A recent EU survey shows that a large majority of European citizens support promoting train travel as a key step towards making tourism in Europe more sustainable, while 2 in 3 Europeans say they would be willing to choose train travel for tourism if more connections were available.
Furthermore, 100 per cent of the new solutions developed in France are eco-designed, with a focus on energy consumption, materials, maintenance and the end-of-life of trains.
The future of rail depends on better data. At InnoTrans 2026, ASC will showcase how high-precision inertial sensor technology can help make railway systems safer, more efficient and easier to monitor.
ZF has launched EcoFlex, a lubrication-free fiber composite coupling engineered with integrated vibration damping and electrical insulation for electric multiple units.