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railauction.plus in rail business magazine

The latest issue of rail business covers railauction.plus! Our B2B marketplace makes it easy to sell surplus railway assets, ensuring unused materials efficiently find new buyers. This helps reduce storage costs and frees up capital – simple, digital, and across Europe. Read more in the article!

railauction.plus in bahn manager magazine

Efficient, sustainable and easy to use: railauction.plus connects companies from all over Europe and makes trading in used railway components easier than ever. Why are we known as the ‘E-Bay of the railway sector’? Find out more in the latest article in bahn manager magazine!

Relevance of B2B marketplaces in the rail industry

Digitalization is increasingly transforming the rail industry, and B2B marketplaces are gaining significance. They provide businesses with the opportunity to make procurement processes more efficient and transparent, while also granting access to a broader supplier and customer base. Learn how railauction.plus is specifically tailored to the needs of the rail industry and helps companies optimize their processes and seize new opportunities.

Rail vehicles from the DB passenger transport cosmos

Whether you want to expand your fleet, need to close a short-term vehicle gap or want to part with vehicles you no longer need - in addition to railauction.plus, DB Gebrachtzug is also the right place to go.
DB Gebrauchtzug has been supplying its customers with used rail vehicles since 2014 In the meantime, more than 1800 vehicles have experienced their second spring, strictly according to the motto ‘Fit for a second life’

railauction.plus at the InnoTrans 2024

We presented our digital marketplace at InnoTrans 2024 and met with great interest. Many new partnerships were forged and the feedback showed that the rail industry is increasingly looking for efficient, cost-cutting digital solutions. The trade fair was a complete success for railauction.plus.

Introducing the eService of DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung

DB Fahrzeuginstandhaltung's eService offers a digital platform for the maintenance of rail vehicle components. Users can request services via a user-friendly online catalogue system and communicate directly with the responsible DB depots. The platform makes it easy to track the status of requests and offers comprehensive control and transparency. 

Webinar: Future of Rail Vehicle Maintenance

On June 20, 2024, an exciting IRS Rail Webinar will take place. Experts from Alstom, PwC, and Partium will discuss the future of train maintenance. The focus will be on AI and revolutionary collaboration. Learn how innovative technologies can transform the industry. Register now and secure your spot!

We are at InnoTrans 2024

InnoTrans 2024 is getting closer and closer and we will be part of the trade fair this year. We are already looking forward to being present at the world's leading trade fair for transport technology in Berlin. From 17 to 20 September 2024, Messe Berlin will once again be transformed into a hotspot for innovations, developments and pioneering technologies in the field of rail transport.

Identifying train spare parts with Partium’s AI

AI technologies are increasingly vital in modern spare parts searches, especially in rail. Aging fleets with unique parts pose complex challenges for maintenance and supply chains. Documentation becomes fragmented over time, with critical parts nearing obsolescence. The solution? AI spare part search and data optimization.

encore | DB introduces itself

encore | DB is a corporate startup of the DB Bahnbau Group and gives used and surplus lithium-ion batteries from electromobility a second life as a second-life battery storage system. In this blog post, you can find out how the whole thing works and where these storage systems are used.

Interview with Jochen Loock on digital warehouse “On-Demand Production"

Supply chain disruptions have been proven an essential risk factor to many companies over the last few years. In this environment, a new spare parts solution based on 3D printing is introduced by DB Schenker to face the spare parts supply chain challenges of today: Digital Warehousing.

The 4 different types of sale on railauction.plus

On railauction.plus we offer 4 different types of sale for your sales, which you can choose between freely when posting each sale. In this article, we will introduce you to all of them in more detail. You will learn more about the advantages of each sale type and we will give you recommendations on how to use them.

railauction.plus at transport logistic 2023

A couple of exciting days at the transport logsitic 2023 in Munich are behind us. We had the opportunity to have insightful and exciting conversations and were able to take away some impulses from colleagues from the industry. We are very happy about the positive feedback!

Interview with Maria Leenen from SCI Verkehr

railauction.plus was recently launched. In our marketplace, resource conservation and secondary recycling play a central role. But how important are these topics and how important will they be in the future? We talked about this with Maria Leenen, Managing Director of SCI Verkehr GmbH.

railauction.plus is launched 

After working at full speed on railauction.plus over the past weeks and months, we are even more pleased that railauction.plus is now live and that we are finally there for you. We are already looking forward to the coming period and to your first feedback. In this blog article, you can find out more about railauction.plus and your advantages on the marketplace.