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...

RIoT: Rail Internet of Things

Rail travel has been a core method of public transport since the 19th Century. Once a technological marvel, the railways “set the town of Britain a-dancing”, sparking a revolution and transforming how people both travelled and transported goods across the country....

The Future of the UK rail network

The UK rail network finds itself in the throes of revolution, with digital change shaping the future of the rail industry. Technology is empowering staff to look at new ways of working, and as such, opportunities in rail are at an all-time high – particularly...

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...