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.

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.

Franck Barresi, technical director at Vossloh Cogifer, profiles the new 1400 MPa class steel for railway switches and crossings.

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.

Rail freight traffic between China and Europe has grown rapidly since China introduced a range of measures, including subsidies, to make rail more attractive to shippers. David Briginshaw reports from the UIC Global Rail Freight Conference in Genoa on the prospects for the market.

Turkey is transforming its national railway into a modern network with plans in place to extend its two-line 1213km high-speed network to 11,000km by 2023. In an exclusive interview with TCDD’s director general,
Isa Apaydin, David Briginshaw explores recent developments and the next steps for the programme.