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Smart engineering for railway technology: Digitalized. Model-based. Certified.

Ensuring high availability, increasing software share, handling safety-critical applications – these challenges loom large for the rail sector. As a smart engineering partner, we work with you to rise to the occasion and deliver digital, future-ready solutions for rolling stock, digital infrastructure, signalling & control technology as well as operation.

VDI meets ITK: Rail. Industry. Future

The future of the rail industry in the spotlight: Be part of the second round of “VDI meets ITK” on September 24 and 25, 2025 under the motto “Software in focus: AI and automation as innovation drivers for the rail system”! In the inspiring environment of MotionLab Berlin, we invite you to discuss the challenges and opportunities of the rail system with leading experts and innovators.

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OUR DNA – PROJECTS, PARTNERSHIP & PRECISION

Whatever your unique challenge may entail, we provide everything from consulting to system implementation services to help you tackle that task and drive railway transportation’s digital transformation.

– Software Engineering
– Systems Engineering
– Processes & methods
– Digital Engineering

FROM IDEA TO SOLUTION: ENGINEERING FOR THE DIGITAL RAIL

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

PROCESSES & METHODS

DIGITAL ENGINEERING

Tailor-made concepts and solutions for digitalization

ITK focuses on the following topics in railway technology: , Modular software platforms, system concepts, requirements-based development, cyber security, model-based systems engineering, smart maintenances as well as safe and precise localization.

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SIGNALLING & CONTROL TECHNOLOGY

ROLLING STOCK

DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

OPERATION

CENELEC-compliant development

Vorbereifahrender Zug mit illustrierten Software-Bausteinen

Modular software platform

Modular software platforms are driving the digital transformation of railways. They provide the tools to manage product versions and variants, and optimize development time and costs with certification in mind.

Cyber Security

Increasing connectivity, digitalization and standardization mean that rail transport is increasingly vulnerable to attacks. A holistic security strategy is crucial. We support throughout the entire development process and ensure the holistic integration of cyber security.

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Smart Maintenance

Data analytics and artificial intelligence serve to tap dormant data potential and put capabilities such as condition-based maintenance and predictive maintenance into practice.

Issues that matter – voices from the field

Thomas Freissler, Senior Manager Projects Rail: The benefits of modular software platforms

Tim Franke, Cyber Security Expert, and Dr. Jens Köhler, Chief Expert Cyber Security: The biggest challenges in the field of cyber security

Lennart Willms, Senior Manager Sales Rail: Increasing efficiency through smart maintenance

Prototype of the VAL, a fully automated hump locomotive — Copyright: DB Cargo AG, Uwe Miethe

Reference

DB Cargo: Innovative automation in shunting operations

Imagine a shunting locomotive that moves fully automatically through the Munich North marshalling yard, dismantling freight trains, sorting railcars and assembling new trains – efficiently, precisely and completely autonomously. This vision is becoming a reality with DB Cargo’s innovative “Vollautomatische Rangierlok” (VAL) project, which is aimed at shifting more traffic to environmentally friendly rail transport.

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Success Story

Sensors4Rail: Development of a machine learning operations pipeline

Discover how, in collaboration with our sister company Bosch Engineering GmbH, we’ve developed an machine learning operations (MLOps) pipeline in the Sensors4Rail project, providing a standardized and scalable solution for the entire machine learning toolchain.

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Success Story

Managing complexity and product variants with modular software platforms built to CENELEC standards

Seeking to optimize lifecycle costs and deliver software that will remain viable for many tomorrows to come, we developed standards-compliant, modular control software for a drive system.

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Innovation

Magnetic Railway Onboard Sensor

With the Magnetic Railway Onboard Sensor (MAROS), we enable precise, continuous, and safe localization up to SIL4 as well as odometry unaffected by slipping and sliding.

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Innovation on the track Digitalized. Model-based. Certified.

Climate-friendly, sustainable, connected, and safe, railways set the standard for greener mobility. This sector is rising to the global challenges posed by climate change and congested traffic. Operators, system houses, and component manufacturers alike benefit from our many years’ experience in the railway industry. As your partner for smart engineering, we draw on our cross-sector expertise in system and software development to deliver innovative solutions for digitalized rail service. Let us join forces to give shape to a more climate-friendly future in mobility.

Putting a sharp ear to the track: Distributed acoustic sensing in rail

This whitepaper provides you with an overview of various railroad use cases for Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS). It outlines the challenges of developing algorithms and highlights potential solutions.

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Unsolved challenges? We look forward to your inquiry.

Mobility – Railway technology

Lennart Willms

Smart engineering for railway technology: Digitalized. Model-based. Certified.

Tailor-made solutions

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VDI meets ITK: Rail. Industry. Future

OUR DNA – PROJECTS, PARTNERSHIP & PRECISION