Digital Railway

The safety of our railways is paramount. Yet as digital technologies transform our networks, our concept of safety must evolve to include cybersecurity at its core. To maintain cybersecurity, it’s not enough to have well-designed technologies with state-of-the-art defences....

Train passengers will be able to use their mobile phones as a ‘virtual butler’ in future to get drinks, sandwiches and snacks delivered direct to their seat. In an effort to bring ‘first class’ service to everyday rail journeys, the...

Memorandum of Understanding signed to develop centre of excellence for rail research and innovation£50 million innovation hub forms part of extensive new rail village in Goole, East YorkshireEducation and upskilling opportunities will create jobs, attract talent and increase investment Siemens...

Investment in UK’s Perpetuum enhances Hitachi Rail’s digital train maintenance, using pioneering data analytics to help customers to improve the safety, availability and reliability of their fleetsThe solution increases the safe lifespan of parts, significantly reducing industrial waste and...

Ground breaking technology company Dual Inventive has celebrated the next chapter in its ambitious expansion plans with the launch of new company AnyWare.Dual Inventive, which develops and produces innovative technical products to improve rail capacity, network efficiency and track...

Contract to extend Network Rail Regions reporting function. Network Rail has awarded their latest analytics contract to Prōject (EU). This is the fourth phase of work involving the migration of Oracle Business Intelligence reporting to the Azure cloud, extending the...

Sydney, February 2021 - Network Rail Consulting (NRC) is pleased to announce that its Australian subsidiary’s System Integrator contract for the Digital Systems Program with Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) has been extended to 2024. The System Integration Team plays...

Relec Electronics introduces the CBI series of DC-UPS DIN rail modules with battery management for reliable power and digital control.  The CBI series of DIN rail mount DC UPS (uninterruptible power supplies) from Italian manufacturer, Adel Systems, have multiple features...

Greater Anglia has worked with mobile phone network, EE, to improve 4G coverage on the rail network in East Anglia. The train operator commissioned the installation of new mobile phone masts at points along the railway where the signal has...

To keep local residents updated on the development of the brand-new metro depot at Gosforth, VolkerFitzpatrick, the company contracted to build the new facility, has launched a community engagement app to help those living and working around the depot...