In September 2020, ZKL Group completed the certification of the innovated axle roller bearing set WJ/WJP 130×240 for freight wagons. These modern bearings for rail transport are of a high safety and reliability, improved energy efficiency and lower maintenance costs for bogie Y25 application. As part of the implementation of the requirements of Technical Pillar…
A new wheelset type was prepared by BONATRANS in Bohumín for CZ LOKO, its traditional customer and one of the most important manufacturers of shunting locomotives in Europe. It can be used in two-axle locomotives Class 719.7, four-axle locomotives Class 744.0 and 744.1, but mainly in all newly prepared CZ LOKO locomotives. The new innovative…
Despite of extensive measures the VÚKV testing laboratory fulfils its obligations and realizes the tests at foreign customers. Some rail vehicle tests for important customers in Switzerland, Poland and Finland were carried out in last months this year. Certainly, all the tests were carried out with regards to prevalent epidemiologic situation under high safety measures…
On 19 October 2020, the world’s first freight train successfully controlled by Czech ATO (Automatic Train Operation) system of AŽD company under the supervision of ETCS (European Train Control System) ran on the Swiss Sierre-Sion line. The uniqueness of this milestone is in the connection of ATO onboard and the dispatcher’s control system, which provides…
Škoda Transtech, a part of the Škoda Transportation Group, has received homologation for the third ForCity Smart Artic tram. The vehicle is serving passengers in the German city of Schöneiche.Škoda Transtech, a part of the Škoda Transportation Group, has received homologation for the third ForCity Smart Artic tram. The vehicle is serving passengers in the…
SKF Insight is a wireless system that gathers bearing data and transmits it to a remote diagnostics centre, for fast analysis of mechanical problems SKF Insight gives key information on the state of critical wheel-set components. It relies on retrofitting a small advanced, wireless sensor to the wheelset axlebox assembly – which takes just a…
Currently, ReDat3 Recording Units are being used by SŽ and many other Czech and world dispatching centers. Recording units are responsible for recording of voice, screen and other relevant data. Thanks to our recording system, the user is able to monitor, analyze or inspect the situation at any time both live and in recent history.…
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak across Europe, the date of the International Railway Forum & Conference (IRFC) 2020 was postponed to the 30th November - 2nd December 2020. The IRFC programme is the conference’s key element, following the motto “Let’s build a new generation railway together”. The IRFC programme remains unchanged with as…
Since 2018, SNCF has been building a GPRS system from Kontron Transportation in its GSM-R network, which will enable a significant improvement of capacity for the ETCS system. This feature is called ETCS over GPRS and has recently successfully passed the European standardization procedure. The main advantage of this system is an increase the number…
AV R&D successfully continues in the defined strategy of complex development of rolling stock in the 2020. AV R&D has participated at significant number of transportation projects from visualization through design up to component tests. Visualizations are realized in close synergy between AV and Lukas Tanecek design office with impact to the functional design and…