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...

RailHub: the video

In line with the recent changes to OnTrac’s brand identity, we began to explore how we communicate with our customer base, to ensure they are getting the most out of our product suite, and indeed, who OnTrac are as a company. This started with the improvement in our...

Rail safety in the digital age

Safety is paramount in rail – and deeply ingrained into the core of the industry’s culture – evidenced in its position as the safest railway in Europe. However, with regards to current rail safety, experts have expressed concern that, in the pursuit of a digital...