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August 26, 2020 | Innovations

IRJ 2020 Innovations Showcase: Kontron facilitates smooth migration from GSM-R to FRMCS

IN preparation for the transition from traditional GSM-R to the Future Railway Mobile Communications System (FRMCS), Kontron has developed the FRMCS Whitespace concept to allow infrastructure managers to efficiently introduce FRMCS and decide if, where and when to invest further in densification as digitalisation takes off.

October 30, 2019 | Technology

DB begins use of digital interlockings

GERMAN Rail (DB) has begun using a digital interlocking on the Rostock - Warnemünde line, the first time a digital interlocking has been used for long-distance services in Germany and the first step in DB’s plan to upgrade the more than 2600 interlockings across the German network.

More than common sense

Sponsored: RSSB outlines the importance of providing skills training for non-technical skills to maintain high levels of safety on the railway

October 29, 2019 | Policy

RZD launches 2025 digital strategy

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has approved a digital transformation strategy up to 2025 which could produce an economic boost to RZD of Roubles 150bn ($US 2.35bn), and Roubles 400bn for the national economy.

September 24, 2019 | Technology

New company to steer digitalisation of Germany’s railways

GERMAN Rail (DB) is set to form a new subsidiary to manage the digitalisation of the country’s railway network, DB board member for infrastructure, Mr Ronald Pofalla, announced at the Digital Rail Summit in Berlin on September 23.

June 27, 2019 | Signalling

Network Rail publishes digital signalling plan

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has published a long-term plan for the deployment of ETCS. The plan is a response to a request last year by the Department for Transport that future signalling renewals should be digital, or at least digital-ready beyond NR’s 2019-2026 Control Period 6 (CP6) investment plan.

May 29, 2019 | Policy

Spanish railways agree innovation programme

SPAIN’s infrastructure managers, Adif and Adif High-Speed (AV), and national operator Renfe are to develop a master plan to drive railway innovation to improve rail’s competitiveness and service quality.

February 8, 2019 | Europe

DB launches ‘world's fastest laboratory’ test train

GERMAN Rail (DB) has launched its “Advanced TrainLab,” which the company says will allow testing of digital technologies in a real-world environment and accelerate their deployment into service.

December 18, 2018 | Signalling

Swiss ATO pilot set for December 2019 launch

SWITZERLAND’s Southeastern Railway (SOB) announced on December 17 that a panel of judges has selected a winning concept for an Automatic Train Operation (ATO) pilot, which SOB is implementing as part of the Swiss Smartrail 4.0 programme.

October 31, 2018 | Technology

DB invests in satellite technology start-up

GERMAN Rail (DB) has announced that its Digital Ventures business unit will make a strategic investment of several million Euros in Canadian start-up satellite telecommunications firm Kepler Communications.

October 4, 2018 | Technology

RZD CEO sets out vision for automation and digitalisation

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) CEO and chairman of the executive board, Mr Oleg Belozyorov, has outlined what he sees as the major developments that will affect the railway by 2050, including automation and digitalisation.

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