Digital Railway

LogiKal, in partnership with Eiffage Kier Ferrovial and BAM Nuttall (EKFB), has won the prestigious Global Award for Project Controls Innovation at the Project Controls Expo Awards 2021 for SmartCOST, a state-of-the-art 5D Building Information Modelling (BIM) solution integrating...

Hitachi Rail and Linbrooke have been awarded a contract by Network Rail to design digital signalling technology specifically for the Gloucester area. This digital signalling solution will be a significant upgrade, replacing the current switch panel that was installed in...

The ongoing transition to sustainable mobility and the associated modal shift to rail represents a major opportunity to turn rail travel into the primary transportation mode of the future. To make this possible, however, rail transportation must become even...

Project to create UK’s first intercity digital railway continues over August Bank Holiday weekendRoute between Finsbury Park and Moorgate closed and services diverted to London King’s CrossOver 95% of Britain’s rail network will be open for business over August...

GoMedia, a subsidiary of Icomera and of EQUANS, the newly created leader in multi-technical services, is supporting three pioneering digital solutions to improve rail transport accessibility for the visually and hearing-impaired. The projects are funded by the Department for...

Network Rail and The Central Railway Systems Alliance (CRSA), have completed a successful digitalisation trial for critical rail track renewal processes with the leading workflow automation provider Intoware, paving the way for future deployment with frontline maintenance teams. Created to...

Maestrano’s market-leading LiDAR & AI technology to provide analytics and alerts on the UK’s fastest railway to cut costs and improve safety. Maestrano Group PLC (AIM: MNO), the artificial intelligence platform for transport corridor analytics, is pleased to announce a new...

Thales will develop and implement a new signaling communications system, known as an Online Key Management System (OKMS), on the East Coast Main Line of Network Rail. This system should go live in 2023. It will then be rolled out...

Toufic Machnouk has been appointed to Network Rail’s Eastern executive team as Director, Industry Partnership Digital. Toufic was previously programme director for the flagship East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP), responsible for establishing the first major intercity digital programme on the UK...

Network Rail and Great Northern have confirmed that there will be additional weekend closures of the Northern City Line between Finsbury Park and Moorgate to enable work on the East Coast Digital Programme to remain on track. Three weekends of...