Workshop: preventing platform accidents with a new solution
RailTech Europe At RailTech Europe on 6 and 7 March, various free workshops will be given, which we’ll put in the spotlight in this article series. This workshop will revolve around improving railway station safety to the...Read more
Greece: 23 charged with crimes involving signalling contracts 9 months after fatal crash
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Greece has charged 23 suspects for crimes related to the execution of traffic control and signalling contracts along the central Greek rail axis Athens-Thessaloniki-Promachonas. 18 of them are public...Read more
SPL Powerlines UK to implement geofencing technology
SPL Powerlines UK is set to integrate Tended geofencing technology Bedfordshire and the East Midlands to enhance the safety of its trackside workforce.Read more
New technologies to eliminate railway accidents: Digital Twins and more
Efficient and secure railway operations are vital to the global economy. Railways transport billions of tons of freight and passengers every year across thousands of miles of tracks, linking municipalities and countries. To put it...Read more
Infrabel invests in three new rail security devices
Six years after a terrible train accident in Morlanwelz (Hainaut) that claimed the lives of two track workers and injured five others, Belgian rail infrastructure manager Infrabel presented two safety systems that are new in...Read more
Investigation into Flying Scotsman collision at Aviemore Station
Britain’s official safety watchdog, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), has launched a full scale investigation into an incident last month involving the world-renowned steam locomotive, Flying Scotsman. The century-old locomotive collided with a set...Read more
European Space Agency funds Tended project to improve track worker safety
UK technology company Tended has secured a 1.6 million euro project with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Business Applications for a project on geofencing for rail and track workers’ safety. ESA is funding 50 per...Read more
Tyne and Wear Metro is latest green for go with Zonegreen safety tech
Sheffield-based rail safety pioneers Zonegreen have put their Depot Personnel Protection System (DPPS) on alert at the brand new Gosforth Metro depot in Newcastle. The 70 million pound (82 million euro) Gosforth depot serves the...Read more
KeolisAmey Docklands implements Tended’s geofencing technology on DLR
KeolisAmey Docklands, the company responsible for managing the United Kingdom’s busiest light railway system Docklands Light Railway (DLR), has partnered with Tended to integrate geofencing technology into its trackside workforce operations. Tended’s system combines behavioural...Read more
Investigation into Italian rail worker deaths reveals ignored warnings, 2 persons prosecuted for homicide
In the days following the disastrous accident in Italy where five contracted railway workers were killed by an empty train, more and more details of the investigation come out, and point to severe compliance with...Read more
5 Italian railway workers killed in accident, trade unions announce strike
A tragedy occurred in the night of 30 August, when five railway maintenance workers died after being hit by an empty passing train in Brandizzo, along the Turin-Milan railway line in Italy. The victims worked...Read more
Rail section where Greek accident took place now has signalling
Approximately 5 months after the largest train accident in Greek history, killing 57 people, the signalling of the section from Larissa to Plati and the Larissa Traffic Control Center (TCC) are now approved for operation,...Read more
UK safety authorities have overspeeding concerns
A recent safety alert has highlighted the urgent need to address overspeeding issues, particularly at Spital Junction, a critical formation near Peterborough station, in Cambridgeshire. An advisory, issued by the statutory safety body, the Rail...Read more