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| | Digitalisation: vehicle retrofitting remains a sticking point | |
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| | | Vehicle retrofitting remains a sticking point for the further digitalisation of the rail system in Germany. This was emphasised by all those involved in a panel discussion on the topic yesterday on the stage of the DB Group booth. It is crucial that the players pull together, said Susanne Henckel, State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport. Like Axel Schuppe, Managing Director of the German Railway Industry Association, she also emphasised that manufacturers must also be closely involved in projects such as the further expansion of ETCS. Volker Hentschel, Head of Digitale Schiene Deutschland, explained that it was important to draw the right conclusions from projects such as the Digital Node Stuttgart or the refurbishment of the Riedbahn. Jan Görnemann, Spokesperson for the Management of Bundesverband Schienennahverkehr e.V., emphasised, among other things, the financial dimension of the project: it can only be managed if it is carefully weighed up which vehicles need to be retrofitted and which need to be replaced: ‘What is there and works must fulfil its life cycle.’
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| | High speed: Egypt and Europe take centre stage | |
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| | | Egypt is one of the countries where high-speed trains will run in the future. Siemens Mobility GmbH is currently working with local construction companies to build a high-performance network around 2,000 kilometres long. The Velaro Egypt will also run on this network at speeds of up to 230 kilometres per hour. The Velaro Egypt is the latest generation of the Velaro platform, which is based on the Velaro MS used by Deutsche Bahn AG. The train has been optimised for special conditions such as high temperatures, sand and dust. This includes covered joints, adapted air flows, including newly developed spoilers and new filter systems for the air conditioning systems. Egypt will receive 41 trains.
Although the ETR1000 from Hitachi Rail is built for the Italian state railway FS/Trenitalia, it will be used throughout Europe. According to the presentation, the series will be authorised for use in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, France and Spain in addition to Italy from the 61st train. ETR1000 trains are already in service in France and Spain, but operation under 15 kilovolts is a novelty. New traction motors and units improve energy efficiency, while the new HMAX technology from Hitachi Rail, an all-in-one platform for digital asset management, improves availability. At the request of Trenitalia, the ETR1000 has four travel classes: Executive, Business, Premium and Standard.
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| | Eurailpress Career Boost: introducing the future of the sector | |
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| | | Following the successful premiere of the Eurailpress Career Boost on the Talent Stage in 2022, which was even held digitally last year, the young talent event, moderated by Eurailpress Editor-in-Chief Georg Kern, was once again very popular. 20 talents from all over the world used the 90-second slots to arouse the curiosity of the guests and recruiters in attendance. Whether a mechanical engineer with a doctorate and start-up experience, a mechatronics engineer, a transport planner, a marketing specialist with industry experience or a 17-year-old student - they all share a great passion for the railway system and the desire to help shape the future of transport. The participants were not only able to score points with their career plans and backgrounds, their wide-ranging interests and commitments also attracted attention and the first contacts were made on the fringes of the event.
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| | Tunnelling industry focuses on sustainable concrete | |
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| | | Tunnelling is playing an important role at this year's InnoTrans, and not just because of the wide range of exhibits. Aspects of the construction of underground transport routes were also discussed in depth at the ‘International Tunnel Forum - Sustainability in Tunnelling’. ‘We have a lot of operational news at this year's trade fair, for example on firefighting, with water mist being one topic,’ said event chairman Prof Roland Leucker, Managing Director of STUVA e.V. and STUVAtec GmbH, to InnoTrans Daily on the sidelines of the specialist discussion. Another key topic that will also be addressed at many trade fair stands is sustainability. ‘There is also a focus on the fact that tunnelling - inevitably - has to do with concrete and that a relatively large amount of CO2 is released during cement production,’ says Leucker. ‘In the industry, we are trying to become more sustainable and emit less CO2.’ In detail, the speakers addressed sustainability topics such as the use of excavated tunnel material as a source of raw materials, the use of steel fibre-reinforced tubbings, and the Hochbahn also presented the U5 underground line construction in Hamburg - as a ‘showcase project’. A recommendation on compliance with UN sustainability goals by the DAUB (German Committee for Underground Construction) was also presented. However, the STUVA boss also referred to the ‘many advantages of tunnelling, which are also addressed here at the trade fair and in the forum’, Leucker told InnoTrans Daily.
