Railway research, training & skills news
Latest R&D, education and skills development news from the global railway industry.
Greater Anglia offers staff data apprenticeships
UK: Greater Anglia is working with Multiverse to offer staff data training apprenticeships.
Robots and Hyper Tube among KRRI research projects on show at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: Korea Railroad Research Institute is to highlight eight of its latest innovations and research programmes during the upcoming Berlin fair.
TransPennine Express makes progress with driver training and staff recruitment
UK: TransPennine Express Managing Director Chris Jackson says good progress is being with tackling the operator’s backlog of driver training, which was a key issue behind the service reductions brought in with the December 2023 timetable. However, it will not be completed until next year.
Comment: Contrasting approaches to fixing things
The transport ministers of Britain and Germany are taking contrasting approaches to addressing the problems facing their railways. Dr Volker Wissing believes management reorganisation cannot solve DB’s problems, but his counterpart Louise Haigh is taking the opposite view with Labour’s rail reforms. Nick Kingsley suggests they could learn much from each other.
Belt & Road railway training programme to be launched
CHINA: Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Beijing Jiaotong University and MTR Academy are to launch a Belt & Road Advanced Professional Development Programme in Railway Transport. This will combine the teaching and research capabilities of the two universities with MTR Corp’s practical experience.
Manufacturing skills centre to develop rail industry capabilities
AUSTRALIA: The development of local rolling stock manufacturing skills forms a central part of a A$7·1m Manufacturing Centre of Excellence training facility which is to be developed in Maryborough in Queensland.
Practical recommendations to support women in the rail sector
LogIKTram freight tram demonstrates urban distribution alternative
Virtual reality added to short line training
Rail Skills Academy to set young people up for careers in railway maintenance
Automated wagon inspection to make rail freight more competitive
Five opportunities to improve railway safety identified in short line assessments
Korail to maintain passenger trains in Bangladesh
Philippines plans second Hybrid Electric Train prototype
Innovation funding supports sustainable decommissioning of HS2 worksites
Study aims to reduce tram-train cost and complexity
UIC World Congress on High Speed Rail to be held in Beijing
Singapore metro operator co-develops diplomas to upskill staff
Sheffield students scoop 2024 Railway Challenge
Northern reviews recruitment process to better support neurodivergent candidates
Metro Academy enables rail recruits to hit the ground running
Train operators highlight damage caused by abusive social media messages
Unreal experience at InnoTrans 2024
Big Rail Diversity Challenge seeks to drive change