For the first time on UK infrastructure, AmeyVTOL has demonstrated the use of a drone to inspect the railway out of sight of its operator. Up until now, Civil Aviation Authority regulations have required all […]
In a bid to fast-track digital and high-tech developments into the rail industry, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has introduced a new innovation programme – LNER FutureLabs. This aims to provide an opportunity for tech […]
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 […]
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