Safety & Regulation

8+ hour, 58+ min ago   (912+ words) China's National Railway Administration has released the Railway Science and Technology Innovation 15th Five-Year Plan, marking the first time railway technology planning has been incorporated into the national science and technology management system. The plan aims to essentially complete a science…...

20+ hour, 34+ min ago   (444+ words) Urban tram track infrastructure, particularly switches and crossings (S&C), is subject to rapid, unevenly distributed wear, yet condition assessment still primarily relies on manual inspection, which can be slow, costly, and unsafe. Vibration-based monitoring methods are a viable alternative but…...

13+ hour, 33+ min ago   (356+ words) Boston’s Green Line, a historic railway in one of America’s most historic cities, is getting futuristic ‘supercars’ made with a high number of Nord-Lock’s wedge-locking washers in the latest example of the brand’s wider adoption within the United States transportation…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (264+ words) One of the most important tests of a digital twin is whether it helps teams manage change across the live rail network. Plans move all the time. Interventions are re-sequenced, package boundaries change, assumptions are refined and budgets are reviewed....

18+ hour, 53+ min ago   (305+ words) The stones placed beneath and around railway tracks are known as track ballast. They are generally made from crushed, hard rocks that form a supporting bed beneath the railway sleepers — the crosswise supports that hold the rails in position and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (760+ words) A passenger train's red-signal overshoot at Sitarampur station in the Asansol Division of Eastern Railway on July 29 has prompted the Railway Board to tighten rules around the deployment of loco pilots, according to a report by PTI. Zones have also…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (441+ words) Situational & environmental awareness across the railway SIYTE connects cameras, sensors and operational systems across rail for AI driven insights. For Rail Operations and Control Centres, this integrates data from disparate systems into a simplified user interface and consistent alert format....

3+ day, 19+ min ago   (1694+ words) Why it matters: The board on Friday voted 7-2 to strip Choudri of his sole authority to sign and manage contracts under $25 million and to require the agency’s in-house attorneys to approve or change any new or existing contracts. The board…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (379+ words) Scottish technology company Machines With Vision says it plans to target the global US$78 billion rail maintenance sector after securing a multi-million, multi-year contract with Network Rail. The contract will see it support Network Rail’s defect location efforts. The firm…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (461+ words) Seven deteriorating rail cars have been removed from city-owned land behind Cranbrook’s Prestige Rocky Mountain Resort, ending a longstanding dispute over safety and property concerns. The rail cars were placed on the property without the city’s permission in 2014 and had…...