invest in the phasing out of noisy trains. However, wagon keepers do not necessarily reap the economic...Read more