DB Cargo: after wagons, now locomotive fleet with quieter brakes
After all of its wagons, DB Cargo is now equipping all of its locomotives with silent brakes. By 2025, all 850 electric mainline locomotives will…
DB Cargo well underway towards silent wagon fleet
Around 80 percent of DB Cargo’s freight cars are now equipped with silent brakes. The German operator aims to reduce railway noise pollution by half…
‘Discounts for noise reduction in trains should be mandatory in EU’
The Dutch government pleads for a mandatory bonus scheme on EU level incentivising the retrofitting of wagons. Retrofitting is the most cost-effective way to reduce…