Latest Railway technology Podcast Episodes

The one with Hacon

InnoTrans Podcast - April 12, 2022 07:40 - 16 minutes
The new age of mobility will be flexible, connected and intermodal. A train, e-bike or perhaps door-to-door service? In the future, travellers will use individual or combined forms of transport and manage them all with an app. In the podcast Michael Frankenberg, CEO of Hacon, explains how mobilit...

The one with Tallano

InnoTrans Podcast - March 15, 2022 08:30 - 21 minutes
The ultrafine particles emitted by cars and trains impair the air quality in many cities. Braking also releases ultrafine particles into the environment. Measuring no more than a virus in size, they penetrate human tissue and are damaging to health. In the podcast, Christophe Rocca-Serra, founder...

The one with Konvekta

InnoTrans Podcast - February 08, 2022 08:30 - 19 minutes
Not too cold, not too hot, and well ventilated – in fact just right. Air-conditioning systems ensure the well-being of passengers on buses and trains. In the podcast, Dr. Wolfgang Reuter explains the trends and innovations taking place in passenger air-conditioning. According to the board of Kon...

The one with MAFEX

InnoTrans Podcast - January 11, 2022 08:30 - 20 minutes
Expanding cities, the impact of Covid, the climate crisis and a shortage of skilled workers mean that the rail industry is also facing challenges. In the InnoTrans Podcast Pedro Fortea, director general of the Spanish railway association MAFEX, explains what it means for this sector. In addition ...

The one with FOGTEC

InnoTrans Podcast - December 14, 2021 08:30 - 20 minutes
Battery-electric and fuel cell drive systems are among those posing new fire safety challenges. In the InnoTrans Podcast Roger Dirksmeier, managing director of FOGTEC, explains how firefighting measures must adapt. From the point of view of efficiency and safety it is important to look at fire sa...

The one with Pandrol

InnoTrans Podcast - November 09, 2021 08:30 - 28 minutes
Pandrol and Thomas Lorent, technical director for sustainable resilient systems, talk about current and future challenges facing railway infrastructures. Nowadays, making infrastructures available should be rapid and life cycle costs very low. Infrastructures must also withstand all kinds of nega...

The one with Alstom

InnoTrans Podcast - October 12, 2021 07:30 - 19 minutes
Green, digital, connected - this is how Henri Poupart-Lafarge, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alstom, sees the future of mobility. One thing is clear: rail transport is the backbone of tomorrow's mobility, because only rail can transport large numbers of passengers and goods effici...

The one with VIA

InnoTrans Podcast - August 10, 2021 07:30 - 26 minutes
On-demand, emission-free public transit systems – that is the vision of Chris Snyder, CEO Europe of Via Transportation. Via’s goal is to develop transit systems into powerful digital networks. At the moment, Chris Snyder’s favourite project is the UK’s first fully electric, on-demand ride-sharing...

The one with German Aerospace Center DLR

InnoTrans Podcast - July 13, 2021 07:30 - 26 minutes
Rail transport is a key means of achieving the European Green Deal. To master this role, it will undergo a transformation that will lead to the following setting in 20 to 30 years: The acceptance and attractiveness of the rail system is very high, and both decarbonization and increased energy eff...

The one with Cummins

InnoTrans Podcast - June 08, 2021 07:30 - 28 minutes
On the way to climate-neutral rail transport with alternative drives – Regina Barringer, Global Rail General Manager of Cummins, a US exhibitor at InnoTrans, will explain how that can succeed and why it is important to fulfil customers’ current needs. Even if in the future diesel drives will cont...

The one with Voith Turbo

InnoTrans Podcast - May 11, 2021 07:30 - 24 minutes
Rail freight transport plays an essential role in the sustainable mobility system of the future. Shifting freight traffic to rail is an efficient and fast way to counteract steadily rising CO2 emissions. In the current episode of the InnoTrans Podcast, Cornelius Weitzmann CEO Mobility Voith Turbo...

The one with Siemens Mobility

InnoTrans Podcast - April 13, 2021 07:30 - 20 minutes
The mobility sector can play the decisive key role in implementing the EU's climate targets when it comes to reducing CO2 emissions. However, what measures are needed to integrate sustainable mobility across the board? In the latest episode of the InnoTrans Podcast, Michael Peter, CEO Siemens M...

The one with SWISSRAIL

InnoTrans Podcast - March 09, 2021 08:30 - 23 minutes
How does an infrastructure become smart, sustainable and successful? Michaela Stöckli, Director SWISSRAIL talks about the importance of the completion of the Ceneri Tunnel for European sustainable passenger and freight transport. Kerstin Schulz, Director InnoTrans, reveals where a new place to be...

The one with the VDB (German Railway Industry Association)

InnoTrans Podcast - February 09, 2021 09:00 - 24 minutes
Despite the development of the Corona pandemic, the change and progress of mobility is not standing still. Managing Director of the German Railway Association, Dr. Möbius, talks about the impact of the pandemic on the goal of zero-emission mobility, how he envisions the Green ReStart, and what fu...

InnoTrans Podcast Trailer

InnoTrans Podcast - February 01, 2021 15:45 - 2 minutes
NEW: InnoTrans Podcast to be launched soon! The first episode will be aired Tuesday, 09 February 2021 at 10.00 a.m. hosting Dr. Ben Möbius, Managing Director of the German Railway Industry Association (VDB). The InnoTrans Podcast is all about the future of mobility. We take you on an exciting j...