Railway Conversations with Doc Frank
Railway Conversations with Doc Frank
Doc Frank
#105 – GSM-R Is Dying. Are Railways Ready for FRMCS?
48 minutes Posted May 20, 2026 at 9:00 pm.
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GSM-R is on its way out. FRMCS — the 5G-based successor for railway radio communications — is on its way in. But the migration from one to the other is anything but straightforward. In this episode, Doc Frank talks to Rob van Looveren from the Netherlands, a railway consultant with hands-on experience in FRMCS specification work for freight trains through the European-funded FENIX project. Together they unpack what the migration from GSM-R to FRMCS actually involves: the technical challenges...