Network Rail and Connected Places Catapult (CPC) have launched a new programme, aiming to find innovative solutions to key challenges facing British railway stations today. The programme forms part of Network Rail’s Research, Development & …
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Using AI to improve rail maintenance (FutureRail)
The Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) uses the industrial internet of things and artificial intelligence to develop new predictive rail maintenance and performance management technologies. From the opening of the first line from Tokyo to …
Continue readingMore German operators running hybrid trains (RailTech)
The German railway market is shifting towards the hybrid trains and locomotives. In a few weeks after DB Cargo had purchased 50 hybrid shunters, another German operator embarked on the same path. Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen (VMS), …
Continue readingCities are figuring out e-Scooter regulation (Slate)
The frenzied era of e-scooters is over – The devices became a surprise hit before cities knew how to handle them. They’re finally figuring it out. When they first appeared on the sidewalks of American …
Continue readingEmbedded rail cost reduction project (UKTram)
Engineers from across the light rail sector are joining forces on a project with the potential to save tramway owners and operators hundreds of thousands of pounds in maintenance costs while improving network reliability. Led …
Continue readingUK Shared Micromobility Dashboard (BikeSharp)
Live data on all UK Bikeshare & Escooter-share fleets Data updates every 120 seconds – refresh for the latest numbers. All current usage numbers are estimates – no fleet* provides live journey numbers. Aggressive intra-day …
Continue readingHamburg pax line returns after 50 years (RailJournal)
PASSENGER services returned to the short 3km Tornesch – Uetersen line north of Hamburg for the first time in more than 50 years on February 20, 2020. The experimental service at proposed Uetersen station – …
Continue readingUK road to rail grants rules updated (RailFreight)
An update to the criteria upon which grant decisions are based, could lead to a more favourable climate for switching from road to rail in populated areas. This could reduce congestion on some of the …
Continue readingEco-footprint of electric vehicles (UConcernedScientists)
One of the questions I’m most frequently asked about electric vehicles (EV) is: “Are they really a cleaner option?” While it’s obvious that a fully-electric vehicle eliminates tailpipe emissions, people often wonder about the global …
Continue readingShortage of Cobalt for EV batteries (Wired)
As electric car sales soar, the industry faces a cobalt crisis. First it was lithium, now its cobalt. Electric vehicles need them for batteries, but supply issues will only worsen as demand rises. Electric vehicle …
Continue readingCase studies in (LevelBoarding)
UK, Merseyrail Merseyrail is in the middle of an ambitious programme to introduce level boarding across its 68-station network. Starting with a comprehensive yearlong platform upgrade project in October 2018 to standardise all platforms in …
Continue readingGOBLIN re-opens Wednesday from derailment (RailFreight)
Services on the Gospel Oak to Barking line near London are expected to resume tomorrow, 19 February 2020. This line was damaged by a derailed freight wagon. The work is almost complete with all the …
Continue readingRailways as drone delivery corridors? (RailwayGazette)
USA: SkyRights Holdings is seeking to partner with Class I railways to make their alignments available for use by drone delivery companies and for ‘urban air mobility’ applications. The company said the airspace above railways …
Continue readingBIM on Northern Line Extension (RailEngineer)
London Underground’s Northern line extension, which is being built from Kennington to Battersea with a new intermediate station at Nine Elms, uses Building Information Modelling (BIM) as the basis of its design and documentation. This …
Continue readingUltracapacitors for Warsaw tram system (Railway-Tech)
Skeleton Technologies has received a contract from Medcom to supply ultracapacitor energy storage for the tram network in Warsaw, Poland. Ultracapacitors have a capacity of one million cycles and immediate charging. This allows for functions …
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