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Modern technology that fits your budget
Jim Resio, Vice President of Protran Technology, explores what rail maintenance solutions are available to increase tamper productivity.
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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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Department for Transport pledges investment to transform the UK railways
As part of the First of a Kind competition, projects will receive a share of £7.8 million in government funding for innovative ideas to transform the railway industry.
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Rail Performance Monitoring: Paving the way for advanced track solutions
Using metro systems as an example, Johannes Wundersamer, Head of Rail Performance Services at voestalpine Railway Systems, provides an overview of their customised Rail Performance Monitoring service, a tool to investigate the operating characteristics of rails and to assist rail maintenance organisations in changing re-active systems into pro-active ones.
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Swedish railway industry and global evolution of digital signalling systems
Pia Lagerlöf, General secretary for SWEDTRAIN and Per Olofsson, Thought Leader and Training Officer at Bombardier Transportation, explore how the Swedish rail industry is actively exploring how rail control systems can evolve to enable increased capacity and efficiency.
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European Commission study highlights greater role of European rail
New European Commission study suggests a shift to rail would benefit citizens in Europe, as the industry excels in covering its variable infrastructure costs and externalities like air pollution, CO2 and noise through charges, with smaller cost-coverage gaps in euros per passenger-km or tonne-km than other modes.
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Satellites and drones to support railway infrastructure maintenance
The MOMIT project aims at developing and demonstrating a new use of remote sensing technologies for railway infrastructure monitoring. Here, Valeria Donzelli, Project Coordinator, explains how the solutions to come from the project will support the maintenance and prevention processes within the infrastructure management lifecycle.
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Global Railway Review: Celebrating our 25th anniversary
Launched as European Railway Review 25 years ago, the print publication’s intention was to produce content written by the rail industry for the rail industry, showcasing in-depth articles covering diverse topics that impact the rail sector. These are still Global Railway Review’s intentions today, and what we pride ourselves on…
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Implementing a development strategy to ultimately benefit passengers
The development of SŽ-Potniški promet, the passenger division of Slovenian Railways, is based primarily on the modernisation of rolling stock and on further technological development. A strategic direction has been set on upgrading the ticketing system and the existing mobility services as well as on providing comprehensive mobility solutions based…
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Smart tracks, drones, VR and much more at Infrabel’s Digital Days
Infrabel – the Belgian railway infrastructure manager – recently hosted its ‘Digital Days’ event and welcomed more than 1,000 visitors to discover the latest digital technologies for the 'track of the future'. Carel Jonckheere, Infrabel’s Digital Railway Programme Director, provides an overview of the event which immersed participants in live…
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SilverRail – ‘The Departure Board App’ – A Journey from A to B
Check out just one of the ideas that was brought to life during SilverRails 2019, 2 week Interchange Sprint: ‘The Departure Board App’.
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Global Railway Review Issue 3 2019
In this issue we explore Slovenian Railways' development strategy which will improve passenger experience, how the MOMIT project is using satellites and drones to support railway infrastructure maintenance, how the industry can improve the performance of freight and the latest techniques in manufacturing bogies and wheelsets. Plus experts and familiar…
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More funding: Nexxiot ensures sensor production of new IoT sensors
Nexxiot will provide funding of CHF 35 million for the launch of IoT sensors enable the raw data that is collected and sent to Nexxiot systems.
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New Zealand rail sector receives investment of NZ$1 billion
The New Zealand Government’s substantial investment through Budget 2019 will help to build a solid foundation for the future of rail in the country.
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Personnel News: New Management Team at Nexxiot
With the rebrand of Nexxiot come a new management team; Nexxiot has appointed new CEO, COO, Chief Commercial Officer and Heads of the Business Units.
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Virgin trains to be fully equipped with free Wi-Fi and entertainment
Free Wi-Fi will now be available on Virgin's Pendolino fleet with on-board entertainment available for customers through the entertainment service BEAM.
