Company News
New first-of-its-kind, QR-driven tech to revolutionise the rail passenger journey experience
New standards in at-seat rail technology have been set as Whoosh, the innovative software creator, launches Real-Time Journey Dashboard which transforms how real-time communication...
Company News
First battery-powered tram successfully tested by Hitachi Rail
Hitachi Rail has successfully tested its first battery-powered tram in Florence – an important milestone towards expanding the firm’s offer to market the vehicles...
General Interest
Successful conclusion to Greek autonomous transport trial
A trial of autonomous public transport has been successfully concluded after two months of running on the streets of the municipality of Lamia, Greece.Led...
General Interest
New technology brings benefits to Greater Anglia passengers
Greater Anglia is upgrading the technology at its stations, benefiting customers through better Wi-Fi, train information and security.To do this, the train operator has...
General Interest
New research project will slash train delays
The University of Birmingham has launched a new research project aimed at improving railway navigation technology in an effort to reduce train delays and...
General Interest
Super-sized information display goes live at Victoria
London Victoria station now has Britain's largest and clearest single passenger information display. The giant 5 by 2.5 metre full-colour LED display is situated...
Company News
Porterbrook wins with HydroFLEX
BusinessGreen’s Transport Project of the Year award has gone to Porterbrook for the UK’s first hydrogen train, HydroFLEX.The HydroFLEX train ran on the mainline...
Electrification
Moorgate Class 717s save energy and reduce emissions
Great Northern’s new Class 717 trains on the Hertfordshire to Moorgate service have already generated enough electricity through their brakes to power the equivalent...
Company News
Bombardier to establish Global Innovation Centre for railway and e-mobility in Västerås, Sweden
Bombardier Transportation is adding a state-of-the-art e-mobility test and technology centre to its current site in Västerås, Sweden.With growing global market interest in e-mobility...
General Interest
Leave the bike at home – take an e-scooter instead
Commuters who take their folding bicycles on trains may soon have a new method of transport to carry instead – electric scooters.Currently strictly controlled,...
Company News
Alstom’s iLint hydrogen train successfully trialled in the Netherlands
In the same week that HydroFlex, the UK’s first hydrogen-powered train, took to the main line for its inaugural run, the Province of Groningen...
Company News
Icomera acquires GoMedia
Icomera, the leading provider of Passenger Wi-Fi for public transport that is part of the ENGIE Solutions group, has completed the acquisition of GoMedia...
Company News
World’s first solar and hydrogen powered cabins trialled by HS2
HS2 has trialled solar and hydrogen-powered welfare cabins across its work locations run by enabling and main works civils joint ventures CSjv (Costain, Skanska)...
Gear+Tech
Second cohort of start-ups chosen for TfWLab programme
Chosen from 100 entries from across the UK, the 11 companies who will take part in the second cohort of the innovative TFWLab programme...
Company News
GWR receives first tri-mode train
Great Western Railway (GWR) has received the first train in the UK able to run on overhead and third-rail electric lines, as well as...
Company News
Thalys renews passenger Wi-Fi contract with Icomera
Thalys, the high-speed rail operator that operates international services between Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands, has renewed its contract with Icomera to continue...
Environment
Drones search out Skylarks on HS2’s route
The HS2 route passes through some lovely countryside. That’s been one are of complaint from naturalists and ecologists, who don’t want a railway interfering...
Company News
New British-made face coverings kill bacteria
At a time when the British public is being asked to wear a face covering when on trains, in shops and enclosed spaces, 1TcA...
