On Tuesday, RailTech Europe 2022 will kickoff in Utrecht, the Netherlands. This three-day international gathering of railway professionals will feature a conference, workshops, an exhibition area including an…
Swedish company Predge helps railway companies make the shift from reactive to predictive maintenance activities through modular software-as-a-service solutions (SaaS). RailTech.com spoke to Predge CEO Simo PykĂ€listö about…
15 European railway track technology companies announced the formation of the Digital Railway Solutions Alliance (DRS Alliance) at the IAF rail trade fair in MĂŒnster, Germany last week.…
GSM-R has become obsolete and is no longer the future of rail data transmission. The Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) will have to replace it, taking into…
Thales on Monday formally signed the agreement announced in March with Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail for the rollout of the ERTMS Central Safety System (CSS). The contract is…
Energy harvesting, the collection of small amounts of energy from the surrounding environment to power autonomous electronic devices or circuits, is a promising technique that can help produce…
The UK government has made 7,6 million pounds (9,14 million) euros available for the participants of this yearâs First of Kind competition, which challenges organisations to help modernise…
Norwayâs Bane NOR will be utilising sensor monitoring to improve maintenance predictability and thereby reduce stoppages and increase punctuality. To that end, it has launched a digital track…
Ricardo Certification will be the Assessment Body (AsBo) for railway operator DSB as it works to convert Copenhagenâs S-Bane to Grade of Automation 4 (GoA4). The S-Bane is…
Spainâs CAF Group has inked a new deal with Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR). While the bulk of the contract involves maintenance work on trains, it also includes setting…
Getting a single ticket on a journey made up of various rail parts still is out of reach in 2021. Even though ease of choice and payment could…
Deutsche Bahn will invest a record sum of 13,6 billion euros in rail infrastructure in 2022, some 900 million euros more than in 2021. The company will channel…
In April, a demo project will kick off in the Netherlands, where autonomous rail noise remote sensing devices will be installed as part of the Noise and Emissions…
HS2âs infrastructure will be fitted with real time monitoring sensors, the project team announced last month. The data from these sensors will not only inform the construction method…
The National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS) has ordered an additional 98 double-deck M7 multifunction train cars from Alstom to the tune of 268 million euros.