Entering the future of digital control and safety technology

In the anniversary issue of the specialist magazine “Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau” an article by PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Lars Schnieder has been published.

More performance, more quality and more efficiency – these keywords describe the demands on the railroads of tomorrow. The number of rail passengers is set to double by the end of the decade. The competitiveness of rail as a mode of transport in intermodal competition is to be increased in order to shift significantly more freight transport to rail. This ambitious goal will only be achieved if the potential of digital technology is consistently used for rail as a mode of transport.

To achieve this, the control and safety technology of the future will have to be planned, operated and maintained digitally. In Lars Schnieder’s article, you will find out which standards will be used and what will be necessary in addition to further differentiation of system standardization.

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