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Resonate Group appoints Carmen Hula as chief finance officer

Digital railway specialist Resonate Group has appointed Carmen Hula as it chief finance officer, bringing extensive experience in to support the company's next phase of sustainable growth and innovation in digital rail technology. In her new role, Carmen will oversee...

Office of Rail and Road Makes Significant Data Investment

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has made a significant investment in data staff and spending of more than £930,000 over the last three years to strengthen its data capability and support better and stronger rail and road...

Hitachi Rail technology at the heart of the new DLR trains now in service

Hitachi Rail’s advanced communication technology equips the first of London Docklands Light Railway’s (DLR) new fleet of 54 trains, which have begun entering passenger service. This milestone showcases Hitachi Rail’s digital CBTC (Communications-Based Train Control) signalling, which underpins the safety,...

The Intermodal Gateway of the Future: Hitachi Rail’s digital solution boosts rail freight in Germany

As part of a joint venture, Hitachi Rail has brought a new digital solution, ‘InGa-Z’, to market, which can transform efficiency at intermodal freight terminals. Protostellar GmbH, is the joint venture driving this solution and consists of Hitachi Rail, MT...

Digital signalling work affecting August bank holiday journeys

Passengers are reminded that digital signalling work will affect East Coast Main Line journeys on the August bank holiday weekend. There will be an amended service between London King’s Cross and Peterborough because of testing and maintenance work as part...

Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom to bolster its digital asset management business

Hitachi Rail has acquired the cutting-edge digital rail monitoring business Omnicom from Balfour Beatty in a strategic move to further grow HMAX, Hitachi Rail’s digital asset management business. With HMAX already installed on over 2,000 trains globally, Omnicom solutions will now...

Plan ahead message to passengers as digital signalling affects August bank holiday journeys

Passengers are advised of digital signalling work affecting journeys on the East Coast Main Line on the August bank holiday weekend. There will be no services between London King’s Cross and Peterborough because of testing work as part of the...

Rail Minister celebrates first ‘no signals’ commuter railway

Rail Minister Lord Hendy celebrated the recent achievement of the Great Northern ‘Northern City Line’ becoming the country’s first commuter railway to operate without signals at the side of the track. Lord Hendy saw the technology involved with digital in-cab...

Digital signalling upgrades affecting journeys between London and Peterborough/Royston this weekend

Thameslink and Great Northern passengers reminded that no trains will travel to and from London and Peterborough/Royston this weekend (17-18 May) as work to transform East Coast Main Line continues. Teams will carry out significant upgrades as part of £1.4...

London journeys affected as major digital milestone sees traditional signals removed

Passengers are urged to plan ahead as no trains will be running between London King’s Cross and Peterborough over a weekend in May as work to transform East Coast Main Line continues. Network Rail teams will be carrying out significant...

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GWR’s Great Escapes podcast shortlisted for Radio Times ‘Moment of the Year’ after icy swim

A near-freezing sea swim off the Pembrokeshire coast has earned Great Western Railway’s Great Escapes podcast a place on the shortlist...