Industry and media event DAC4EU Demonstrator Train

On 25 March 2022, the FOT, the SBB, the VAP and the VöV pro­vi­ded infor­ma­ti­on about the test phase and the far-rea­ching advan­ta­ges resul­ting from the Digi­tal Auto­ma­tic Cou­pling (DAK). The mes­sa­ge was that the DAK lays the foun­da­ti­ons for digi­ti­sa­ti­on and thus for a ground­brea­king inno­va­ti­on in rail freight transport.

Since autumn 2021, a digi­tal goods train has been on the road for the first time in Euro­pe for test pur­po­ses. The aim is to test the Digi­tal Auto­ma­tic Cou­pling (DAK) in real-life ope­ra­ti­on.
in real ope­ra­ti­on. SBB Cargo is sub­jec­ting the train to an exten­si­ve test pro­gram­me until the end of March. The indus­try agrees that close natio­nal coope­ra­ti­on and coor­di­na­ti­on in Euro­pe are important fac­tors for the suc­cessful intro­duc­tion of the DAK. The test train is fun­ded by the Ger­man Fede­ral Minis­try of Digi­tal Affairs and Trans­port (BMVD).

Presentations of the speakers:

• Wett­be­werbs­fä­hig in der mul­ti­mo­da­len Trans­port­ket­te. Frank Fur­rer, VAP Ver­band der ver­la­den­den Wirtschaft
• Speech by Frank Fur­rer, VAP (in German)
• Erfah­run­gen und Details zur DAK. Jas­min Big­don, Head of Asset Manage­ment and Depu­ty CEO SBB Cargo
• Pre­sen­ta­ti­on Peter Füg­lis­ta­ler, Direc­tor BAV
• Die ÖV-Bran­che unter­stützt DAC4EU. Ueli Stü­ckel­ber­ger, Direc­tor Ver­band öffent­li­cher Verkehr

Media release: «International test run: modernisation of rail freight transport progresses»

• Ger­man
• French
• Ita­li­an