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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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The Portuguese Railway: 160 years and 160 more

14 December 2016 | By Mario Fernandes, Road and Rail Planning Director, Infraestruturas de Portugal

Mario Fernandes, Road and Rail Planning Director at Infraestruturas de Portugal, looks back at 160 years of the Portuguese railway and discusses future plans and goals.

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A high-speed future – what do passengers want?

23 November 2016 | By Ian Wright, Head of Insight, Transport Focus

The UK’s High Speed 2 project has the potential to transform travel between major cities – but what do passengers really want from the new railway service? In this article Ian Wright, Head of Insight from Transport Focus, explains that understanding the needs of passengers is a crucial element if…

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Asset management approach for railway track developed by TU Graz

23 November 2016 | By Matthias Landgraf and Markus Enzi, the Institute of Railway Engineering and Transport Economy, Graz University of Technology

Austria’s asset management strategy has been developed at Graz University of Technology, within the Institute of Railway Engineering and Transport Economy, in close cooperation with the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). Here Matthias Landgraf and Markus Enzi from the Institute present an approach that enables the holistic asset management of track,…

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Manufacturing quality in series

23 November 2016 | By Simon Misar, Head of Content in the Advertising Department of Plasser & Theurer

The new fleet programme of DB Netz AG (Deutsche Bahn’s rail infrastructure company) demonstrates extraordinary quality standards. Simon Misar, Head of Content in the Advertising Department of Plasser & Theurer, explains that – for the first time – Plasser & Theurer has built track maintenance machines for DB Netz AG…

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The future of train travel for SJ

21 October 2016 | By Crister Fritzson, CEO and President of SJ

In this article Crister Fritzson, Chief Executive Officer and President of SJ AB, shares some insights into the history of Sweden’s oldest and largest train operator; its recent developments and plans for the future...

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UIC holds successful DIGITAL Day in Paris

13 October 2016 | By International Union of Railways (UIC)

Around 100 participants, coming from railway industry and the start-ups world, met to discuss links between rail digitalisation and freight & passenger services.