“We all know that booking international rail tickets can be quite difficult, but how big is the problem?” That was the question that Thomas Preslmayr and students of the Austrian St. Pölten University of Applied …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 1 August 2022
• How to prevent more European transport heatwave meltdowns (Wired) • Bollardology: History & taxonomy of London street bollards: Book review (LondonHistorians) • Lightning takes out catenary & disrupts Ottawa LRT line (Trains) • Delta …
Continue readingHigh speed train wheel now digitally monitored live (RailUK)
Hitachi Rail is installing its cutting-edge live monitoring solution across Great Western Railway’s high-speed fleet of 93 intercity trains, in a world-first for digital maintenance. This technology will boost fleet availability by over 100 days …
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Free and low cost online rail and transport webinars, as well as interesting conferences, listed (& regularly updated) from around the world. Updated 20 December 2025. • The UIC is hosting the webinar Europe’s Rail …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 June 2022
• West Midlands tram services resume Wolverhampton to Bull Street (BritishTrams) • Rennes rubber-tyred CityVAL Line B opening postponed for 5th time (IntlRailJ) • 120 years of Berlin’s U-Bahn: podcast (MonocleRadio) • How to literally …
Continue readingRFID is the answer to defective wheels on UK railways (RailTech)
Flat spots, hot boxes, and host of other problems could be tackled by the technology originally developed to keep retail goods safe from light-fingered shop lifters. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is set to be rolled on …
Continue readingEuropean hiring boom in railway data analytics roles (RailwayTechnology)
Europe was the fastest growing region for data analytics hiring among railway industry companies in the three months ending February. The number of roles in Europe made up 12.2% of total data analytics jobs – …
Continue readingRenfe introduces mixed reality tech to maintenance processes (RailwayNews)
This includes a trial of Microsoft’s HoloLens glasses and mixed reality tools. Users will be able to access technical documentation and training resources as well as make use of collaborative platforms to share technical information. …
Continue readingWhen the train becomes an Internet of Things (MediaRail)
Predictive maintenance has become the new grail for railway rolling stock manufacturers. The aim is to produce a maintenance plan adapted to the real needs of the rolling stock. The aim is to avoid getting …
Continue readingAutonomous electric freight train cars (dot.LA)
Comprised of former SpaceX, Google and Tesla engineers, Parallel Systems is aiming to develop autonomous and electric freight train cars that would make the American shipping industry greener and more efficient. Parallel Systems’ technology relies …
Continue readingJapan foot crossing obstacle detection using AI (RailwayGazette)
JAPAN: Seibu Railway is to start testing a newly-developed AI-assisted warning system for detecting obstacles on foot crossings at two stations on the Ikebukuro Line in the suburbs of Tokyo. These crossings are commonplace at …
Continue readingDigital twin to map faults, heat, & noise on the Tube (CitiesToday)
Transport for London (TfL) will use a digital twin from start-up Spinview to monitor Underground tracks and tunnels and gather data on noise, heat and carbon emissions. The project, funded through a government grant awarded …
Continue readingAutonomous rail trial in bad winter weather (IntlRailJ)
Successful completion of 18-month autonomous technology trial could herald next step for driver assistance equipment. A collaboration of Thales, Invision AI and Metrolinx have confirmed the successful completion of an 18-month WinterTech Program trial in …
Continue reading4G deal signed for Tube tunnels & stations (IanVisits)
The company rolling out mobile phone coverage on the London Underground has signed its first two commercial contracts, with Three and EE. Although Wi-Fi coverage is available in the stations for all networks except Vodafone, and …
Continue readingTrain windows as information displays (GlobalRailway)
With SmartMMI technology, public transport passengers can receive up-to-date information about their journeys – directly on their adjacent train window. SmartWindows is an intelligent data integration system using situational filtering and context-based visualisation of information. …
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