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Susanne Gschwendtner, Project Lead of AutomatedTrain (Digitale Schiene Deutschland), talks in an interview about why the rail system of the future needs fully automated, driverless driving and explains the goals and benefits of the project.

As an important north-south axis, the Corridor Rhine-Alpine links important seaports and economic areas in Europe. It runs through the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland & Italy and is a central lifeline of the European transport network.

In the future, fully automated driving will require the sensors at the front of the train to detect objects in the track environment. Artificial intelligence (AI) then evaluates these in terms of their criticality. It must be trained in advance. This is largely done in a digital twin, a highly realistic 1:1 replica of the track environment. The video shows a simulation of a rapid transit line in Hamburg.

Mastering winter challenges: The SLP project Zwieseler Spinne sends a strong signal for solutions and cooperation under extreme conditions!

Fast-Track Programme: Construction measures for the installation of the first track field concentrators in the SLP Cluster 2 project Zwieseler Spinne.

The research and development project “AutomatedTrain” aims to enable a more flexible use of trains through driverless, fully automated dispatching and parking functionality. To achieve this goal, two regional trains will be automated equipped with state-of-the art sensor technology. German government funds the project with EUR 42.6 million.

After a total of four years, Sensors4Rail, one of the most successful research and development projects of Digitale Schiene Deutschland, has come to an end.

What Deep Reinforcement Learning is and how it revolutionizes the scheduling and dispatching in the digital railway system of the future, you can see in the video.

In order to be able to drive fully automatically, sensor technology in conjunction with AI must be able to record and interpret the track environment and obstacles in the future. With an exact digital twin of the rail network, it is possible to simulate a wide variety of situations in any number and to train the AI in a targeted manner.

The ITS World Congress 2021 in Hamburg was the premiere for Sensors4Rail: For the first time, the equipped test vehicle ran on the 23-kilometre route of the S21 line between Hamburg-Berliner Tor and Bergedorf as part of special trips and tested the sensor-based perception systems live in train operation.

What were the goals of the cooperation project and which partners were on board? In this video you can learn more about Sensors4Rail.

Learn more about the conversion of the project vehicle in the video.

Tomorrow’s digital railway requires a rapid exchange of information between vehicles and infrastructure. To realise this, Digitale Schiene Deutschland is working together with the industry on FRMCS – the 5G-based rail communication system of the future. More insights into the partnership between Nokia and Digitaler Schiene Deutschland and the relevance of 5G for the rail communication system of the future shows the video.