Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has announced £1.2 million of new government funding to accelerate feasibility work for digital signalling on vital sections of the...
The University of Birmingham has opened a new purpose-built centre designed to deliver specialist research in digital railway engineering.
The university has partnered with the...
To drive better, faster and greener delivery of infrastructure, Costain has worked together with key partner SAP, as well as the Transport Infrastructure Efficiency...
Bombardier Transportation is adding a state-of-the-art e-mobility test and technology centre to its current site in Västerås, Sweden.
With growing global market interest in e-mobility...
Following on from David Shirres’ article in issue 184 (May/June 2020), the Railway Industry Association staged a week-long webinar to explore how innovation can...
Hitachi Rail is to acquire Southampton-based railway technology firm Perpetuum to accelerate its UK digitisation strategy.
Perpetuum’s product utilises wireless condition monitoring to spot faults...
LNER FutureLabs is a new innovation programme from London North Eastern Railway (LNER) that aims to fast-track digital and tech developments into the rail...
Having just won a challenging new railway project in Belgium, a German manufacturer needed local support in the form of experienced and competent people...
Knowing a train’s location is a vital piece of information
in the control of train movements - one that has existed almost since railways
were first...
The widespread introduction and availability of modern internet protocol (IP) fixed and radio-based telecoms networks provide many benefits for a modern railway. These include...
