Events
My Work app records millionth work order
Paul Ellis and his team at Liverpool Delivery Unit have been singled out for praise after submitting the millionth work order using the My...
Rail Business
Get Social!
Train operators worked out early on just how useful social media could be as a tool for communicating with passengers.Only recently, I lost my...
Rail News
Rail industry looks for wearable tech innovations
Amey and Network Rail are supporting a competition led by Innovate UK, formerly the Technology Strategy Board, to find ingenious wearable digital technology which could...
Rail News
Swiss role for Amtrain
Amtrain is celebrating its selection by Schweizer-Electronic UK as training partner for the Lookout Operated Warning Systems and Automatic Track Warning Systems. Amtrain will...
Rail News
National Rail Enquiries app hits five million downloads
The National Rail Enquiries app has reached a five million download milestone.Buying tickets by smartphone is proving popular with customers. NRE’s smartphone app for...
Technology
Sound move for ultrasonic train
The introduction of a new Ultrasonic Test Unit means Network Rail can now deploy four of these vehicles to better manage its Asset Information...
Technology
Robo-flock scares pigeons
Robotic falcons are being deployed at Edinburgh Waverley to scare away pigeons from the new 34,000 square metre glass roof.Network Rail Scotland has ordered...
Events
New platform for Railtex
New Year 2013 means another confidence-boosting rail industry exhibition to look forward to. Railtex takes centre stage at Earls Court in London from 30...
Rail News
Wheel always have Paris
Dubbed the world’s most romantic metro system, the Paris Metro has turned to an unromantic factory in Market Harborough to keep its passengers moving...
Events
Mechan shows support for depot staff
Maintenance equipment specialist Mechan, is proud to be sponsoring this year’s Depot Staff of the Year award.Sheffield-based manufacturer Mechan is renowned for the quality,...
Infrastructure
Welcome to the Show!
Civil engineering is heavy work. Whether it is digging ditches, moving muck, removing rocks, shifting sand, carrying concrete, grading gravel or levelling the landscape...
Rail Business
Milton Keynes – Home of Railway Values
At first glance the choice of Milton Keynes as the new headquarters of Network Rail seems eccentric.Look a little closer and the move is...
Infrastructure
Signalling in the frame
New framework signalling contracts governing the next ten years will introduce industry stability, improve efficiency and reduce costs.Three framework contracts have now been decided,...
Rail News
App’y ScotRail
ScotRail is launching its first-ever mobile website, following a spectacular increase in passengers using smartphones and iPads to visit its site.The new website offers...
Rail News
Wifi in the west
Wifi access is being increased at 23 stations on First Great Western’s network.WiFi provider, The Cloud, will be implementing the scheme.Says First Great Western...
Rail News
Dial Frethun
Eurotunnel is installing a telephone system in the Channel Tunnel that means passengers on high speed trains and Le Shuttle will be able to...
Rail News
Translink ticks m-ticketing
Rail passengers in Northern Ireland can now use Translink’s new mobile phone ticketing system, mLink.Passengers can buy, receive and display an electronic ticket on...
