Security on the railway: does collecting personal data have a place?
The Belgian Government has approved a pilot project to collect data on Eurostar travellers, part of the Passenger Name…
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Rail apps: unlocking the power of open data
The Joint Rail Data Action Plan aims to remove barriers to information-sharing between train operating companies and tech companies,…
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How IT is revolutionising rail resource planning with Quintiq and Ab Ovo
Belgian freight operator SNCB Logistics has replaced its rail cargo planning systems with a single platform. We speak to…
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Step change: Network Rail’s Neal Lawson talks platform safety
In the past five years 18 people have died and 7,000 have been injured on the UK rail network…
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Battle lines: the fight for California’s High-Speed Rail project
Cost overruns, public apathy, staunch Republican opposition and a multitude of environmental and legal lawsuits have turned California's dream…
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Intelligent design: the future of fare-dodging surveillance technology
The Detector system pioneered by Spanish firm AWAAIT employs artificial intelligence algorithms to identify fare dodgers, sends photos of…
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Talking Integrated wireless connectivity on trains with Nomad Digital’s Jay Saw
Integrated wireless connectivity is revolutionising the way rail operators interact with passengers and rail vehicles. Julian Turner talks to…
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Introducing the UK’s first Tram-Train
The tram-train concept allows a railway vehicle to run as an on-street tram serving city centres and also as…
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Axell Wireless’s Ingo Flomer talks DAS technology and mobile broadband
Network Rail intends to spend £1.9bn rolling out high-speed mobile broadband across the busiest parts of the UK's rail…
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The Italian job: supply chain software optimises NTV rail operations
NTV, Italy's first private operator on the country's high-speed rail network, employs integrated fleet and workforce planning software to…
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The next level: examining safe crossing technology worldwide
Level-crossing safety remains at the top of the global rail industry agenda as a raft of new technologies threaten…
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Ergonomic design: how behavioural science is changing London Bridge Station
Human behavioural science is being employed at the new £700m London Bridge redevelopment to make the station more user-friendly.…
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A fare deal? Investigating Network Rail’s £37.5bn upgrade package
Network Rail has announced a five-year, £37.5bn investment in UK rail, which includes 355,000 more trains in service and…
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Lines of defence: building blast-resistant metro carriages
The SECUREMETRO project brings together experts from across Europe to design a new generation of inherently secure, blast-resistant and…
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Action station: Crossrail begins to take shape
Nine short months after ground was broken at the £150m Crossrail site at Paddington in central London – one…
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Better by design: Eurostar’s £700m facelift
Eurostar's £700m refurbishment drive is about to bear fruit, with the arrival in 2013 of the first new-look train.…
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