For most of its history, rail has been a sector rather closed to new technologies. In terms of its operation to date, the key aspect emphasised both at…
Imagine a specific software application as being the final composition of various building blocks taken from a so-called software platform. Each of these building blocks can be taken…
The railway industry is dealing with software applications more and more nowadays. This requires some innovative thinking; not only the software is new for many people in the…
German software company ITK Engineering has developed its own reference workflow. It is compliant with CENELEC standards EN 50126, EN 50128, EN 50657 and EN 50129 for railway…
Ensuring a sufficient degree of safety is one of the key challenges for Automatic Train Operation (ATO). Whilst ATO applications already exist in metro systems, it is a…
At Rail Tech Europe at 28, 29 and 30 March the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) HIMax and HIMatrix safety controllers are at the centre of attention at HIMA’s booth…
Why the Antwerp metro is more punctual with the Pilz automation system PSS 4000