AUSTRIA, Germany and Switzerland are calling on the European Union (EU) to provide financial support for the Digital Automatic Coupler (DAC) programme. The three countries signed a joint position paper on April 30 asking the EU to provide more funding to fit the DAC to over 500,000 freight wagons across Europe.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe faster the technology is used across the board, the sooner we will benefit – economically and ecologically,\u201d says Germany\u2019s federal minister for digital affairs and transport, Dr Volker Wissing. \u201cDAC is a real game-changer and will make a decisive contribution to shifting more goods to rail through greater efficiency. But one thing is clear: without the EU it won’t work. It must financially support the conversion to DAC.\u201d<\/p>\n
“The European Union is called upon to present a joint European plan, including a financing concept for DAC, to instill the necessary confidence in this project,” says Ms Leonore Gewessler, Austria\u2019s federal minister for climate action, environment, energy, mobility, innovation and technology.<\/p>\n
Austrian Federal Railways (\u00d6BB) and its freight subsidiary Rail Cargo Group (RCG) are taking a major role in the development and deployment of the new coupler by leading the European DAC Delivery Programme (EDDP), where work is being done on DAC migration plans, cost:benefit analysis, and funding requirements.<\/p>\n
Last month, seven European industry partners, led by DB Cargo, founded the DAC-Fit consortium to speed up development and installation of the new coupler, supported financially by Europe\u2019s Rail Joint Undertaking (ERJU).<\/p>\n
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