Railway research, training & skills news
Latest R&D, education and skills development news from the global railway industry.
Apprentice Customer Drivers qualify ahead of Lumo’s West Coast launch
UK: The first apprentice drivers for open access operator Lumo’s London to Stirling service have completed training ahead of the launch, which is planned by July.
Freight operator adopts virtual training technology
UK: GB Railfreight is using Apple Vision Pro headsets and spatial computing from JigSpace to provide crew with remote training on the layout of its Stadler Class 99 locomotives ahead of their entry into service.
Data: Standards hold key to modal integration
The development of an open data exchange toolkit is the latest sign that progress is being made on the thorny question of multimodal ticketing and journey information across rail, air and urban transport, as UIC’s Bertrand Minary explains to Nick Kingsley.
Taiwan Metro Alliance meets in Singapore for the first time
ASIA: Taiwan Metro Alliance members met in Singapore for the first time to discuss joint procurement initiatives, strengthening asset life cycle management and exploring innovative approaches to grow non-fare revenue.
Satellites help provide high-level estimates to lower railway electrification costs
UK: Electrification technology specialist Furrer+Frey has developed the Lineform.AI tool which uses data from an array of datasets as well as Airbus satellites to produce options for electrification with high-level cost estimates as well as embodied carbon data.
Keele University to provide CIRO’s Railway Operations Management programme
UK: Keele University is to develop and deliver the Chartered Institution of Railway Operators’ Railway Operations Management programme, which includes the Certificate, Diploma and BSc in Railway Operations Management.
Agentic AI, accessibility and appetite for risk on minds of young rail innovators
Vanguard STS looks to develop its fuel cell technology as HydroShunter offered to market
Train operators call on innovators to solve four challenges
Trackbot ready to work on live ETCS installation
Alstom and Mälardalen University renew strategic industrial-academic partnership
Technology: Asset maintenance takes to the skies
Unobtrusive monitoring techniques reduce safety risks at Victa Railfreight
Cybersecurity training courses developed for public transport workers
Management course launch invokes spirit of British Rail graduate scheme
Signalling: Welsh trial pilots low-cost train detection
Safety action plan follows death of German railway employee
’Mobility on a global scale’ theme for InnoTrans 2026
Viewpoint: The rail industry must arrest the talent drain before it is too late
Virtual reality deployed to tackle tram staff assaults
ICE4 remote control project aims to make train depot movements more efficient
Skills, signalling and military mobility in focus at RailTech Europe event
Digital automatic coupler demonstration train goes on a grand tour
Great Western Railway puts battery train into passenger service