The Williams Review

The government has launched a comprehensive review of the UK rail industry, with reforms planned to be implemented in 2020. The plan is being dubbed across the railways as The Williams Review. The Department of Transport is promising the “most significant” review...

What role do smartphones play in rail safety?

In an industry as heavily regulated as rail, the concept of risk, operative health and rail safety needs to be rigorously managed. Historically, this has been done via processes underpinned by paper and printing, which in the digital age, becomes inefficient and...

Big data & the Digital Railway

The pace of innovation has accelerated exponentially in recent times. As a result, a period of transformational change has started to sweep through the undercurrent of the UK’s rail industry. With an increased investment on improvements to the sector’s physical...

How data sharing in rail improves collaboration

OnTrac know how the use of data can affect a company’s productivity and efficiency. But we also understand how the use of smart data can fundamentally transform how an entire industry collaborates too – this is when data sharing becomes imperative. Therefore, we are...