SWISS rail freight operator SBB Cargo is equipping its entire fleet of freight wagons with RFID technology in a bid to meet future market demand.

Advances in GPS technology mean it is now possible to track wagons in real-time, offering benefits for customers, operators, and fleet managers. Colin Gerrish, CEO of PJ Measurement Technologies UK, and Günter Petschnig, CEO of PJ Messetechnik, Austria, outline the monitoring capabilities of the new Waggontracker system.

Höft & Wessel has secured a contract with Danish State Railways (DSB) to develop a multi-modal bluetooth ticket reader that can read RFID, OCR and barcode technologies utilised in a range of electronic tickets.