SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 06/2018
The influence of innovative freight solutions on automated rail operations
The ambition to automate rail operations is a constantly recurring theme, even though the current wave of digitisation has already ushered in a new era. In particular, the speed at which the digital railway of the future is being discussed (fig. 1) has had a revitalizing effect on the rail environment which generally tends to be conservative by nature. This article highlights a number of trends from the freight sector’s point of view within this context.