Over 700 jobs have been safeguarded as Carillion’s Network Rail contracts have been acquired by Amey Rail Ltd. The transfers come after Carillion went into liquidation last month, and will provide reassurance to many in the industry, as well as continuity for projects across the country. The Network Rail contracts, which were operated by Carillion Construction Ltd, includes projects in

Trains with brains – that’s what Railway Minister Piyush Goyal believes the use of artificial intelligence can mean for the Indian Railways network. Addressing a conference on artificial intelligence (AI), Goyal told a big group of railway employees to brace innovation and look to create an Indian Railways of the future. The railway minister asked the 1.3

Network Rail, the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the rail network in England, Scotland and Wales, has announced drones are set to play a central role in its assets management. The route structures asset management team is trialling the use of drones to inspect large structures in a safer and more cost efficient

Women’s perception of the rail industry mean that they could miss out on a jobs boost that will see over 100,000 job opportunities created across Britain’s railway by 2027, the Rail Delivery Group has warned. In October ambitious plans were unveiled to attract new talent to the industry and secure over 100,000 job opportunities across

BOUT THIS WEBINAR The whole railway market is shifting towards remote monitoring of its key assets. Data analysis and connectivity aims to gradually change preventive maintenance from a systematic approach to on-condition and, eventually, to predictive maintenance. Alstom’s rail system approach is focused on system behaviour, which is what delivers service reliability. Alstom understands the

We live in a world with so many questions and few clear answers. Uncertainty is the new norm, and we are called upon to make major decisions while figuring out what tomorrow will look like. Take, for example, the future of work and talent and how it is being affected by automation, advances in technology

Rail has entered an exciting period as a result of unprecedented investment and expansion. This transformation provides rail with the unique opportunity to embrace change and improve age diversity in the rail workforce, and we believe that everyone has a role to play in the journey. The ARA’s Young Rail Professionals Forum aims to recognise

MYANMAR: A consortium of Japanese companies Marubeni and IHI Corp’s Niigata Transys has signed a ¥7bn agreement to supply 24 diesel-electric multiple-unit cars to Myanma Railways. Consortium leader Marubeni will be in charge of the commercial side of the contract signed on February 9, while Niigata Transys will be responsible for design, manufacturing, testing and staff

RAILWAY Infrastructure Serbia (IZS) will invest Dinars 1.9bn ($US 20m) in line upgrades in 2018 in order to reduce the total sections where speed restrictions are in place to less than 50km. According to general manager Mr Miroljub Jevtić, IZS has already reduced the number of lines impacted by speed restrictions by 40% from 296km

ABOUT THIS WEBINAR The whole railway market is shifting towards remote monitoring of its key assets. Data analysis and connectivity aims to gradually change preventive maintenance from a systematic approach to on-condition and, eventually, to predictive maintenance. Alstom’s rail system approach is focused on system behaviour, which is what delivers service reliability. Alstom understands the