ERRI hosts conference on rail satellite applications: the European Rail Research Institute (ERRI) is staging in Paris next month the first conference on satellite navigation technologies exclusively dedicated to railway applications.(European Signaling)

From: International Railway Journal | Date: December 1, 2003| Author: Barbu, George | Copyright information

RAILWAY operators and infrastructure managers are being challenged to improve performance, reduce costs, enhance services for customers and increase safety. These issues weigh heavily on our ground-based trains, but there may be an alternative solution in the skies.

Throughout their history, the railways have been a driving force stimulating technological progress. Today, the railway system is technologically mature. It has the reputation of being robust, reliable, and v...

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