Artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities have accelerated in recent years. Historically, the rail industry had multiple challenges to adopt digital solutions, but several railway companies have begun to explore and implement AI and generative AI (gen AI) for a wide range of activities. Today, all railway companies have the potential, and […]
On 21 February 2024, the “Fibre Optics Sensing” seminar took place at UIC Headquarters in Paris. The event was organised to help railway organisations understand the basics of fibre optic technology and its potential applications within the railway sector for predictive maintenance and to enhance safety, as well as to […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has conducted a test run of the Lagos Red Line before its inauguration next week. The Red Line is expected to be inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu on February 29, 2024. Sanwo-Olu also inspected tracks, rail corridors, and comfort facilities like cooling systems, handrails, seats, […]
The European Commission will investigate a Chinese train maker to see if its bid to supply 20 trains to Bulgaria will be unfair owing to subsidies it may have got from the Chinese government.It’s the commission’s first investigation under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation, which came into force in July. […]
BY:GUY TAYLOR The government has today unveiled its draft bill for reforming Britain’s beleaguered railway network through a state-owned unifying body. The draft Rail Reform Bill, which will now enter pre-legislative scrutiny, will see the creation of the long-awaited Great British Railways (GBR). GBR, initially put forward by Boris Johnson […]
(Ecofin Agency) – In a bid to boost free trade under the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), several models have been proposed to revamp the railway system. These proposals aim to address existing transportation hurdles and enhance intra-African trade efficiency. In Late December, South African trade […]
This year is the 20th anniversary of the AustralAsia Railway, which connects South Australia and the Northern Territory. On January 17, 2004, an inaugural Adelaide-to-Darwin freight train rolled across the embankment to the new East Arm Port after a 2979-kilometre journey from Adelaide. On February 2, the first transcontinental […]
Term sheet allocates Kamoa-Kakula up to 240,000 tonnes of annual capacity for export of copper products along the Lobito Corridor from 2025. Lobito Corridor passes through Ivanhoe’s Western Foreland licences and within five kilometres of Kamoa-Kakula. Lobito Corridor will transform economic and social development of the DRC, as well as […]
University of Birmingham spin out MoniRail has been awarded a prestigious contract by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Innovate UK. The award, a prestigious SBRI: Quantum Catalyst Fund (Phase 2) contract, will enable MoniRail and its partners Transport for London (TfL), Imperial College London, University of Sussex, […]
Companies from Qatar and the UAE have expressed their intention to bid for Iraq’s first elevated metro in the capital Baghdad, an official has said. Bidding was due to start on Monday for the $2.5 billion metro project and other planned rail line linking Najaf and Karbala in central Iraq, […]