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Accelerating rail innovation through collaboration

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Rail Sweden is a neutral project collaborator focusing on knowledge and innovation related to rail freight. We work to create collaborations that accelerates a sustainable, smart freight supplychain in Sweden and Europe. We do this by participating in large projects focusing on innovations within automation and digitalisation to increase the railway's capacity and efficiency.

Sigrid Nikutta och Georges Gilkinet tar emot en ministaty av ett DAC-koppel

The Future of European Rail Freight boosts commitment for DAC

In the frame of the Connecting Europe Days and under the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the European DAC Delivery Programme, enabled by the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, organised ‘The Future of Rail Freight – see how it works in the 21st century!’ event on 2 April in Brussels, Belgium. The event demonstrated a broad support for the future of digitised and automated European rail freight through Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC).
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Join the live stream meeting: The Future of Rail Freight in the 21st century!

Take the opportunity to watch the live stream event "The Future of Rail Freight – see how works in the 21st century! The event will take place on 2 April at 11:00-13.00pm, outside Brussels. The meeting is arranged in cooperation with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Find the live stream link in the text below.
Photo with Emilie, Anna Björkman and Anna O Åkerman in Rail Sweden after the webinar

The Digital Automatic Coupler - enabling digital freight train operations

There was a great interest in Rail Sweden's first lunch webinar. The presentations provided an overview of ongoing activities related to the Digital Automatic Coupler. Watch the presentations and download the slides from the meeting.
Automatkoppel i snöigt landskap

Learn more about DAC- the Digital Automated Couple!

Watch the video where Anna Björkman introduces DAC and talks with other DAC experts.
Anna B och Jonas poserar på Transportforum

Rail Sweden presented at the national transport conference

Anna Björkman and Jonas Ericsson, program managers for Rail Sweden, where selected as speakers at the Swedish conference Transportforum, 17-18 January. They presented "DAC, digital automatic coupler - an enabler for efficient and safe rail freight." Read the short interview where they describe the advantages and possibilities with DAC.