EU: The goal is to commence equipping the entire European freight fleet of 500,000 cars with digital automatic coupling, DAC, in 2028, despite criticism.
Germany: The national operator has showcased a life-size mockup of a compartment, measuring two metres by 70 cm, at the Experience DB Mobility exhibition in Berlin.
Germany: The first locomotives, which can be operated both with diesel and electric power, were unveiled at the Halle marshalling yard, Germany, where they will be put into operation.
Germany: Members of DB’s infrastructure division InfraGo and a representative of the software development company dSPACE talked about one of the key aspects of the deployment of unmanned rail transport.
Brief overview of key events and news in the rail rolling stock markets.
Germany: The firm part of the German national operator's tender includes 33 trains designed to operate at a maximum speed of 300 km/h.
Germany: Together with its cooperation partner NVIDIA, DSD presented a photo-realistic digital twin of a railway line for fully automation operation.
EU: Over 2,500 Traxx locomotives have been sold across Europe, North America, Africa, and Central and South Asia, Alstom says.
The highest grade of automation, GoA4, has become familiar for metro and monorail and will soon be adopted in other segments of railway transport.