DB Cargo’s British subsidiary, DB Cargo UK, is now offering digital route learning for its drivers in collaboration with Track Access Services (TAS).

GERMAN Rail (DB) says it is stepping up 3D printing of rolling stock components as it seeks to harness the technology to streamline maintenance processes.

IRJ at Railtex 2017: International bridge and engineering company Mabey unveiled a modular glass-fibre, reinforced polymer footbridge at Railtex 2017 in Birmingham, Britain.

IRJ at Railtex 2017: HOPPECKE Industrial Batteries presented its lithium-ion battery, which is specifically designed for use in locomotives with hybrid drives.

ROLLING stock leasing company Ermewa and Amsted Rail subsidiary IONX have signed a preliminary cooperation agreement, which includes the supply of telematics systems for Ermewa’s wagon fleet.

A new system which enables passenger train interiors to be reconfigured to carry freight is ready for trials, according to its developer.

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) and London-based mobile point-of-sale (MPoS) specialist ECR Retail Systems (ECR) have completed Phase 1 of a three year project by deploying a real-time mobile payment solution across SNCF’s entire fleet of trains in France, including the delivery of nearly 1500 lightweight ECR Go MPoS devices.

ALSTOM and Airbus have concluded a cybersecurity cooperation agreement, which was signed by Mr Marc Fontaine, the digital transformation officer at Airbus, and Mr Pascal Cléré, the senior vice president of Alstom’s digital mobility division, at the Airbus’s Blagnac facility in Toulouse.

ALSTOM and Paris Transport Authority (RATP) have successfully completed an experiment concerning the autonomous stabling of a tram at RATP’s line T7 depot in Vitry-sur-Seine.

SIEMENS has announced that it will launch a new digital rail service in the United States, which will use sensors and software platforms to put intelligence behind billions of data points created on the country’s rail network.