The Intelligent Rail Summit 2021 focuses on asset management, Wayside Train Monitoring Systems and monitoring rail infrastructure, and takes place on 21-23 September in Bilbao, Spain. We are happy to announce that the event will...Read more
Smart trams are now running through the city of Florence in Italy, as part of the innovative computing infrastructure developed by the EU-funded project ELASTIC. A set of sensors has been recently installed on three...Read more
Rail infrastructure projects can benefit greatly by using Common Data Environments in combination with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. In a webinar with Oracle Construction and Engineering, it was discussed how a CDE can...Read more
Starting this spring, Finnish operator VR introduces a Driver Assistance System (DAS) that assists the locomotive drivers in passenger and freight trains. Using machine learning, the DAS helps to optimise train driving, increase energy efficiency,...Read more
The IT company RailWatch is receiving around 3.5 million euros funding from the German government for a digital twin project for freight wagons. Together with railway company Metrans, the company is to install a system...Read more
Rolling stock maintenance company VR FleetCare will deploy Train Scanner next month, a device designed to automatically inspect the external condition of trains. The device will be used for the maintenance of Helsinki Region Transport’s...Read more
UK’s High-Speed 2 joins forces with Digital Catapult, a leading UK digital technology innovation centre. As part of a three-year agreement, HS2 will draw on Digital Catapult’s expertise to make use of the potential of...Read more
South Western Railway is using cameras and AI technology to continually count the number of passengers on board of train carriages. The UK operator plans to make the data available to customers in real-time via...Read more
“We can’t afford to send out a maintenance team when we don’t know what’s going on, we have to anticipate failures”, says Diego Galar, professor of condition monitoring at the Luleå University of Technology in...Read more
Network Rail is looking for a more accurate and efficient way to measure Britain’s network. Swedish engineering company Hexagon will support this intention with its solutions that use LiDAR data and artificial intelligence.Read more
Satellites can be a powerful means for the maintenance of rail infrastructure. To examine this, Deutsche Bahn (DB) is making shots of trackside trees from space. Thus the railway undertaking plans to create precise digital...Read more
Work has begun on the instalment of a facial biometric corridor along Eurostar’s high-speed rail routes from London through Europe. This cutting-edge facial recognition system, funded by the UK Department of Transport, will protect railways...Read more
In order to meet safety requirements in pandemic times, public transport operators need new innovative solutions. To this end, French technology and rolling stock company Alstom has applied its AI-based mobility supervision system to monitor...Read more
The unprecedented times of the coronavirus pandemic require extraordinary actions from railways that are on the front line. In this regard, digital solutions could benefit significantly. One of the examples is the usage of real-time...Read more
Japanese technology company Hitachi Rail has unveiled its own vision of how train stations will look in the future. The concept is focused on introducing robots and digital solutions to serve passengers and implementing environmentally-friendly...Read more
