BOMBARDIER Transportation opened a new €1m laboratory in Mannheim on August 23, where it will develop and test electronics systems for train control (TCMS) and signalling and control systems.
Santanu Sur, consulting partner - energy and resources at Tata Consultancy Services’ energy unit, outlines plans for a series of IoT-based apps to improve the safety of the increasing volumes of crude oil being transported by rail in North America.
NORWAY’s Railway Directorate has submitted a plan for improved mobile phone coverage to the Ministry of Transport and Communications, which shows that the price of improving in-train network connection around and between the four largest cities in Norway is NKr 3bn ($US 354.1m).
British operator CrossCounty is deploying a new communications suite, which is set to provide onboard staff with a bespoke and easy-to-use source of live network and service information. Kevin Smith met with the developer Nexus Alpha and CrossCountry to find out how Arrakis works and how it is set to be used.
Active since January 2017, P&T Connected is providing fresh impetus in the development of new software and data science for Plasser & Theurer’s track maintenance machines. Kevin Smith spoke with Bernhard Maier, COO of P&T Connected, about how the company’s customers are set to benefit from the work now underway.
Digitalisation of rail freight was one of the hot topics under discussion at the UIC’s Global Rail Freight Conference in Genoa, Italy, in June. Digitalisation has the potential to improve efficiency and competitiveness, but will the railway industry be astute and quick enough to reap its benefits? David Briginshaw finds out.
BRITISH passenger operators have agreed to publish more real-time information to enable tech firms to develop better travel apps under new plans announced on August 8 by rail minister, Mr Jo Johnson, and Rail Delivery Group (RDG) chief executive, Mr Paul Plummer.
FOLLOWING a successful pilot, City Transport (HKL) has awarded Transrail, Sweden, and Welado, Finland, a contract to implement a Connected Driver Advisory System (C-DAS) on the city’s metro network.
MENTION Artificial Intelligence (AI) and it’s difficult not to picture scenes of biorobotic androids clashing with their human creators. While the reality of AI in 2018 is rather less dystopian than the Los Angeles of 2019 in the sci-fi classic Blade Runner, there’s no shortage of hype around the potential impacts, both positive and negative.
