Topic: DAC

DIGITAL AUTOMATIC COUPLING First commercial tests for Hybrid DAC deemed successful

The testing of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) has been going at a much faster pace over the past few months. The latest milestone is the…
DIGITAL AUTOMATIC COUPLING Norway unveils plans for DAC commercial tests

Large-scale commercial tests for Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) will begin next year all across Europe. For Norway, trains operated by Onrail will be equipped with…
DIGITAL AUTOMATIC COUPLING ‘DAC installation might cost less than 4 euros per day’

The financial aspect of the deployment of the Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) remains somewhat of a mystery when it comes to how much it will…
PREPARING FOR LARGE-SCALE TESTS RCG’s Digital Automatic Coupling tests show first positive results

After launching a new round of tests for the Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC), Austrian Rail Cargo Group underlined that “the preliminary results of the winter…
DIGITAL AUTOMATIC COUPLING Rail Cargo Group starts DAC Demo tests

The testing of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) is taking a further step with Austrian Rail Cargo Group (RCG). The DAC Demonstrator tests will run for…
DIGITAL AUTOMATIC COUPLING Here’s what the 2027 DAC tests will look like

The Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) initiative will take a further step in 2027 with the start of large-scale tests in commercial operations. RailFreight.com had an…
ARE THEY WORTH IT? Listen to the RF Podcast #6: DAC and ERTMS

The sixth episode of the RF Podcast is out, and this time it is all about two of the main rail policies in Europe: Digital…
INTERVIEW How smart wagons could redefine the next generation of rail freight

Rail freight operations in Europe still rely on manual, time-consuming safety checks — but a new digital monitoring system could transform the industry by introducing…
Money for rail Switzerland allocates money to transshipment, loading and DAC

In the spring of 2025, the Swiss parliament revised the Freight Transport Act. The Federal Council, the country’s cabinet, is now elaborating on that revision…
TRAKO 2025 reflections DAC: to be or not to be – that is the question

A month and a half have passed since TRAKO 2025 in Gdańsk, where the achievements and plans for the implementation of Digital Automatic Coupler (DAC)…
DIGITAL AUTOMATIC COUPLING 3-million-euro contract awarded for DAC deployment strategy

Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail) awarded a contract for locomotive fleet retrofit and engineering solutions for Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC). Three companies were selected in…
Derailment safety 21 parties join forces in DAC test in Germany

A Digital Automating Coupling (DAC) test is currently ongoing at a test facility in Germany. The “FP5-DACtiVate” project has sought to enable the pre-commissioning of…