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| | Safe. Modular. And for the digital railway. | |
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| Are you looking for safe, modular and digital control solutions for your requirements? We have the right solution. Visit us: Hall 27, Stand 550. Pilz GmbH & Co. KG
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| | Heavy shunting locomotive with fuel cell | |
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| | | Together with Duisburger Hafen AG (Duisport), Vossloh Rolling Stock GmbH will test the use of hydrogen in locomotives. To this end, the demonstrator of the Modula BFC locomotive was presented at InnoTrans. The Modula BFC has two fuel cells, each with an output of 200 kilowatts, supplemented by a battery with 160 kilowatt hours, which is located under the driver's cab. Installed in the front end are 21 high-pressure tanks with 700 bar for the hydrogen - equivalent to 120 kilograms. According to the manufacturer, this should enable a heavy shunting service for one day. The refuelling time is around 40 minutes. Duisport wants to decarbonise its port operations. The port also has an electrolyser for hydrogen production. Duisport has contributed its operational expertise to the development of the Modula BFC. Two locomotives are to be tested in the port. However, the Modula platform also offers other drive solutions - around 70 per cent of the modules are identical across all designs. The EBB version can run under overhead lines (15 and 25 kilovolts alternating current and 1.5 kilovolts direct current) as well as with batteries. Two sets of 175 kilowatt hours each are also installed. The Port of Duisburg has already purchased the first two Modula locomotives in the EBB version.
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| | DAC is feasible | |
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| | | The EU Commission wants to further advance rail freight transport, the industry is ready to deliver Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) and railway companies are preparing for its introduction. This was demonstrated at the Dialogue Forum ‘Digital Boost: Enhancing Productivity through Digitalization in Rail Freight Transport’, to which the German Railway Industry Association (VDB) invited at the trade fair on Wednesday. Kristian Schmidt, Director of Land Transport at the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG Move), assured that rail freight transport is seen as the backbone of the EU internal market and the greenest and most energy-efficient transport solution. The DAC could trigger a 10 per cent growth in rail freight transport. With regard to funding, Schmidt pointed out that the EU budget for 2028 to 2034 was still being worked on. However, the DAC could only be implemented jointly. According to the assessment of the discussion panel during the forum, Europe is in the final spurt with the DAC. Many details still need to be clarified, but the DAC is feasible.
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| | Partnership for ETCS from Plasser & Theurer and Siemens Mobility | |
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| | | At InnoTrans, Plasser & Theurer, Export von Bahnbaumaschinen, Gesellschaft m.b.H. and Siemens Mobility GmbH officially confirmed their partnership with regard to the ETCS train control system. The companies have come closer together in the course of equipping the Plasser vehicles of the Crafter series for ÖBB with ETCS. The partnership agreement, which will initially run for three years, covers future co-operation in the area of ETCS on-board equipment, with Siemens Mobility acting as the supplier for the on-board ETCS system. The companies are focussing on a standard ETCS system architecture that will enable synergies to be exploited in engineering and processing despite the high degree of vehicle variance. In future, a large number of different track maintenance machines from the Plasser & Theurer portfolio will be equipped with the European train control system ETCS Level 2 according to the same technical concept. The flexible concept allows different series to be equipped with the same on-board platform.
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| | Frauscher presents Point Control System | |
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| | | Railway safety solutions that can be used with standardised interfaces regardless of the manufacturer are the driving force behind the digitalisation of railway operations.
Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH presented an object controller for point control with such a standardised interface on Wednesday. The solution, called FAdP Point Control, enables reliable control and monitoring of point machines in accordance with interlocking commands. In accordance with EULYNX Baseline 4.2, it can be integrated into any other EULYNX-based system, regardless of manufacturer, and therefore offers great flexibility combined with cost efficiency and a high level of safety (SIL4).
In addition, FAdP Point Control offers a wide range of options for condition monitoring, for example with regard to motor current, voltage and power as well as other diagnostic and status data. No additional cabling is required for this. Operators therefore have a permanent overview and can still save costs with high availability. With its compact and robust design, the FAdP Point Control can be integrated into a wide range of environments.
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| | Plea for a rethink: dialogue forum ‘From idea to implementation’ | |
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| | | Hamburg's transport senator Anjes Tjarks expects the next German Federal Government to agree on a powerful, long-term infrastructure expansion programme and to back this up with a multi-year financing concept. Germany is capable of making major investments, but tends to assess them in advance too much in terms of the risks but not the opportunities and benefits for the country and society. The Green party’s politician, who spoke at the dialogue forum yesterday at the invitation of the German Transport Forum (DVF), named further obstacles to innovation: A ‘new mindset’ was also needed in authorisation and financing. Following the introduction of the Deutschland Ticket, the federal government must now also provide reliable funding, but also demand a radical digitalisation of sales from the federal states and the industry. The other panellists agreed. Fabian Amini, CEO of Arverio Deutschland GmbH, pleaded for reallocations in the federal budget in favour of infrastructure and public transport. The authorities should standardise vehicle requirements and put integrated transport solutions out to tender instead of individual services.
