Topic: Safety management

Digital tool ensures safety for pocket wagons with semi-trailers

VTG and Nexxiot are testing a kingpin monitor for semi-trailers on pocket wagons. The safety solution comprises a sensor application that will enable checking semi-trailers during the loading procedure on railcars. Additionally, it will allow...Read more

07-06-2021|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

‘Good system integration prevents cyber attacks on rail’

With the introduction of new rail systems such as the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) and Automatic Train Operation (ATO), it is important that the interfaces are well integrated with the whole rail system....Read more

24-04-2017|Comment|author: Marieke van Gompel

Automatic data reporting tackles European cultural barriers

Cultural variations in how different EU countries record and interpret ‘events’ on the freight network can be tackled – and with it safety levels enhanced – through automatic reporting systems. That’s the view of the...Read more

11-11-2016|Comment|author: Simon Weedy