Alameda, Calif.-based Wind River on Nov. 11 reported that its DevOps platform will help Hyundai Rotem, a 30-year customer based in South Korea, “to modernize and automate its railway system software development environment.”
The platform, Wind River® Studio Developer, is “designed to accelerate the development, deployment, and operation of mission-critical systems at the intelligent edge,” and “enables agile practices such as CI/CD and cloud-native deployment to overcome barriers to automation,” according to Wind River, a software/technology provider that also serves the automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications sectors. “By increasing automation and collaboration, Studio Developer improves developer efficiency, enables shift-left testing, boosts agility, and extends system lifetime value.”
Hyundai Rotem, it said, will also use Wind River Cloud Platform as the cloud infrastructure to host Studio Developer and will continue to use real-time operating system VxWorks for its “safety-certified signaling and train control management system.”
“Leveraging Wind River technology, Hyundai Rotem is making a strategic shift toward software-defined functions, which will help us automate our development environment, accelerate innovation, and maximize ROI across current and future projects,” said Won-Sang Lee, Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, RS R&D Hub, for Hyundai Rotem. “Together with Wind River and their mission-critical expertise across industries, we are creating for the future of intelligent rail.”
“We are thrilled to support Hyundai Rotem on its journey toward software-defined, autonomous transportation systems,” said Javed Khan, Executive Vice President and President of Software, Advanced Safety, and User Experience of Wind River parent company Aptiv. “With Wind River, Hyundai Rotem can modernize its software development practices without compromising safety, security, or quality. This enables faster innovation, improved efficiency, and reduced costs while delivering secure, compliant, and reliable edge systems.”
Hyundai Rotem, which supplies a variety of railway vehicles, including high-speed trains, EMUs, and light rail vehicles, is delivering 46 low-floor LRVs for the ETS (Edmonton Transit Services) Valley Line West LRT project. This summer, the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, took delivery of the first vehicle; shipped in two sections from the Changwon, South Korea plant, the vehicle underwent testing before being loaded onto a roll-on/roll-off ship designed to carry wheeled vehicles. Delivery will continue into 2027. The manufacturer is also supplying 182 HR5000 rapid transit cars to Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority, 42 of which are slated to arrive in time for the 2028 LA Olympics, and an additional 41 bilevels to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for Commuter Rail service.
