Topic: Quiet brakes

METRANS equips wagon fleet with composite brakes

Triggered by the German government’s ban on noisy wagons, METRANS has upgraded its entire 3,000 container wagons fleet with ‘whispering’ brakes. The harder material of the braking pads that improves friction with the wheels will...Read more

02-02-2021|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

Image: Deutsche Bahn AG / Oliver Lang DB beschleunigt Lärmschutz im Güterverkehr

Majority of German freight wagons will now run with quiet brake blocks

According to RailWatch, a data company dealing with digitalisation in the rail freight sector, 99 per cent of the German freight wagons are now operating with quiet brake blocks. The conversion of the majority of...Read more

03-12-2020|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

Quiet brakes for almost all freight wagons the Netherlands in 2025

By 2025, around 95 percent of the wagons of all freight trains running in the Netherlands will be equipped with quiet brake blocks. This is a result of European legislation that specifies quiet routes, only...Read more

05-11-2019|Comment|author: Marieke van Gompel