Accessibility has always been an issue on the UK railway network, often discouraging passengers with disabilities from using the transport system. To create a system that is more inclusive and accessible the UK Government has...
With the development of new technology and digital initiatives, the UK rail industry is undergoing...
After a four-year hiatus, Paris-Nice night train services resumed on 20 May, with French Prime Minister Jean Castex in attendance. Heir to the legendary Le Train Bleu, the relaunch of the Paris-Nice night train is part of a bigger investment plan by the French Government to reach its climate goals. We profile the train, its prestigious history and its part in France’s transport revolution.
With the increased digitalisation of processes, the chances of railways becoming the target for cybercriminals have increased significantly in the last few years, forcing the industry to take a different approach to cybersecurity. We speak with cybersecurity specialist RazorSecure about its new partnership with rail telecommunications company Comtest Wireless and the benefit it will bring to the cybersecurity of railways.
Safety concerns created by the ongoing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic has seen the railway sector being faced with stunted revenues and disrupted services. To encourage passengers back onboard, rail companies have gone to great lengths to increase the sanitisation of trains and platforms, a policy which has seen an increasing demand for cleaning robots.
Auckland Metro Programme includes over $1.05bn worth of projects that aim to upgrade Auckland’s rail network.
The major construction works on both the projects are slated to commence in Q1 2022.
The first scheme will reduce the infrastructure charges paid by long-distance rail passenger operators.
CP is currently pursuing an application process to take over KCS.
The hydrotreated vegetable oil-fuelled locomotive is said to reduce carbon emissions by up to 90%.
A bountiful tech industry means the children of China face a prosperous future. The same tech is watching them, and ever evolving, as Giacomo Lee discovers.
Network Rail commenced the work after procuring the suitable licenses to work in the SSSI.
F-Secure, Adobe and O'Reilly speak to Giacomo Lee on how fake news regulation will need more than AI and intelligence from social media heads.
HybridFLEX train can deliver emission-free battery operation and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 25%.
The installation works for ticket machines were carried out by Flowbird Transport Intelligence.
Talgo will design, produce and commission the new self-propelled trains for short and medium distances.
The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021 undermined the 5G rollout not just for Japan, but the world as a whole, as Giacomo Lee writes.
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