The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) launches its Future is Rail campaign, showing rail as a smarter, cleaner and more connected means of transport in the EU. The kick-off of the campaign comes after the official launch of the European Year of Rail and shares the objective of encouraging more passengers and businesses to see rail as the future of transport.
Based on the future FRMCS standardization (3GPP, ETSI), the Kontron Transportation MCx solution extends obsolete analog radio communication means with modern "state of the art" train radio functionalities, without the need to develop an own infrastructure.
Following an extended commercial exercise, GB Railfreight (GBRf) has chosen to partner with British rolling stock company, Porterbrook, for the build of 100 Greenbrier 60’ intermodal twins.
Hard impacts, sudden shocks and permanent vibrations - nowhere else are components exposed to harsher conditions than in rail transport. That is why the approvals for parts and components for railway vehicles are among the toughest of all.
We’re launching our new TransFER Verona–Hannover on 29th March. This new connection is extending our range of intermodal services between Italy and Germany and making an important contribution to relieving the Brenner Axis of traffic congestion.