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| | From idea to products in a short time | |
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| | | OTIV BV shows how an idea can become an application for many railway companies. The young company from Belgium, founded as a start-up in 2020, has already entered into partnerships with well-known operators and vehicle manufacturers from the railway industry for its developments. The solution, known as OTIV.ONE, is as simple as it is ingenious: the system with three cameras is attached to the front of the locomotive with magnets and allows locomotives to be manouvered from the driver's cab using a tablet. This not only increases the safety of shunting personnel, who no longer need to be in the track area, but is also a response to the shortage of skilled labour, as two people are no longer required for shunting. OTIV.ONE is in use at Lineas, among others, and CAF offers it with new orders.
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| | ‘Seating is crucial’: International Design Forum | |
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| | | How design can contribute to making local and regional transport a pleasant travelling experience for commuters was presented and discussed at the International Design Forum. Jan Wielert, Managing Director & Partner at büro+staubach, presented the design process behind the new DT6 trains in Hamburg. He emphasised the ‘good preparatory work’ at Hamburger Hochbahn. Nicole Michel from Alstom, the supplier of the vehicles, also praised the fact that Hochbahn had already involved external designers before the tendering phase. Overall, according to Wielert, the design contract was ‘not about colour or material’, but essentially about issues such as passenger flow or transparency. Christiane Bausback, Managing Director and Head of Design of N+P Experience Design, presented even more forward-looking design ideas. Her company had developed the proposals for Japanese client Hitachi. The aim was to completely rethink commuter transport. Bausback considers seating to be one of the decisive factors. It is better to do without some seats and instead create free space or incorporate useful elements into the interior design. For example, enclosed cabins that can be booked as part of the ticket. Interactive windows or a more contrasting colour concept in areas for older people, for example, are among the suggestions. ‘A very Japanese approach, but applicable worldwide,’ says Bausback.
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| | More freight wagons than ever before | |
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| | | The range of freight wagons that manufacturers brought to this year's InnoTrans is huge. Tatravagonka a.s. in particular presented important innovations. These include a 41-foot Sgmmns 41' wagon with the Grainbox, which redefines the transport of grain. The 70 cubic metre grain box is loaded onto the carrier wagon like a container. The payload is just under 74 tonnes. Even if the payload is therefore lower than that of wagons specially designed for grain transport, the Grainbox offers advantages in the seasonal business: outside the grain season, the wagon can be used for intermodal transport. The intermodal operator Metrans and Tatravagonka want to speed up this transport. The four-axle 80-foot Sggns(s) 80'XLs wagon is designed for 160 kilometres per hour. The wagon, which is equipped with an ep brake, has therefore increased slightly in weight to 24.2 tonnes.
With the Scrap on Track, DB Cargo is optimising the transport of scrap. The 30-foot-long wagon is designed for the transport of ‘parcel scrap’, standard scrap cubes used in the automotive industry. The wagon floor is reinforced so that the wagons can withstand the loads from loading. With the same train length, the Transant wagons can transport around 30 per cent more cargo than the 48-foot-long Eaons wagons used as standard in this segment.
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| | | Important dates on 26th September 2024 |
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| | • | 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Dialog Forum: Driving Efficiency and Performance in Railway Systems through ERTMS, UNIFE, palais.Berlin |
| • | 10:00 a.m. - 13:00 p.m. Public Transport Forum: Funding - Networking - Personnel: Indispensable for the public transport of the future, Hall 27, beta 8-9 |
| • | 14:00 p.m. - 16:00 p.m. International Bus Forum: Roadmap for the future of public transport: Strategy, benchmark and rollout, DVF, Halle 27, beta 8-9 |
| • | 14:00 p.m. - 16:00 p.m. Dialog Forum: Future Mobility: How Generative AI is Transforming the Industry, ZVEI, palais.Berlin |
| • | 14:00 p.m. - 16:00 p.m. International Tunnel Forum: Challenges in Tunnelling, STUVA, CityCube Level 3, M8 |
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| You can find all events at InnoTrans Plus
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| | | We are publishing an exclusive World Innovation Guide to coincide with InnoTrans 2024. The guide presents 220 world innovations from the five trade fair segments Railway Technology, Railway Infrastructure, Public Transport, Interiors and Tunnel Construction.
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