INNOTRANS 2022

InnoTrans is the leading international trade fair for transport technology and takes places every two years in Berlin, the thirteenth InnoTrans will take place from 20 to 23 September

Organized by Messe Berlin, 42 exhibition halls at InnoTrans will be hosting the world, with a total of more than 2,770 exhibitors from 56 countries displaying their latest products. These include around 250 world innovations which trade visitors can inspect during the fair on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds.

InnoTrans occupies all 42 halls available at Berlin Exhibition Grounds. The InnoTrans Convention, the event’s top-level supporting programme, complements the trade fair and will be streamed live. A unique feature of InnoTrans is its outdoor and track display area, where everything from tank wagons to high-speed trains are displayed on 3,500 metres of track.

The event is sub-divided into five trade fair segments: • Railway Technology • Railway Infrastructure • Public Transport • Interiors • Tunnel Construction.

Innovation

Trade visitors at InnoTrans can look forward to more world innovations than ever before. Exhibitors will present around 250 world innovations. Guided tours, the InnoTrans website and the World Innovation Guide provide an overview. 42 exhibition halls at InnoTrans will be hosting the world, with a total of more than 2,770 exhibitors from 56 countries displaying their latest products. These include around 250 world innovations which trade visitors can inspect during the fair on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds.

Around the world with 14 innovations

First up are three European companies starting with SATEL from Finland which has developed a robust Mission-Critical Connectivity Unit (MCCU) platform to solve the connectivity problems encountered by off-highway vehicles in rough terrain. Secondly, Polish exhibitor Neo.Net FiberCAMERA will be showing off its video surveillance system which employs fibre

optics data communication and can identify and logically combine information on train signals, pantograph position and hazards on railway crossings. Finally, with its AIcontrolled mobility and loyalty platform which rewards passengers for switching to eco-friendly transport, the Swiss company Axon Vibe is incentivising sustainable travel. The East Japan Railway Company (JR East), one of the world’s largest public transit networks, is already using this Swiss innovation for its Tokyo Nudge app. Passengers who encounter transport delays can receive a free coffee from their local store.

Staying in Japan, Hitachi is presenting its Energy RESIBLOC® Rail 25 kV with an integrated cooling system. It features plugand-play technology for oil-free, dry onboard traction transformers.

The next stop is India, at Sheela Foam. In the wake of constant industry demand for weight reduction the company has developed a new polyurethane foam (75kg/ m3) for a further 20 per cent reduction on trains.

In Australia and Israel the focus is on safety and the visual analysis of objects. Using AI and advanced electro-optical sensors, the driver assistance system made by the Israeli company Rail Vision identifies and categorises obstacles on or near rail tracks. In Australia, 4Tel has designed HORUSTM, an all-seeing AI capable of realtime object analysis, which gives railway staff a better situational awareness during rail operations.

Talking about safety, the next stop is the US exhibitor with the world’s first SIL4 safety-approved ultra-wide band (UWB) train positioning system. Using the UWB technology developed by Piper Networks it is possible to track the movements of trains, vehicles, platelayers and other rail equipment in real time within a few centimetres, even in difficult areas including underground tunnels and overpasses.

Back in Europe, the French enterprise Crouze is equipping SAS engines with AI. This enables them to run a self-diagnostic routine to preclude failure and improve the reliability of railway systems.

With its Mireo Plus H, Siemens Mobility is presenting the next generation of fuel cell trains which combine innovative design with the latest in sustainable technology. The high-performance Mireo Plus H has a power output of 1.7 MW, can accelerate to 1.1 m/s², and features a range of up to 1,000 kilometres. At InnoTrans, Stadler is also publicly exhibiting its fuel cell-powered FLIRT H2 for the first time. The FLIRT H2 commissioned for the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) is the first fuel cell passenger train made for the US and will significantly contribute to zero emissions technology gaining a foothold in the country’s rail transport market.

The innovative train (Ideenzug) of Südostbayernbahn (SOB) also sets new standards. Ten different departments are addressing passengers’ wide-ranging needs with new developments, innovative design and connectivity features.

Knorr-Bremse, the global market leader in braking systems, is the final stop on this tour. With its newly developed electromechanical braking system (EM brake), a technology by which braking signal and braking energy are generated and transmitted entirely electrically, the company aims to establish a paradigm shift in the train market.

This is the first time worldwide that all these innovations and many more are being shown to trade visitors.

Mobility+: smart mobility services

With its Mobility+ segment, InnoTrans is devoting a new segment to this type of travel. ‘This is where companies exhibiting new mobility services can meet domestic and international transport companies, transport networks and administrations, and display their intermodal concepts and systems to the industry’ says Kerstin Schulz, the Director of InnoTrans.

Exhibitors’ products and services will range from shared mobility, mobility apps with travel information, booking and payment functions, to technology solutions such as on-demand transit systems and flying objects such as drones. Other solutions on display will be first/ last mile options such as ride sharing, a service provided by Door2door from Berlin and an international company called Via Transportation. Exhibitors and products will include DB Connect, ioki, CleverShuttle and the transport optimisation software Optibus. With its platform for self-driving vehicle fleets, BestMile wants to exploit this form of transport. The automated platform can manage both fixed routes and on-demand services as well as vehicles from various makes.

‘At InnoTrans 2022 we look forward to offering an insight into the operational practicability of on-demand solutions in public transport, and together with leading industry players to discussing how we can sensibly integrate new mobility services into public transit systems, in order to make convenient mobility services available anywhere at any time’ said Bruno Ginnuth, CEO and co-founder of CleverShuttle.

At InnoTrans 2022 the Berlin-based company ZEITMEILEN will be presenting software that handles traffic flows and rewards intelligent transport use. ‘The mobility sector needs to move more rapidly and decisively towards services that benefit the entire community. The trade fair can provide an impetus in that respect’ said Kai Horn, Head of Sales & Marketing at ZEITMEILEN and its sister company highQ.

Lectures and networking

Accompanying the exhibition will be lectures at the Mobility+ Corner in Hall 7.1c, where visitors can follow these events live during InnoTrans 2022. Among the exhibitors displaying their innovations at the Mobility+ Corner will be ChargeSim, ISTmobil, ioki, mobimeo, MOTIONTAG and Via Transportation. Lecture topics will include smart charging infrastructures, digital passenger data surveys and the future of public transport. Mirko Ross, cybersecurity expert and CEO of asvin GmbH, will hold a lecture on the security challenges of intermodal mobility. Visitors can find an overview of all the lectures on the InnoTransPlus service portal under ‘Events’.