Expert Features for rail transportation – with Upgrade Services
The latest features even for railway vehicles that are 20 years old or even older
The latest features even for railway vehicles that are 20 years old or even older
Extensions for your railway vehicles
Keeping rail systems up to date – a rail life long
To ensure the continuous availability of rail systems, with Expert Features we offer you support throughout the entire lifecycle. You benefit from first-class support provided by experienced experts: from technical consulting to system support and upgrades. Our solutions are aimed at optimizing your operation, improving vehicle availability, increasing comfort for your passengers and operating personnel, boosting the energy efficiency of your vehicles, and making it easier for drivers to focus on the traffic situation.
Whether it involves complex troubleshooting or the retrofitting of technical solutions – we are happy to help you. Thanks to our solutions, we can easily adapt your system to meet new approval requirements. With our spare parts solutions, we ensure that the parts will be available throughout the entire lifecycle.
Expert Features – your benefits
- Increased availability and longer operating times of fleets
- Enhanced passenger comfort and convenience
- Extended service life of rail systems and increased residual value
- Lower lifecycle costs as systems are updated continuously
- Increased market attractiveness
Five service areas of Expert Features
With appropriate solutions, Expert Features address the areas of availability and operational optimization, comfort, communication, energy savings, and driver assistance – all safeguarded by the extensive knowledge of our experts from vehicle development and maintenance.
Availability & operational optimization
The availability of your vehicles plays a significant role in the cost effectiveness of train operations. With innovative improvements, we boost the operating time of your vehicles and extend their service life.
Examples include:
- Snowplows
- Maintenance-friendly, 3D-printed center skirts
- Shock-resistant turn lights
- Increase in catenary tension
- Function for driving in icy conditions
- Alternative grit materials
Comfort
Railways connect many places and are used by numerous people every day. Comfort is a crucial feature when it comes to broad acceptance. We offer solutions for nearly every requirement, from smartphone connections to space optimizations for individuals with handicaps.
Examples include:
- Upgrades of existing features or the complete retrofit of air-conditioning systems
- 230 volts USB connections
- Red door closing lights
- Custom-designed, 3D-printed driver’s armrest
Communication
With Expert Features, additional connections are created. Travelers today want to stay connected wherever they go – whether via mobile phone or Internet. With innovative IT solutions, we lay the foundation for a reliable supply of information for your passengers.
Examples include:
- Internet-on-Board (IoB)
- Passenger information system (PIS)
- Entertainment solutions
Energy savings
With Expert Features, your vehicles become more efficient and environmentally friendly. The world’s resources are limited. We help you to conserve resources and improve the energy efficiency of your fleet while simultaneously making your operation “greener.” Our measures will additionally help to decrease your lifecycle costs over the long term.
Examples include:
- Various LED lighting features
- Twilight switches
- Automatic start-stop system
Driver assistance
Innovative solutions and further developments of existing technologies make your trains easier to operate, reduce the possibility of human error, and increase the safety of your passengers. And, last but not least, they increase the value of the workstation in the driver’s cab and boost the appeal for train operators.
Examples include:
- Video rearview camera
- Video interior surveillance (CCTV)
- Diesel level indication
Expert Features with the best references
Smart tram – with retrofitted WLAN on board
VGF | Frankfurt, Germany
- Top-quality modernization of the 20-year-old R carriages, e.g. with latest LED technology and video monitoring in the passenger area
- Expanded live passenger information in the passenger area including Internet access and information available via WLAN
- Operation optimization via electronic rearview mirror, tablet PCs for train operators, and production of components using 3D printing
