UK passenger operator Southern has introduced Recite cloud-based customisation on its website, enabling visually impaired or dyslexic passengers to use text to speech options, and change colour and contrast settings easily.
Tenmat has developed reinforced phenolic composite wear parts including wagon bearing bushes and suspension damper plungers which it says are robust, self-lubricating and generate lower noise than steel equivalents.
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. The sensors demonstrated at the Railway Industry Association Innovation Conference on March 26-27 clip on to clothing including personal protective ...
UK: Currently on test in Devon and Cornwall are LED signal heads developed by Unipart Rail which incorporate tinted glass and filters. These can reduce the risk of phantom aspects, where an unlit signal appears to be illuminated due to an external light source such as ...
UK: In response to the collision which resulted from low rail adhesion at Salisbury Tunnel Junction in October 2021, all of South Western Railway’s Class 158 and 159 diesel multiple-units have now been fitted with Variable Rate Sanding equipment supplied by Siemens Mobility. The variable rate ...
