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ÖBB Demonstrates Digital Automatic Coupling for Rail Freight
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What the source reports
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has demonstrated Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) under operational conditions at the Floridsdorf freight yard in Vienna. The demonstration compared DAC with the screw coupling currently widely used on European freight trains. ÖBB says the technology is intended to support greater automation and digitalisation of freight operations. DAC enables freight wagons to […] The post ÖBB Demonstrates Digital Automatic Coupling for Rail Freight appeared first on Railway-News.
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- Railway-News
- Source date
- September 15, 2026
- Area
- Europe
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- ÖBB Demonstrates Digital Automatic Coupling for Rail Freight — Railway-News
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