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GSM-R infrastructure for ETCS L2

A consortium of AŽD Praha s.r.o. and Elektrizace železnic Praha a.s. led by Kontron Transportation has won the public tender for the implementation of a new turnkey GSM-R infrastructure on the ŽSR network for ETCS Level 2 for the Varín - Košice - Čierna nad Tisou - state border section.

29. März 2023

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Knorr-Bremse tests DAC under real conditions in Sweden

Knorr-Bremse's Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) will be on a Trafikverket CFL train until 2025.

06. April 2023

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Rail cybersecurity firm secures funding

Railway cybersecurity firm RazorSecure has sourced GBP 1.3m of funding to support its plans for expansion in the Europe and North American markets over the next five years.

24. April 2023

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Successful test run for the digital freight train

In the past one and a half years, a total of 10,000 km were covered in seven European countries, with 25 different marshalling yards, in different terrain and under extreme weather conditions from -25 to +40 degrees.

08. Mai 2023

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Hungarian railway corridor gets ETCS L2

The Czech company AŽD has signed a contract with the Hungarian construction company V4SIL (part of the V-Híd holding) for the supply of modern signalling and ETCS L2 for the Soroksár - Kelebia project as part of the Budapest-Belgrade connection.

06. Juni 2023

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For the first time in Germany: Hamburg comes closer to riding the underground in a moving block

The Hamburg Hochbahn's U-Bahn100 project is making progress. Together with Siemens Mobility and Alstom, the transport company now presented its CBTC model for trains running every 100 seconds and via GoA2.

13. Juni 2023

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Multi-agent AI helps DB with train scheduling

DB is expanding the use of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool for train scheduling. It uses reinforcement learning methods.

19. Juni 2023

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Diagnosis for the digital interlocking

Das digitale Stellwerk (DSTW) wird bei der DB Netz AG in den nächsten Jahren für Neubauvorhaben und Ersatzinvestitionen z.B. im Digitalen Knoten Stuttgart (DKS), im DSTW Koblenz-Trier, Mainz und Rostock zum Einsatz kommen.

06. Juli 2023

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AI Mobility Lab at InnoTrans 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies do not stop at the railway system and so InnoTrans 2024 is introducing the new exhibition area AI Mobility Lab.

21. Juli 2023

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Railways: High costs due to FRMCS

Nederlandse Spoorwegen, ÖBB and SBB have warned of cost risks for railways when introducing the FRMCS train radio system.

24. Juli 2023

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Network Rail and SBB sign agreement

Network Rail, the UK infrastructure manager, and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on AI and other areas.

28. Juli 2023

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Unauthorised persons stopped trains by radio signal

At the end of last week, more than 20 trains in Poland were stopped by radio signal.

29. August 2023

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Smart way to monitor rail performance

Amsted Digital Solutions IQ Series gateways provide insights such as real-time location, impact detection and charge status, and can be configured to include Bogie IQ™ wheelset and brake condition monitoring.

08. September 2023

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Levitating trains - Nevomo reports successful tests

The Swiss-Polish start-up Nevomo claims to have levitated a vehicle over tracks for the first time. A driving speed of 135 km/h was achieved, the company announced during a press conference in Brussels, which was broadcast live on the internet. At the event, the company also showed a video of a vehicle hovering a few millimetres above the tracks. This success was achieved on the company's test track in Nowa Sarzyna, Poland.

11. September 2023

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Siemens Mobility receives approval for train control system for light railways

After a project duration of seven years, Siemens Mobility has received approval for the ZSL 90 LZV project. Among other things, the company has developed a new dual band for this.

20. September 2023