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Category: UK
East West Rail inspires next generation of engineers at live infrastructure site
East West Rail (EWR) is helping shape the future of ground engineering after offering Early Career Professionals (ECPs) a rare opportunity to gain hands-on experience at a live infrastructure site. Seventeen ECPs recently joined the EWR Ground Investigation (GI) team at Chapel Hill in Cambridgeshire, part of some wider survey work, for a full day of immersive learning and practical engagement. Organised by EWR Investigation […]
Birmingham stations gear up for the festive season
Birmingham’s famous German Christmas market opens this weekend, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to use the train to visit it in the build up to Christmas. The annual attraction is a firm favourite in the city’s calendar of events, drawing millions of visitors each year. Birmingham New Street – along with Birmingham Moor […]
CIROAO Endorses Groundbreaking Railway Mission Resilience Programme Supporting Rail Workforce Wellbeing
The Chartered Institution of Railway Operators Awarding Organisation (CIROAO) joined industry leaders at the Houses of Parliament this week to celebrate the Railway Mission’s ongoing pastoral support for the rail workforce and the launch of its newly endorsed Paideia Coaching Resilience Training Programme, a first-of-its-kind initiative designed to strengthen wellbeing and resilience across the UK rail […]
LNER enhances driver training app with Velociti Solutions
LNER has developed a driver training (ERTMS DMI) app in collaboration with Velociti Solutions to provide drivers with the most realistic and effective learning experience. This update features more realistic simulations, more accurate screen layouts, additional scenarios and enhanced guidance. The ERTMS DMI app is a key support tool to sit alongside LNER’s training program, […]
Award-winning author and poet visits Alstom train depot in London to mark Black History Month
Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has welcomed award-winning author and poet, Patience Agbabi, to its Golders Green Traincare Centre in North London. Organised as part of Alstom’s wider Black History Month programme in the UK and Ireland, Patience gave a talk to staff about her life, career and Black identity – as well […]
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 […]