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Southern Railway introduces e-ticket readers at 12 additional stations
The e-ticket barcode readers, which help to limit the spread of COVID-19, will also be installed at another 29 stations across the GTR network.
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Digitalisation
The rail industry is harnessing innovative digital solutions that can benefit the railway sector. A world in which trains are never late and rail travel is cheaper, safer and more efficient is on the horizon thanks to radical innovation and technology that has marked the next stage of rail’s digital revolution.
What are the trends and challenges in rail digitalisation and how is the industry moving forward to embrace and adopt solutions?
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In-Depth Focus: Smart Track Maintenance
Smart sensors on tracks can be used to remotely check the health of infrastructure and a variety of digital solutions can help maintenance teams carry out vital tasks more efficiently leading to reduced service downtime and extended rail infrastructure lifetime. This In-Depth Focus explores how effective predictive and preventive maintenance…
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In-Depth Focus: Cyber-Security
As the digitalisation of the railway progresses, this In-Depth Focus explores how the rail industry must adapt to continue to deliver safe, reliable and efficient services as the sector faces ever evolving cyber-threats.
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HS2 and Innovate UK partner to drive innovation in construction
The Innovate at HS2 2020: Small Business Research Initiative is open to small and medium-sized enterprises who will receive support to put together research and development plans for their proposal.
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ARA calls for Australian rail innovation to be a national priority
The Australasian Railway Association has said that prioritising innovation will provide the certainty needed to support increased private sector investment and would drive skills development and jobs creation in the rail industry.
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Global Railway Review Issue 5 2020
In this issue, we feature articles from industry experts on a vast range of topics including: What HS2 will mean for rail freight capacity in Britain; the latest developments on the Ceneri Base Tunnel project; and how GTR’s workforce is its greatest asset, plus our 'Smart Track Maintenance' and 'Cyber-Security'…
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FS Italian Railways joins U.S. High Speed Rail Association
The USHSR has welcomed FS's expertise and participation in the U.S. high-speed rail market, particularly looking to the Californian high-speed programme.
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Hitachi ABB Power Grids awarded contract to digitalise High Speed 1
The £5.4 million contract for Hitachi ABB Power Grids, as part of ongoing work with UKPNS, will realise projects to digitalise high-speed rail in the UK.
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Network Rail to release open live data source for station lifts and escalators
By making the live data publicly available, passengers will be able to discover how accessible a station is prior to their journey.
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Bombardier announces rail and e-mobility Innovation Centre in Sweden
The Railway and e-Mobility Test and Technology Centre will focus on next generation of electric propulsion technology in pursuit of a cleaner future for transportation.
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Machine learning technology to transform delivery of major rail projects in UK
By utilising machine learning, Network Rail can increase prediction accuracy, reduce delays, unlock early risk detection and enable significant cost savings.
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Adapting Infrabel’s artificial intelligence solutions for the COVID-19 pandemic
In an exclusive interview, Terry Wykle and Dimitri Van Hecke, IT specialists at Infrabel, speak with Leah Hockley, Global Railway Review’s Junior Editor, to discuss how Infrabel’s existing artificial intelligence solutions were utilised and adapted during the COVID-19 crisis to protect the health safety of its workforce.
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The East Coast Digital Programme – integrating industry like never before
2 October 2020 | By Atkins
In this on-demand webinar expert speakers from Atkins Ltd and LNER spoke about the vision for the East Coast Digital Programme and the Programme Critical Success factors, plus they will demonstrate how their application is enabling results.
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Taking metro rail’s backbone communications networks to the next level
1 October 2020 | By Nokia
Watch this on-demand webinar where, Nokia discussed networking solutions that enable metro/urban rail operators to build a converged mission-critical communications foundation for digital transformation, meeting the needs of today and tomorrow.
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Improving rail crossing safety with artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are increasingly being applied to some of the thorniest issues that rail operators confront, and one of the more promising ones is the monitoring of level crossings. Karsten Oberle, Head of Rail, Transportation Segment at Nokia Enterprise, explains more.
