Railway research, training & skills news
Latest R&D, education and skills development news from the global railway industry.
Wearable sensors to improve ergonomics
UK: Spatial Cortex Technology is improving worker safety through the use of MOVA wearable sensors which accurately track a person’s movements while they undertake their job.
Find a transport job with your shopping
GERMANY: Berlin transport operator BVG has opened a ‘Job Store’ in the Mall of Berlin shopping centre as part of a strategy to attract around 2 500 new employees this year.
Greater Anglia offers industrial placement scheme for third year students
UK: Greater Anglia is offering paid industrial placements providing students practical experience in the field they are studying in across eight departments ranging from HR and marketing to IT and asset management.
BNSF trials virtual reality training
USA: BNSF is working with Roundtable Learning to integrate virtual, augmented and mixed reality technology into its training programmes for staff undertaking mechanical works.
Erasmus+ Interrail pass launched to encourage sustainable travel
EUROPE: A dedicated Interrail Global pass has been launched to encourage sustainable travel and exploration by participants in the Erasmus+ education scheme.
Rail skills shortage must be addressed to meet Europe’s environmental targets
EUROPE: Strategies to attract new talent to the rail sector were discussed at the Next–Gen Rail: Building The Workforce Of Tomorrow For the Rail Sector conference which was hosted by UNIFE in Brussels on March 27.
Hitachi launches flexible software for signaller training
SBB tests automated shunting without possessions
Chicago Transit Authority launches first Innovation Studio challenges
Communication training to improve suburban train accessibility
Rail skills and innovation collaboration
Battery tender for freight loco to be developed
Quantum train location testing on the London Underground
Tram training transformation
Rail training academy to develop local skills
East Japan Railway to work with University of Birmingham
Secondment scheme to develop tram talent
Youth representatives to join Transport for London meetings
YRP Politics In Rail event returns
Violeta Bulc named European Rail Champion as concerns over skills and diversity grow
Australian rail sector promotes non-university career paths
Hydrogen high speed train to be developed
Digital twin used to test novel turnout concept
Innovation in Railway Construction funding announced