Positive interim results have been reported from the EU test run of a Deutsche Bahn freight train equipped with digital automatic couplers.
Testing of a digital automatic coupling (DAC) for freight rail continues this month with trials by SBB Cargo in Switzerland.
The digital automatic coupling project under the consortium DAC4EU has entered the test phase after 4 different prototypes were installed.
DB has premiered the first trial of digital automatic coupling technology for its freight wagons in a project that will run until 2022.
The German Ministry of Transport has launched a project to test and certify digital automatic coupling. A DB-led consortium will run it.
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