Warsaw, Poland (Urban Transport News): Nevomo, a European deep-tech firm and the developer of an progressive, hyperloop-inspired MagazineRail expertise, and GATX Rail Europe, a number one, full-service railcar lessor, are getting into right into a partnership to improve railways utilizing most progressive applied sciences for the rail freight. As a part of the joint improvement of the new MagazineRail system capabilities, the newly launched Booster elements, being part of the already recognized MagazineRail system, can be put in on typical freight wagons equipped by GATX Rail Europe after which examined on rail infrastructure geared up with the system’s trackside units.

MagazineRail Booster is a part of the MagazineRail product portfolio and permits for a fast retrofit of present rail automobiles with linear motor propulsion. Other MagazineRail merchandise, devoted each to freight and passenger transport, require new automobiles. The cooperation between the businesses will permit for testing on Nevomo’s check observe in Nowa Sarzyna utilizing typical freight wagons and additional improvement of the brand new performance of the MagazineRail system.

“The attractiveness of Nevomo’s MagRail Booster technology is an opportunity to upgrade existing railways, both in terms of the infrastructure and the rolling stock. This will enable railways to grow faster, grow their capacity, which is urgently needed for sustainable and performant logistics, but at the same time to remain compatible and interoperable with the current operations.”, says Jörg Nowaczyk, Chief Commercial Officer at GATX Rail Europe.

MagazineRail was designed to simply, rapidly and cost-effectively lengthen the capability of present railway strains and improve effectivity in rail transport. The MagazineRail Booster has been developed to enhance present rail companies permitting visitors automation and infrastructure electrification with increased flexibility, better capability, and enhanced dynamics. Potential functions of MagazineRail Booster with retrofitted rolling inventory for freight are at the moment being evaluated by main European railways, e.g. on rising loading limits on inclines or faster re-acceleration of freight trains after being handed by sooner passenger trains. Moreover, MagazineRail Booster permits railway visitors in non-electrified tunnels and below low-clearance bridges. It is an glorious answer that permits railway operators and infrastructure managers to enhance their every day enterprise

Nevomo’s MagazineRail Booster expertise addresses the freight and logistics transport challenges confronted by railway operators, terminal operators, and rail infrastructure managers. One key benefit of this method is that single Booster wagons can function independently with out being linked to the locomotive. This opens up prospects for brand new functions during which wagons could be organized into small teams as a substitute of full trainsets. This characteristic is especially helpful in “last mile” areas, similar to cargo terminals and industrial amenities, the place a excessive diploma of flexibility and motion automation is extremely fascinating.

“We are very proud to have GATX – one of the leading railcar lessors in Europe – as our partner for developing and testing the MagRail Booster technology. The first retrofits are already ongoing, and we will see the first fully electrified and automatic GATX MagRail Booster wagon on our test track this year. At Nevomo, we are constantly monitoring the market situation and try to meet the needs of customers by adjusting our products. This is how the MagRail Booster was born”, says Stefan Kirch, Chief Business Development Officer at Nevomo.

Both corporations are dedicated to taking rail transport to an entire new dimension by combining confirmed options, utilized in rail transportation, with state-of-the-art applied sciences, impressed by the hyperloop. The expertise created by Nevomo is the lacking hyperlink between the present railway infrastructure and the brand-new digital railway programs. Its speedy, profitable deployment and use on Europe’s rail community won’t solely convey vital advantages to operators and rail infrastructure managers however will help the European Green Deal’s targets and modernizing rail transport, which stays a precedence for the European Union.

Nevomo’s MagazineRail expertise has already been extremely appreciated by main gamers within the European railway trade, which has been confirmed by a number of agreements signed, together with Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, duisport, and SNCF. The first 1:5 demo model of MagazineRail Nevomo was introduced in 2019. Successful mid-size checks have been performed in December 2020. Last yr, Nevomo accomplished the development of the full-scale check observe in Nowa Sarzyna in Poland, which is Europe’s longest observe for testing passive magnetic levitation. The first checks already started and can be now prolonged to the MagazineRail Booster checks with the traditional freight wagons on MagazineRail infrastructure.