Innovation

The Rail Innovation Group (RIG) has recognised PassageWay under its peer-reviewed Recognised Innovation Scheme for the company's TfL Service Status digital signs. This solution meets RIG's criteria by providing a simple yet impactful approach to enhancing the user experience...

Retailer continues to reduce environmental impact of deliveries to stores A further 31 million cases of goods a year are set to be moved across the country by the Tesco rail network rather than by lorry, as Tesco continues to...

Transport for Wales has selected global company Hitachi to help digitally transform public transport within Wales, making it easier for customers to plan, book and pay for different modes of travel. Over the next five years, Hitachi will deliver a...

The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has launched the Route Availability (RA) Calculator, a free online tool designed to streamline and simplify route planning for the entire GB rail industry. For years, the rail industry has struggled with time-consuming...

GCRE Limited and Network Rail have signed a major new commercial arrangement aimed at accelerating innovation in UK rail. The deal will see the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) support Network Rail with testing, research and innovation, once the...

Great Western Railway has partnered with water company Ape2o to help customers reduce plastic consumption by installing high quality water refill machines at its stations. Oxford station is the first station on GWR’s network to launch ape2o’s ultra-filtered water refill...

Applicants to a scheme dubbed ‘the train operators’ Dragons Den’ only have until Sunday 16 June to apply. In April, LNER, Northern, Southeastern, and TransPennine Express joined forces on the project – which is named Future Labs – to support...

Tuesday 30 April marked a landmark day for the Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation (BIMCO), as it held an exclusive ‘Demonstration Day’ event to showcase a range of SME innovations from the first cohort of the Clean Futures Accelerator...

One Big Circle is one of 252 organisations nationally to be recognised with a prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise. Announced today (Monday 6 May), One Big Circle has been recognised for its excellence in Innovation through the UK’s highest...

Sekisui manufactures synthetic wood baulks made from Fibre-reinforced Foamed Urethane (FFU). Network Rail engineers installed the first FFU baulks and sleepers as replacements for traditional hardwood on military canal bridges in Kent during 2014. The FFU product was first...