Exploring the new frontiers in Embedded and IoT solutions for the railway industry


With increasing competition and availability of different transportation options, companies in the railway industry must differentiate themselves by improving passenger experience. To do that, they need technologies, such as Embedded and IoT solutions, that improve the quality of service, efficiency in assets operations, better resource management and cost savings; this translates into an increase of ROI for your Company.

Keep reading to discover the latest Embedded and IoT solutions and their benefits for the railway industry.

Remote Asset Monitoring & Maintenance


Assets like toilets, door control systems, movable door steps, air-conditioning systems, lighting systems and so on need to be monitored to ensure their efficient operability, avoiding out-of-service situations and thus guaranteeing maximum comfort for passengers. Predictive maintenance – the maintenance performed on the asset as soon as, and only when, it shows signs of decreased functionality – is the key for ensuring a service that is both continuous and high-quality, reducing costs related to inefficiencies.

Enhance Passenger Experience


In the current competitive environment, the passenger experience is becoming the main element of differentiation. In order to improve passenger experience, railway companies need to ensure both efficient assets operability and excellent onboard Wi-Fi, passenger information systems, and audio and video channel systems.

Operations, Utilities & Business Intelligence


  • Fleet Management, to have the vehicle you need in the right place at the right time. This includes vehicle-to-vehicle communications, on-board and track-side crew communications as well as vehicle location tracking
  • Passenger Counting, to know the distribution of passengers over time. By analyzing the collected data, operators can optimize the timetables for every route, compare the number of passengers to paid tickets and avoid coaches being too crowded or too empty
  • Utilities Management, to make the use of resources more efficient, from energy management to air-conditioning systems to refrigerator temperatures

Eurotech's complete offer for the railway industry



Eurotech, one of the worldwide leaders in embedded and IoT solutions for the public and commercial transportation market, satisfies the requirements of the above described applications by designing and providing standard or custom technologies, from hardware to software, to smart devices, that can also be integrated with third-party systems.

Furthermore, Eurotech allows railway companies to upgrade their vehicles and implement IoT projects without the need to completely renew their fleets, by integrating new technologies on existing vehicles (retrofit).

EN50155-certified Edge Computers & Routers


Fanless Class Tx Edge Computer BoltGATE 20-25:

  • IP66 rating
  • Intel® Atom™ E38xx processor family
  • 4GB of RAM and 8GB of eMMC
  • Removable 2.5” SATA SSD/HDD
  • Rich set of communication and I/O interfaces
  • On-board applications: on-board CCTV, Passenger Information Systems (PIS), passenger infotainment and entertainment, train-to-ground communications, and fleet management

Rugged Server BoltCOR 30-17:

  • Fanless and ventless
  • Short depth 19” 1U rack-mount chassis
  • Multiple CPU: Intel Core I 6th Gen. and Xeon D
  • Internal mSATA, fixed or removable 2.5” SSD/HDD disks
  • Dual Gb Ethernet, Cellular Modems with Dual SIM
  • On-board applications: digital video recorder and controller, rolling stock in-vehicle data logger, real time railway controller

Rugged Mobile Access Router BoltMAR 20-28:

  • Cisco IOS 5921 Embedded Services Router
  • Dual cellular connectivity with carrier pre-certifications
  • GPS with Dead Reckoning
  • Radio-aware-routing (RAR)
  • Long-term Availability
  • On-board applications: remote sensor management, vehicle-to-vehicle communications, passenger high speed networks, on-board and track-side crew communications


EN50155-certified Smart Sensors & Displays


Automatic Passenger Counter DynaPCN 10-20:
Fanless Dot Matrix Information Panel, DynaDOT:

  • One of the best-selling passenger counters on the market
  • Contactless vision detection technology
  • Stereoscopic vision technology
  • Built-in infrared illumination system
  • High accuracy bidirectional counting
  • RS-485, Ethernet or PoE versions

  • Thin (35 mm) and lightweight
  • High brightness (>2.000 cd/m2)
  • Auto and manual brightness
  • Smart graphics, bit-maps, animations
  • Daisy chainable, with Ethernet bypass

Software Solutions


In order to improve passenger experience as well as infrastructure operability, real-time data analysis and management are a must. These are possible through Eurotech's software solutions: Everyware Software Framework (ESF) and Everyware Cloud (EC). ESF, the Edge Computing Platform for IoT Gateways and Edge Computers, is a commercial, enterprise-ready edition of Eclipse Kura, the open source Java/OSGi middleware. ESF offers a high-level multi-platform and runtime environment for the development of IoT applications. EC is the IoT Integration Platform that provides all the services for the management of IoT field devices, from remote access to configuration and application life-cycle management.
Do you want to know more about what Eurotech has to offer?

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Connect with Eurotech, your partner in Embedded and IoT projects, and we will design the perfect solution for you. Write us at welcome@eurotech.com

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