Green Cargo to test digital automatic coupling
The equipped wagons will soon leave the carrier’s maintenance depot in Eskilstuna and arrive in Lulea (both in Sweden). There, Green Cargo will test various automatic coupling options in Swedish winter conditions. The tests, executed within the FR8RAIL project, will also be conducted in parallel in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
The automatic coupling system allows for larger volumes of railfreight to be transported thus making logistics more sustainable. This streamlining is an important part of transferring more freight from road to rail, the rail carrier said.
The FR8RAIL project is a part of the EU freight programme in Shift2Rail. FR8RAIL is now preparing twelve wagons for testing, which have been equipped with three types of DACs (digital-to-analogue converter). (ben)