A new step in the modernisation and digitalisation of the Dutch railways, NS is installing new equipment to make maintenance faster and safer. The system captures high-resolution 2D…
The many accolades rail receives for being the greenest form of motorised passenger and cargo transport, and an essential component of reaching the European Union (EU) 2050, sustainability…
With the rail industry grappling with the challenges of ageing infrastructure, the imperative for innovation has never been more pronounced. On Tuesday, 6 November, just under 100 attendees…
In the RailTech webinar ‘what to do with all that data?’, two experts in the field of railway monitoring and data shared their views on current practices and…
How does Metro Bilbao benefit from a fully integrated monitoring approach including sensors, software & analytics? Helmut Liebminger, CEO of voestalpine Signaling and Walter Serno, customer manager for…
In the past two years, the transport sector has experienced something it was not accustomed to: high volatility and unpredictability, says digital solutions provider Hexagon. As rail travel…
In a joint RailTech webinar with voestalpine Signaling, Richard Lenthall, Vice President Customer Management and Markus Urban, Product Manager at voestalpine, will talk about the possibilities of a…
“Quality data helps to make better decisions about rail infrastructure, and this role will only become bigger“, says Bert Verplancke, Regional Sales Director Northern Europe for HxGN EAM…
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…
Italian railway manager RFI and the National Observatory of Sharing Mobility will analyse five stations with the goal of developing shared mobility, they announced this week. The goal…
Deutsche Bahn has started preparations for the second test phase of the Sensors4Rail project, which will take place in Hamburg from May this year. The smart sensor technology…
Next to the regular Swiss railway network, there is a network of one meter gauge of around 1500 kilometres scattered across the country. Historically, not one of the…
Infrastructure managers can just buy IoT sensors to collect data and try to do the rest themselves, but this is not the most optimal way, says Thomas Böhm,…
“We need to get smarter. Every railway undertaking is trying to build their own algorithm, but that might not be the best approach. We need to engage the…
With satellite images you can map damage to the track much faster in the event of flooding, says Auke Blokland, Earth Observation Specialist at IT company CGI. Flooding,…