Technology

Train operator East Coast has launched a new welcome page for its popular Wi-Fi service – the first of its kind in the UK rail industry – placing live travel and connections information at passengers’ fingertips. The new real-time Wi-Fi...

National Express train operator c2c has recently begun using Twitter to give customers up-to-the-minute train service information and early indications show the use of the social networking tool has proven very successful. c2c began by sending out current service updates...

A national charity that supports vulnerable young people on Britain’s streets will be given a major boost this weekend as Aviva hands over its high-profile shirt sponsorship of Norwich City to Railway Children. The Railway Children logo will take pride...

Network Rail has become a CRASH patron partner, supporting the construction and property industry charity for homeless people that in turn has supported over 45 homelessness projects over the last year. CRASH is a practical charity that focuses on improving and constructing buildings...

Saft, leader in the design, development and manufacture of high-tech batteries for industry, has completed a contract worth well over one million dollars (US) for CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. (CNR CRC) to supply the onboard battery systems...

Graduate students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur have invented a matchbox sized device 'Jugnu', that can monitor wear and tear of railway tracks, thereby preventing derailment. The new device will replace bulky, box-like contraption which is currently...

South West Trains has launched its second RailBAM® device at Mortlake near Richmond that can diagnose potential technical problems with trains, by listening to them as they pass in traffic. The system, called RailBAM®, monitors 300 trains a day on...

Amtrak has announced the start of a pilot test of its eTicketing system on the Amtrak Downeaster service, which operates daily between Boston and Portland, Maine. The eTicketing program provides passengers increased flexibility when making or changing reservations and eliminates...

Commuters using a busy West Midlands rail station could save £100 each month and avoid the rush hour jams by parking up their cars and continuing their journey by train. Centro, the region’s transport authority, and Virgin Trains have teamed...

ScotRail has added another train simulator to its fleet. This time around, the simulator is not based in a sprawling cavern underneath Glasgow Central station but sits on desktops at the train operator’s nearby headquarters. The computer software has been provided...