Latest DAC4EU News

• 5 May 2022 | Science and Technology

  Digital Automatic Coupling Passes Practical Tests in Europe

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  Positive interim results have been reported from the EU test run of a Deutsche Bahn freight train equipped with digital automatic couplers.

• 24 Mar 2022 | Rolling Stock

  Digital Automatic Coupling Testing Continues in Switzerland

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  Testing of a digital automatic coupling (DAC) for freight rail continues this month with trials by SBB Cargo in Switzerland.

• 30 Oct 2020 | Science and Technology

  Digital Automatic Coupling Project Enters Test Phase

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  The digital automatic coupling project under the consortium DAC4EU has entered the test phase after 4 different prototypes were installed.

• 2 Sep 2020 | Science and Technology

  Premiere for Digital Automatic Coupling

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  DB has premiered the first trial of digital automatic coupling technology for its freight wagons in a project that will run until 2022.

• 27 Jul 2020 | Science and Technology

  Pilot Project on Digital Automatic Coupling Launches

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  The German Ministry of Transport has launched a project to test and certify digital automatic coupling. A DB-led consortium will run it.