Pushing ahead with the implementation of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) would be like “shooting ourselves in the foot”, warn Czech and Slovak rail associations ŽESNAD…
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‘Let’s go for DAC, but not now’ as costs for rail freight mount
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DAC implementation might cost 9 times more than expected
Current quotations for the costs of implementing a Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) do not take into account many factors that might lead to costs to…
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Rail associations in Central and Eastern Europe sound the alarm for DAC
Seven rail associations from Central and Eastern Europe presented their doubts about the deployment plan for the Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) to the EU’s Directorate-General…
EU Commission reactivates Czech rail scheme, this time it includes DAC too
The European Commission (EC) has reactivated a scheme to support rail interoperability in the Czech Republic over the next five years for 380 million euros.…
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Munich hot topic: to DAC or not to DAC?
The implementation of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) for rail freight in Europe has been under the spotlight for a while now. What makes the DAC…