While the demand for available rail infrastructure continues to increase, the shrinking labour force finds itself needing to adapt to new technologies. This brings many new opportunities, but…
Leasing company VTG Rail UK and Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems have introduced Britain to what they call a digital freight wagon. The partners have unveiled an example of rolling…
Poland is laying a key piece of new European rail infrastructure. The billion-euro-CPK plan gives the country a change to be frontrunner in new wayside train monitoring systems,…
How does Metro Bilbao benefit from a fully integrated monitoring approach including sensors, software & analytics? Helmut Liebminger, CEO of voestalpine Signaling and Walter Serno, customer manager for…
“Just alarming is not enough, with fleet condition monitoring we want to keep the fleet in such a condition so that incidents do not happen”, says Markus Urban,…
In a joint RailTech webinar with voestalpine Signaling, Richard Lenthall, Vice President Customer Management and Markus Urban, Product Manager at voestalpine, will talk about the possibilities of a…
Austria is a frontrunner in Europe when it comes to monitoring of trains. ÖBB Infrastructure and voestalpine Signaling are currently installing checkpoints where multiple monitoring solutions are combined.…
Flat spots, hot boxes, and host of other problems could be tackled by the technology originally developed to keep retail goods safe from light-fingered shop lifters. Radio-frequency identification…
Monitoring solutions for the railway system have gained a footing over the last few years. And they can play a big role in making rail more reliable, says…
TX Logistik AG and Mercitalia Intermodal cooperate in a new project aiming to optimise combined transport (CT) operations. The companies will test innovative sensors and communication technologies to…
In the upcoming period until 2030, Dutch railway manager ProRail expects a large increase in passenger and freight transport. Wayside monitoring systems can help to improve and make…
RailTech dives into maintenance and prognostics in a free webinar on Friday August 6. What are new ways in which data from trackside monitoring can be used, not…
Our editorial team has published a special RailTech Magazine themed ‘Intelligent Rail’. With many interesting interviews, it dives into intelligent rail infrastructure, data platforms, and condition monitoring.
The Intelligent Rail Summit 2021 focuses on asset management, Wayside Train Monitoring Systems and monitoring rail infrastructure, and takes place on 21-23 September in Bilbao, Spain. We are…
Rolling stock maintenance company VR FleetCare will deploy Train Scanner next month, a device designed to automatically inspect the external condition of trains. The device will be used…