The use of flexible printed circuit boards (PCBs) allows designers to develop tightly packaged electronics where connections need to be made in three axes or where the assembly is required to flex during operation. However, […]
Innovate UK has announced a ‘first of a kind’ competition for projects that demonstrate, for the first time, how proven technologies, such as automation or innovative uses of data, could be used on the railways. […]
The future of mobile communications has come a little closer as a result of a series of trials of 5G connectivity on the West Coast main line between London and Manchester. 5G is the latest […]
Infrarail 2020, the UK’s leading showcase of railway infrastructure technology and expertise, is already attracting a host of both national and global exhibitors. To be held for the first time at London’s Olympia between 12 […]
Alstom’s iLint hydrogen-powered train is to be tested in the Netherlands for the first time. Following an agreement between Alstom, the Province of Groningen, local operator Arriva, Dutch railway infrastructure manager ProRail and energy company […]
Network Rail has announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with the Connected Places Catapult (CPC), focused on the development of innovative technology to be used within the rail sector. This ‘Innovation Factory’ move […]
Technology that Alstom originally developed for trams in historic cities has now crossed over and is being used to recharge electric buses. First used in 2003 on trams in Bordeaux, APS (Alimentation par Sol – […]
Autumn is approaching – or may even already be here. And with that come leaves on the line, slippery conditions, train delays and cancellations. Every autumn, the trees that grow along the railway drop thousands […]
The latest mobile phone technology, 5G, will bring data transmission that is up to 100 times faster than with LTE (4G), reaching wireless data transmission speeds of up to 20 Gbit/s. It will provide rail […]
Smart safety solutions provider HIMA Paul Hildebrandt will be presenting its safety technology for the rail industry under the slogan “SIL 4 Safety Controller: Flexible, Proven. Off-the-Shelf” at the Trako International Railway Fair, being held […]
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