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April 21, 2025 | Signalling

R2Dato: accelerating the digitalisation and automation of Europe’s railway network

A major Europe’s Rail research project is underway to deliver automatic train operation (ATO) on the mainline network in order to increase capacity and reduce costs. Robert Preston reports on FP2-R2Dato.

December 19, 2024 | Freight

Heavy-haul harsh weather DAC trial starts in Sweden

The trial is part of the authorisation process for the Digital Automatic Coupler.

July 19, 2024 | Freight

Voith e-coupler selected as standard for Digital Automatic Coupler

Designs developed by Voith and Knorr-Bremse were evaluated during four-month process.

May 11, 2024 | Europe

Europe’s Rail awards seven research grants worth €11.7m

Projects receiving co-funding include DAC-Fit and tackling noise and vibration.

April 15, 2024 | Freight

DB leads new consortium aiming to speed up DAC delivery

DAC-Fit will produce implementation plan to equip 500,000-strong European wagon fleet with the Digital Automatic Coupler.

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