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February 2, 2023 | Technology

British research project aims to reduce delays caused by leaves on the line

Artificial Intelligence is being used to develop a friction prediction tool.

February 18, 2022 | Rolling stock

Improving braking offers capacity increase

Matthäus Englbrecht, vice-president global brake systems with Knorr-Bremse, explains how innovative digital technologies such as the company’s next-generation Reproducible Braking Distance braking architecture can provide a cost-effective alternative to building new lines by increasing punctuality, stability and capacity on existing lines.

February 10, 2022 | Rolling stock

Variable rate sanding improves braking

Ben Altman and Sharon Odetunde with Britain’s Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), explain how research into low rail adhesion during the autumn is leading to new approaches to solving this serious age-old problem.

September 23, 2019 | Infrastructure

Britain to test targeted sanding to improve autumn adhesion

BRITAIN’s Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) in partnership with Network Rail (NR) and West Midlands Trains will conduct trials in October with a new sanding technique designed to improve adhesion during the autumn leaf fall season.

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