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September 3, 2020 | Infrastructure

Germany to accelerate digital interlocking installation

THE German Railway Industry Association (VDB), the German Federal Railway Authority (EBA) and German Rail (DB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the roll-out of digital interlockings across the German network, with a target to upgrade 10 regions by the end of 2021.

August 26, 2020 | Innovations

IRJ 2020 Innovations Showcase: Kontron facilitates smooth migration from GSM-R to FRMCS

IN preparation for the transition from traditional GSM-R to the Future Railway Mobile Communications System (FRMCS), Kontron has developed the FRMCS Whitespace concept to allow infrastructure managers to efficiently introduce FRMCS and decide if, where and when to invest further in densification as digitalisation takes off.

June 25, 2020 | Rolling stock

Digital transformation improves SNCF’s maintenance systems

French National Railways (SNCF) has adopted a new approach to train maintenance based on incorporating remote diagnosis and condition based maintenance.

January 9, 2020 | Technology

RTRI prepares Research 2025 strategy

Dr Norimichi Kumagai, president, Railway Technical Research Institute, talks to Kevin Smith.

October 30, 2019 | Technology

DB begins use of digital interlockings

GERMAN Rail (DB) has begun using a digital interlocking on the Rostock - Warnemünde line, the first time a digital interlocking has been used for long-distance services in Germany and the first step in DB’s plan to upgrade the more than 2600 interlockings across the German network.

October 29, 2019 | Policy

RZD launches 2025 digital strategy

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has approved a digital transformation strategy up to 2025 which could produce an economic boost to RZD of Roubles 150bn ($US 2.35bn), and Roubles 400bn for the national economy.

October 28, 2019 | Technology

Combating the cybersecurity threat

As railways become more digitalised and connected, they are increasingly susceptible to malicious hacks and cyberattacks. David Burroughs looks at the risks facing the industry and how they can be managed.

September 24, 2019 | Technology

New company to steer digitalisation of Germany’s railways

GERMAN Rail (DB) is set to form a new subsidiary to manage the digitalisation of the country’s railway network, DB board member for infrastructure, Mr Ronald Pofalla, announced at the Digital Rail Summit in Berlin on September 23.

July 17, 2019 | Telecoms

FRMCS: next-generation train radio begins to take shape

After one year of work, a UIC team has drawn up a plan to develop the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) as a successor to GSM-R. The objective is to have an FRMCS demonstrator ready in 2023 and to conduct the first national trials by the end of 2024.

June 27, 2019 | Signalling

Network Rail publishes digital signalling plan

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has published a long-term plan for the deployment of ETCS. The plan is a response to a request last year by the Department for Transport that future signalling renewals should be digital, or at least digital-ready beyond NR’s 2019-2026 Control Period 6 (CP6) investment plan.

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