Swiss railway companies Rhätische Bahn and Wengernalpbahn have deployed active track and trace RFID from Albis Technologies to monitor when and where, and how often their passenger or freight cars and locomotives are used.

The solution includes Albis Technolgies’ TrainTracer transponders and readers from the Zone Monitoring & Find (ZOMOFI) product family. TrainTracer tags can be bolted or riveted directly on to the metal underbody of the railroad car or locomotive. Trigger/reader units are also installed at selected locations in a railroad network and equipped with an interface to the operator’s IT network, as well as hand-sized active RFID transponders on the cars and locomotives.