Technology

Train operator Southern is extending its smartcard scheme to stations between Brighton and Bexhill/Eastbourne via Lewes on Monday 16th April. The new smartcard technology makes it 'easier and quicker for passengers to buy and use tickets' and comes to the East...

Logica Australis has signed a five year managed services contract with Queensland Rail worth $33 million to transition and manage their newly-established ICT infrastructure platform. Queensland Rail is owned by the State Government and manages passenger rail across the busy Brisbane and south east network, long distance rail across all of Queensland and also provides [...]

Millions of London Overground passengers will soon be able to access a free Wi-Fi service at every station on the network. A contract has been signed with Wi-Fi provider, The Cloud, to allow 60 minutes of free internet access at...

Railway engineering is an inspiring business. Few with an engineering interest can fail to be impressed by fast heavy trains, running on perfectly aligned rails winding through the landscape on imposing structures and earthworks. However it is probably true that, other than permanent way engineers, few enthuse about the stones making up the railway trackbed [...]

The order for new trains for Thameslink has been controversial since it was first announced back on 16 June 2011. Siemens became the preferred bidder, and since then the national and local press has been awash with politicians, interest groups, trade unions and others urging the government to think again and hand the order to [...]

Southern has chosen to team up with a Scottish software company to enhance safety across their organisation. Southern will implement Gael Ltd’s Q-Pulse safety management solution to improve both the efficiency and accuracy of its safety reporting and ease the...

SilverRail Technologies, the company behind the global rail ticketing platform SilverCore, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. The investment accelerates SilverRail’s vision of making passenger rail travel as easy to book as airline tickets. This news follows a highly successful year in which SilverRail added several new rail carriers to its platform, including [...]

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 Station Contracts Manager, Robert Jackson, ‘Travellers now expect to be able to access the internet wherever they are, especially to pass the time during their commutes. ‘The popularity of [...]

Alstom has been awarded a contract by Banedanmark to design and test Atlas, its ERTMS/ETCS on-board Level 2 solution. This solution meets the latest ERTMS standard and will be potentially deployed on 789 trains, mainly non Alstom-made ones, operated by...

Eurotunnel is installing a telephone system in the Channel Tunnel that means passengers on high speed trains and Le Shuttle will be able to make and receive mobile phone calls under the sea. Passengers will be able to enjoy a wi-fi service 100 metres below the Channel. The system will cost €14 million. The additional, [...]