ETR – Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau | Ausgabe International/2022
Digital Freight Train – boosting the mobility revolution
By 2030, the European Union aims for increasing the proportion of freight transport by rail from just 18% today to at least 30% in the future. Digitalization and automation of freight wagons is regarded as the single most significant step toward achieving this goal. But to take full advantage of the opportunity represented by the Digital Freight Train and its main enabler, the Digital Automatic Coupler (DAC), to boost rail freight capacity, efficiency and availability, the entire industry shall be involved....