Technology: Asset maintenance takes to the skies
SNCF Réseau subsidiary Altametris has developed a suite of aerial technologies to enhance the efficiency of infrastructure monitoring. Strategy Director Alexis Meneses spoke to Toma Bačić at ProMedia’s Intelligent Rail Summit in Bled, Slovenia.
Viewpoint: ‘Culture matters more than technology’ in rail digitalisation
Peter Boom of Dutch consultancy Haskoning explains to Toma Bačić why he feels digital maturity among rail organisations holds the key to successful digitalisation of the industry.
Stations: Praha Smíchov rebuild blends legacy with modernity
Works to renew the station facilities, track and electrification at Praha Smíchov are now in full swing. Mojmír Nejezchleb, Deputy Director General for Infrastructure Modernisation at Správa Železnic, explains the new station alignment and the technical, safety and urban planning complexity of the project to Benjámin Zelki.
France: Urbanloop promises personal transit
With contracts to deploy its technology in Abu Dhabi and two French cities in the next three years, personal rapid transit start-up Urbanloop is bringing fresh momentum to the ultra-light metro concept. Reinhard Christeller reports.
Signalling: Welsh trial pilots low-cost train detection
Trials on a section of the Heart of Wales Line to detect trains approaching user-worked crossings are intended to pave the way for a suite of signalling applications for rural railways. Chris Jackson reports from Pantyffynnon.
Freight: More tracks to Gdańsk’s thriving port
Port authority ZMPG and Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK are working to enhance rail access to and from Gdańsk, with a focus both on investment near the docks and on key corridors serving the domestic and international hinterland. Benjámin Zelki investigates.
Viewpoint: The rail industry must arrest the talent drain before it is too late
Germany: Stuttgart 21 delayed again
Great British Railways: ‘The target is to increase use of the railway’
Infrastructure: Using data to make better decisions
China: Latest wave of openings brings faster and more automated metros
Ireland: Next steps emerge in all-island rail vision
Comment: Singapore metro ‘scandal’ shows the grass is always greener
Italy: RFI deploys AI, drones and robots as part of monitoring suite expansion
Hong Kong: MTR completes East Rail Line’s complex retrofit
Metro Maintenance: Investigating degradation in tight curves
Infrastructure: Creating a 'living replica' of the Severn Tunnel
Rail defects come under scrutiny as Spanish high speed crash investigations continue
Rolling Stock: EuCo Rail responds to high demand for component maintenance
USA: Committed voters and sound planning keep Seattle’s light rail growing
