{"id":406836,"date":"2026-04-16T18:12:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=70630"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:12:34","slug":"fs-logistix-launches-north-south-smart-train-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=406836","title":{"rendered":"FS Logistix launches north-south \u2018smart train\u2019 pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Italian state-owned rail freight holding FS Logistix is deploying its so-called \u2018smart train\u2019 between Milan and Catania. The wagons running between the two destinations have been equipped with PJM\u2019s WaggonTracker in what is the first large-scale commercial pilot of this initiative.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-70630\"><\/span>The system allows the continuous live monitoring of the braking system, load stability and train composition and also includes a derailment detection system. \u201cThe launch of this first demo train highlights our commitment to driving change in the sector\u201d, said Sabrina De Filippis, CEO of FS Logistix.<\/p>\n<p>The process of installing WaggonTracker the wagons, used by FS\u2019 intermodal subsidiary Mercitalia Intermodal, started a little over a year ago. Together with Mercitalia Rail, they are now running the smart train on a route over 1,000 kilometres long. In total, the company said that around 700 wagons have been equipped so far.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 20px auto; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fluid alignnone\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FS-Logistix_Smart-Train-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"FS Logistix Smart Train\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption style=\"padding: 10px 15px; font-size: 14px; background: #f8f8f8; text-align: left; color: #555;\">Image: \u00a9 FS Logistix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Italian state-owned rail freight holding FS Logistix is deploying its so-called \u2018smart train\u2019 between Milan and Catania. The wagons running between the two destinations\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20101,16868,65,6596,15401,6598,4325,471,10009,47,48,15403],"tags":[12634],"class_list":["post-406836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catania","category-fs-logistix","category-intermodal","category-mercitalia","category-mercitalia-intermodal","category-mercitalia-rail","category-milan","category-news","category-pjm","category-rail-news","category-technology","category-waggontracker","tag-railfreight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=406836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407640,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406836\/revisions\/407640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=406836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=406836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=406836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}