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Automated Shunting Operations to move to pilot deployments after successful test

Guest authors
October 30, 2026
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A collaboration between Wabtec and partners demonstrated Automated Shunting Operations (ASO) at Vienna’s Albern Hafen rail yard earlier this month. ASO should help improve productivity,…

Voith’s e-coupler selected as the basis for Digital Automatic Couplers

Marco Raimondi
July 19, 2024
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The FP5-TRANS4M-R steering committee, part of the European DAC Delivery Programme, selected the e-coupler developed by German company Voith to be “the basis for interface…

DAC: Digital Automatic Coupling or Digital Age Conundrum?

Marco Raimondi
April 12, 2024
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Currently, the common denominator concerning the implementation of the Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) in Europe seems to be confusion. A third DAC consortium, renamed DACFIT, was just formed by Deutsche Bahn (DB), which also plays a key role in the other two. However, a clear timetable is not yet available despite the EU envisioning a…