In this new era of digital transformation, using future-proof data platforms has immense potential for railway operations. Operators are generating more and more data – from control command and signalling technology to infrastructure monitoring. In the course of digitalisation, data platforms allow existing and new data to be collected, intelligently bundled, and more efficiently used than ever before. With optimised data, the availability of railway infrastructure can be increased, and operations can be cost-efficiently adapted to existing as well as future requirements.

Leroy Automation, a cornerstone of AGÔN Electronics, boasts a rich history of over four decades in designing, manufacturing, and delivering state-of-the-art automation products and embedded electronic systems for the railway sector.  Leroy Automation stands at the forefront of transformative advancements in the railway industry, specializing in three critical market segments: Train Control and Monitoring Systems (TCMS), European Train Control Systems (ETCS) for mainlines, and Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC) for metro cars, extending to GoA4 driverless platforms. Leroy Automation has redefined the landscape of rail control technology with its cutting-edge modular solutions, and empowered its railway system architectures and solutions in collaboration with AGÔN Electronics group.

Since its creation in 2001, CLEARSY has been offering more and more innovative solutions for making transport safer, particularly in urban areas. For almost 10 years, CLEARSY is involved in light rail signaling projects (renovations, extensions or new lines). As usual, we focus on safety matter, so our main concern is interlocking control via SIL4-certified off-the-shelf PLCs, safety relays and Automatic Train Stop (ATS) system. These lightweight solutions facilitate design, certification, deployment and, of course, maintenance throughout the system's lifetime, and make it easy to renew.

Phase 1 of Europe’s Rail will cover key aspects of the railway system in an integrated and coordinated approach, delivering European interoperable solutions as from 2026.

In less than a year after the official launch of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking in presence of the European Commissioner for Transport and the Founding Members, the partnership has kicked-off the first phase of its activities with six large rail research and innovation Flagship Projects (FP) worth over EUR 550 million, involving more than 200 active entities. These FPs, under the partnership’s Innovation Pillar, are set to contribute to delivering European interoperable, reliable, efficient and competitive railway services, for the benefit of the European citizens and businesses. Key results coming from the projects are expected by 2026, feeding the next phases of the partnership’s activities. 

Let’s time-travel 40 years back in history at the roots of “Leroy Automatique Industrielle” (LAI).  The company was established in Toulouse by Mr Jean Leroy, a brilliant and passionate engineer graduated in 1967 from MINES Saint-Etienne (“Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne”) after having spent 12+years at Merlin-Gerin in Grenoble, France – nowadays, Schneider Electric group.  He led his company “LAI” to success through visionary technologies and award-winning innovative ideas, navigating through the tumults of the electronic and automation markets. 

Transmission Dynamics are a UK based, multi-award winning, global innovator and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions provider, specialising in remote condition monitoring of high value assets. They have designed and deployed a range of proprietary technologies over the last two decades and these are now being utilised to monitor rail infrastructure using train borne sensor technology throughout the global rail industry. 

Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t a new phenomenon – it has been around for nearly half a century – but in more recent years it has become increasingly prevalent across a range of Internet of Things (IoT) applications. This acceleration has been driven mainly by the evolution of computational power based on GPU (graphics processing unit) computing. 

Artificial intelligence (AI) could prove to be nothing short of a gamechanger for the rail industry. Not only does it have the potential to optimise complex railway systems, improve the safety and security of urban rail networks, and enhance the customer experience, it can also help manage capacity and lifecycle costs, streamline maintenance activities, and reduce the risk of errors – all while bringing a high-level of automation to rail operations. 

This innovative work ensures that the operating system executed on the gateway will always behave as expected whatever incoming packets are received on the network link. Thanks to this architecture the cybersecurity gateway is acting as a firewall and thus isolating the CLEARSY Safety Platform (vital-computer) from external threat.

Based on the signalling principle diagrams and technical drawings, CLEARSY implements the interlocking logic in the PLCs and validates it according to a process that complies with the railway standards, in particular the EN50128. All the documents are then presented to an independent certifier (ISA) to obtain a positive SIL4 evaluation report.

Creating a complete ecosystem for connected rolling stock is not without its challenges. However, by using an increasingly popular and proven model known as co-creation, Passengera, Advantech and Intel have come up with a fully scalable solution that not only enhances the passenger experience, but also provides genuine monetization opportunities.

Intel experts can provide advice and support as you guide railway operators on their journey to a smart railway. We help simplify the path to intelligent operations with our end-to-end portfolio of technologies, years of expertise, and engineering resources.

Sensonic GmbH has made its name in the railway industry as a highly versatile provider of actionable real-time information arising out of monitoring railway assets. At InnoTrans 2022, the company introduces a new offer to utilise its technology for targeted inspection.

Although innovation and digital transformation seem all about technology, they actually revolve around humans. Complex algorithms used for Artificial Intelligence (AI) contribute to making people's everyday lives a bit easier. 

With the AR application, it is possible to relate a wagon in the workshop and an order from the maintenance management system in three dimensions. 

The intuitive mobile application zedas®cargo Train Check supports the wagon technician in paperless train control directly at the train. 

IGE+XAO range covers the full electrical system design and manufacturing process and enables companies to build a powerful “digital twin”

Customer excellence: the use of AI applications to achieve better customer service and intelligence amongst authorities and operators’ is one focus area highlighted in the report Artificial Intelligence in Mass Public Transport, released in December 2018 by the UITP Asia-Pacific Centre for Transport Excellence.

The mobility transition in the railway sector requests even more autonomous and safe solutions for the transport of people and goods. These safety requirements are reflected in CENTRALP’s constant search for innovation, performance and quality.

BRIO is an Ethernet-based decentralized-remote input/output module, designed to be embedded on-board rolling stock vehicles. It is available as a product range offering different digital and analogue inputs/outputs configurations, and several field-bus communication ports such as Ethernet, CAN, RS485, MVB, etc.

The CLEARSY on-board simulator (also named EVC simulator) is implementing all functions described in SUBSET-026 concerning the on-board parts, including also the DMI functions in compliance with the ERA specification. It is a functional but non safe implementation installed on its hardware or delivered in a virtual machine.

The CLEARSY Safety Platform facilitates the development of SIL3 and SIL4 applications and is already certified against EN50126, EN50129, and EN50128 with a SIL4 level by CERTIFER (French Independent Safety Assessor).

ALYSA is a solution for the development and test of simple or complex equipment. ALYSA provides the ability to model system functionalities, perform all integration and validation tests for fast, safe and secure commissioning.

The very first 5-car MP14 metro train is now starting to be tested on line 11. For the record, the MP14 metro is the new Parisian rolling stock, the first of which were put into circulation on 12 October 2020 on line 14, with 8 cars. Thus, this metro is the longest in the Parisian network! 

UIC is pleased to bring to all transportation sector actors the necessary IT tools and technical specification, to facilitate the journeys of European passengers.