Germany Automatic Digital Tender

The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure BMVI is launching new funding for rail freight transport. Automated and digitized maneuvering and braking processes are tested on the Test field train formation system of the future in Munich-North. The DB Cargo project is supported by the BMVI with 7 million euros. It strengthens single wagon traffic i.e. the assembly of freight trains.Mainz December 2 2020 The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure BMVI is supporting two innovative DB Cargo projects with 7 million euros . With the projects Automated shunting locomotive and Automated brake test the Test field train formation system of the future starts in Munich-North. Europes largest rail freight operator is thus accelerating the digitization and automation of train formation in single wagon traffic.In marshalling yards so-called.Train formation systems thousands of trains are put together every day. Shunting locomotives are used for this. The aim is for these locomotives to run automatically. All brakes on the trains are checked manually before each departure. In the future sensors and radio transmission should make this possible much faster and remotely. For projects of this kind there are no ready-made solutions on the market. Federal support enables the development and testing work.The funding is a measure from the federal program Future Rail Freight Transport of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. The program advances the digitization and automation of environmentally friendly freight transport by rail. From 2020 to 2024 the federal budget has earmarked 30 million euros annually. The average funding rate is a maximum of 50 percent.Federal Minister of Transport Andreas Scheuer We want to bring more freight traffic to the environmentally friendly rail. To do this freight trains must be able to be put together efficiently quickly and inexpensively. That is why we promote the practical test of automatic and digital technologies in shunting operations. Our goal is strong rails. And that also means heavy freight traffic.The Munich-North marshalling yard will be our test site for the future. We will strengthen single wagon transport as the backbone of the economy and digitalization and automation will help us with this. It is the right step that this innovation boost is now getting financial start-up support says Dr. Sigrid Nikutta DB Board Member for Freight Transport at Deutsche Bahn.Innovations benefit customers and employees alike faster and more efficient processes and less physically strenuous work. Single wagon traffic which is of great economic importance and is characterized by frequent train formation and break-up as well as regular shunting will benefit from this in particular.In the north of Munich further innovative technologies are to be tested with which for example damage to freight wagons can be automatically recognized or work processes can be organized more efficiently using artificial intelligence. The digital automatic clutch DAK is also to be tested in shunting operations.