Every STRAP cycle begins long before the final strategic charts are assembled. It starts with a shared goal: creating a clear, aligned view of the Rolling Stock market that will guide our next steps as a business. 

This year, that journey kicked off in January with the launch of the new Rolling Stock Market Sizing initiative. The work unfolds region by region, as sales teams carefully review every project planned between 2025 and 2029, validating timelines, checking car counts, and making sure CRM reflects what they see on the ground. With this base in place, Product Line Marketing steps in to bring the market into sharper focus. By reviewing pricing assumptions across segments and geographies, they help translate project data into a realistic picture of future demand. 

All these contributions come together to form a single, coherent market outlook one built collaboratively, grounded in real data, and ready to guide our strategic decisions in the upcoming STRAP cycle. 

In short, it’s not just a sizing exercise. It’s the story of how we shape our understanding of the Rolling Stock market together.

InnoTrans returns to Berlin on 22–25 September 2026, marking the show’s 30th anniversary and its 15th edition already tracking toward another soldout year.

Wabtec enters the InnoTrans cycle with record momentum and a strengthened Transit portfolio, setting the stage for sustained growth and impactful customer engagements in 2026.

At InnoTrans 2024, Wabtec showcased its portfolio across four pillars Sustainability, Safety, Performance, and Passenger Experience within the immersive “Wabtec Station” concept. 

For 2026, the team is refining that visitor journey to make it customer journey oriented connecting customer challenges to themes like digitalization & automation, sustainable mobility, asset longevity, operational efficiency, and passenger experience. 

Stay tuned! 

Services

As part of our ongoing commitment to strengthen technical excellence across the Transit organization, the latest cycle of Product Training Sessions highlighted how IoT and Smart Data are reshaping reliability, efficiency. 

Throughout the series, teams explored real use cases: from HVAC optimization and platform screen door monitoring to braking and WSP analytics; showcasing how predictive maintenance and realtime diagnostics are driving meaningful operational improvements.  Participants also deepened their understanding of Wabtec’s core connectivity technologies, including the Beacon Framework, OWA5X hardware, and the suite of IoT/CBM applications hosted one WabtecOne platform. Across all modules, the message was clear: our digital solutions must remain scalable, secure, and ROI driven to deliver maximum customer value.

This training cycle not only reinforced our technical capabilities but also strengthened alignment around the digital roadmap, ensuring our teams are equipped to support evolving customer expectations and future innovation.  

Information Solutions

On February 26, Wabtec and RATP teams met in Brunnthal for a focused workshop on onboard information systems and future requirements. 

Discussions centered on system compatibility and product obsolescence across several metro lines and fleets like MF01, MP05 and MP89, with RATP stressing the need for replacement solutions that avoid operational impact. 

The teams also explored opportunities to upgrade PIS and CCTV systems, including improved connectivity and added features such as passenger counting. 

The workshop concluded with clear next steps: evaluating replacement options and assessing new system architectures to support upcoming modernization projects. 

Power Collection

As part of the launch of the new FB900 pantograph catalogue for tramways, a dedicated training session was organized for the Power Collection Sales team. The catalogue presents the customer benefits, the different pantograph variants, as well as the full range of available options. 

One key option included is the ADD (Automatic Dropping Device), a safety system that automatically lowers the pantograph in case of impact or accident. Already a mandatory feature for pantographs used on EMUs, locomotives, and highspeed trains; it is now being promoted for tramways. Two versions are available to address different customer needs: the eADD, using an electrical command, and the Mechanical ADD, operating through a mechanical system. 

The training session focused on supporting the Sales team in understanding the catalogue and the key messages to convey to customers. This step ensures clear and consistent communication around the FB900 and its new features. 

Bus

Wabtec’s VaporVision system introduces a smarter way to manage bus doors by using a single AI‑enabled camera that detects passenger movement and automatically adjusts door timing for safer entry and exit. This helps prevent passengers from being struck by closing doors while also reducing delays caused by doors staying open longer than necessary. 

Its deep learning technology replaces multiple traditional sensors with one intelligent visual unit that monitors the entire doorway in real time. This allows transit agencies to set customizable detection zones, improves the consistency of passenger recognition, and reduces maintenance by eliminating reliance on complex mechanical or infrared components.  

Several North American transit agencies including via Metropolitan Transit and York Region Transit have already begun deploying, testing VaporVision to enhance safety and speed up passenger flow, and more test units are expected soon! 

Platform Screen Doors

Wabtec has released a new Platform Screen Doors (PSD) white paper designed to support two of the country’s most significant ongoing metro tenders: Turin and Milan. This comprehensive publication reinforces Wabtec’s position as a longstanding, trusted partner for rail operators and city authorities in Italy. 

With over 35 years of global PSD experience, Wabtec brings a proven track record of delivering safe, reliable, and high performance solutions across some of the world’s busiest metro networks. 

A key highlight of the paper is our full compliance with EN 17168, the European benchmark standard for Platform Screen Door systems an essential requirement for next generation metro infrastructure.

To demonstrate our operational excellence, the white paper showcases major PSD references across the globe and at home, including Rome Line C and Milan Line 5 two emblematic projects where Wabtec technology is already enhancing passenger safety and network efficiency. 

This new white paper is not just a technical resource; it is a statement of Wabtec’s commitment to Italy’s sustainable, modern, and passenger centric mobility future.

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Alstom, Hitachi and Stadler visited Wabtec Leipzig for an in‑depth look at our rail portfolio technology, thinking of the new suburban train fleets to be launched in Germany by 2030. 

The visits agenda comprised: an overview of our products i.e. Pantograph, HVAC, Rail doors, Information Solutions, Brake systems; on-site showroom walkthrough; Clause by Clause specification discussion. 

The atmosphere was charged: fast paced exchanges, hands on sessions, and sharp alignment on the next generation of suburban mobility ambitions. 

Everything to take our supplier of choice stage by taking care of our customers and leveraging our technology differentiators.