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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.

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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...
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The managers of the railway projects at the final event.

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...
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Two NGT units initiate the virtual coupling. After that they continue together as a train set without the need for mechanical coupling.

NGT BIT Slip Coaching and Virtual Coupling Demonstrator

NGT – The Next Generation Train For more than ten years, the German Aerospace Center (DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.) has been researching a concept for a future high-speed train, the Next Generation Train (NGT). The initial focus is on the design of a...
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Metal hydride refrigeration system

Using hydrogen as a refrigerant to utilise the pressure difference between the high-pressure tank and the fuel cell system for cooling. Hydrogen has to be compressed to store it on board a vehicle has to be compressed to high pressures to ensure a competitive volumetric energy...
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