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National Railway Museum and Google Arts & Culture launch ‘Beyond the Tracks’ project
A collaborative project between National Railway Museum and Google Arts & Culture called ‘Beyond the Tracks’ has been launched with the aim of bringing the transformative story of the railways to a global digital audience. To celebrate the 200-year anniversary of the modern railway, this work which has taken one year to create, embraces the […]
UK rail first celebrated as multiple trains use digital signalling on main line for first time
Rail passengers are being thanked for their patience after further work to progress the digital signalling upgrade took place on the East Coast Main Line. Journeys south of Peterborough were affected over the weekend of 22 and 23 November by testing work on the new digital in-cab signalling system that will be introduced in the […]
Knorr-Bremse and VTG Rail UK sign long-term FreightControl Sentinel agreement
Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems UK and VTG Rail UK have signed a landmark long-term framework agreement for the exclusive supply of Knorr-Bremse’s advanced FreightControl Sentinel system – the backbone of VTG’s iWagon platform. The agreement marks a major milestone in the digitalisation of rail freight and reinforces the long-standing partnership between the two companies. Under the […]
Office of Rail and Road Makes Significant Data Investment
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has made a significant investment in data staff and spending of more than £930,000 over the last three years to strengthen its data capability and support better and stronger rail and road networks. The ORR has heavily invested in both people and technology to enhance how it gathers, […]
Hitachi Rail becomes world’s first transportation firm to adopt new NVIDIA IGX Thor solution for real-time AI
Hitachi Rail announced today that it is to become the first transportation company in the world to include NVIDIA’s latest and most powerful platform – NVIDIA IGX Thor – in its AI-led digital asset management platform, HMAX. The new IGX Thor platform will provide up to 8x higher AI compute and 2x better connectivity for Hitachi Rail’s HMAX products. The […]