With its Transport Program, the DLR is the second largest institutionally funded transport research body in Europe: 26 DLR institutes follow a systematic, programmatic approach. It uses networks and synergies – with national and international facilities and economic and political bodies – to develop concrete solutions for a sustainable transport system.

News

Survey on zum Thema shunting and last-mile rail freight

18.10.2023 · Schienenverkehr
How can you help to improve rail freight transportation? By participating in our new survey! The DLR working with partners in the v project TRANS4M-R to develop innovative solutions that will make rail freight more flexible, efficient and attractive, and help to accelerate the...

Future technologies for automated rail operation

26.05.2023 · Schienenverkehr
Research from the three projects X2Rail-4, X2Rail-5 and TAURO presented in Berlin Great potential lies in the automation and digitalisation of rail operation. Both can increase the reliability, speed and comfort of trains. For this reason, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has...

Projects

Zero Emission Drive Unit - Generation 1 (ZEDU-1)

Mission Along with exhaust gases, particulate matter and microplastic emissions are among the most important causes of mobility-related environmental pollution. Together with the companies HWA AG and Frenoza GmbH, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Stuttgart (Institute of...