Re-railing trains
Sometimes a small piece of metal makes the difference between being off track or being on track… 😉
Sometimes a small piece of metal makes the difference between being off track or being on track… 😉
A solution for tracks only partly equipped with overhead lines: In Germany the first battery powered train is now operating with passengers. Batteries are being charged at those parts of the route, where an overhead line is installed.
How does digitalization and robotics change the maintenance of trains at Deutsche Bahn? See the interesting post of Dr. Daniela Gerd tom Markotten: 🌐 LinkedIn
How complicated can it be to book a train journey through Europe? The following clip of the German political satire magazin “Extra 3” perfectly shows the reality with booking international railway tickets involving multiple train operators. My question here is: If we want to motivate people to choose the train over the plane, why is…
The German freight trains of DB Cargo are running nearly climate-neutral now even if powered by a diesel locomotive. They are fueled by HVO generated from waste material instead of fossil diesel.
We need to increase the amount of freight transported by rail massively. This will help us to achieve our sustainability goals, which we need to follow to prevent the worst consequences of climate change world wide. European rail freight transformation | McKinsey
Sustainable solutions like this will be necessary especially for countries with a currently high amount of fossil energy sources. Good to see this development into the right direction! PKP Power Engineering issues tender for hydrogen-based energy storage components – International Railway Journal