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14 June 2017 | By Dr Diego Galar, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
In their article, to be published next month in Global Railway Review Issue 4 2017, Professors Diego Galar, Uday Kumar and Ramin Karim from Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, elucidate the possibilities of big data in the railway industry and anticipate its positive effects on operations and maintenance (O&M) from…
Rolf Dollevoet, Alfredo Núñez and Zili Li – Colleagues from the Section of Railway Engineering at Delft University of Technology – explore current developments in utilising passenger locomotives that use sensors to capture huge amounts of data to achieve monitoring and maintenance ‘during revenue operations’.
16 May 2017 | By Kontron
Improving passenger experience and predicting operational issues in vehicles with sensors are major goals for transportation operators.
10 May 2017 | By Graham Ellis
Graham Ellis discusses railway digitalisation, driverless trains, the utilisation of data and how to demonstrate advances in rail technology.
9 May 2017 | By Siemens AG
This webinar discussed how rail operators and maintainers can use data to improve their businesses and generate more return from their assets.
19 April 2017 | By Jonathan Kirsop, partner at Stephenson Harwood
What will the impact of the GDPR be for rail businesses and what steps should they be taking now in preparation for implementation?
Today’s maintenance systems for rail vehicles and infrastructure are characterised by a combination of scheduled maintenance and unscheduled repair. Preventive maintenance entails inspection based on pre-defined intervals with replacement or overhaul of components being carried out before failure occurs, and corrective maintenance with repair or replacement happens in the event…
Rail services have seen an incredible amount of growth over the last two decades. According to Campaign for Better Transport, as of 2014/2015 there were 686 UK stations on the network, compared to 215 in 1997/1998 and in 2014/2015 an estimated 2.75 billion entries and exits were recorded across the…
15 September 2016 | By Nigel Davies, Head of QinetiQ’s Secured Navigation group
Nigel Davies, Head of QinetiQ’s Secured Navigation group, explores the potential risks and benefits of the increasing use of satellite signals in rail networks.
11 August 2016 | By Siemens Mobility
Digitisation has reached the world of trains in tremendous speed. Trains are generating large volumes of data and this webinar describes how rail operators and maintainers can use such data to improve their businesses and generate more value from their assets.
In this issue: Infrastructure Construction; Level Crossing Safety supplement; Signalling supplement; Condition Monitoring; And much more...
Rolling stock maintenance is an expensive and critical process for a railway company. Trenitalia has managed to make it more effective by using a dynamic maintenance system which combines the Internet of Things (IoT) with analytics and in-memory computing. For Global Railway Review, Trenitalia’s CIO, Danilo Gismondi, shares the details…
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The digitalisation of Europe’s rail signalling is a long-term challenge making patchy progress. Ian Hall looks down the tracks for signs of optimism.
11 January 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The UK’s £22 million Centre for Innovation in Rail will officially open in autumn 2016 coinciding will the launch of a £4.5 million advanced test facility. Co-funded by the Regional Growth Fund, the Institute of Railway Research (IRR) at the University of Huddersfield is currently in the process of delivering its £22…
10 September 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Stockholm’s commuter train operator Stockholmstag has developed a model known as ‘The commuter prognosis’ that can predict delays up to two hours in the future. The operator has developed a mathematical algorithm that uses big data to visualise the entire commuter train system two hours into the future. The new…
