Wascosa Newsletter – Digital disruption in rail freight – UIP

An article by Gilles Peterhans, Secretary General of UIP

International Union of Wagon Keepers (UIP) Secretary-General Gilles Peterhans outlines in the November newsletter by Wascosa AG the steps taken over the years in the rail freight sector to improve and streamline operational rail freight processes through digitalisation. In his article “Digital disruption in rail freight: against the background of a big bang?” it becomes clear that the process of digital transformation has been slow but that it is vital for a better performance of rail freight and hence the needed modal shift.
With new ‘game changer’ technologies such as the Digital Automatic Coupler and ERTMS the process could be considerably accelerated.

Please find the full article in EN and DE to the right for your perusal.

Intelligent Freight, Digitalisation