Topic: Digitalisation

Slovenske zeleznice mobile application, source: Mykola Zasiadko

Slovenske železnice launches mobile ticket application

Slovenian national railway operator Slovenske železnice (SŽ) has launched a mobile application for ticket purchase. The programme is available for installation on devices using both Android and iOS operating systems. The mobile application ‘Grem z vlakom’...Read more

05-02-2019|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

Russian Railways to invest 2 billion Euros in digitalisation

Russian Railways will invest 2 billion Euros (150 billion Rubles) in digitalisation by 2025. This plan was announced by the company’s CEO Oleg Belozyorov at the ongoing 12th International Forum Transport of Russia. “The amount we...Read more

21-11-2018|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

‘Railway sector must face challenge of loss of expertise with digitalisation’

All over the world, human resource management strategies have lead to a loss of experts in the field of railway infrastructure management, according to Johannes Neuhold and Matthias Landgraf at Graz University of Technology. “The only chance...Read more

13-08-2018|Comment|author: Marieke van Gompel

Train at Geilo railway station Norway Bane NOR

Siemens wins Norwegian ETCS contract worth 800 million Euros

Bane NOR, the state-owned agency responsible for the Norwegian national railway infrastructure, has contracted Siemens to upgrade the signaling equipment of the entire Norwegian rail network to the European Train Control System (ETCS). The contract...Read more

13-04-2018|Comment|author: Carlijn Kruidhof