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The railway doesn’t need more AI. It needs to make AI work

2026-10-29T11:38:00+00:00Sponsored by DXC Technology, Hari Prasad Govindarajan

DXC’s Hari Prasad Govindarajan on why the railway needs the right AI on the right problem, not more of it.

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FRMCS training: the railway skills gap explained
2026-10-26T13:00:00+00:00 Global Railway Review
Railways must maintain GSM-R while preparing staff for FRMCS. GRR examines the skills gap and where the expertise could come from.
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The pathfinder plan to get rail’s AI past the pilot
2026-10-21T08:16:00+01:00 Doctor Sarah Schlobohm and Ian Westcott
On the platform: GBRX’s Doctor Sarah Schlobohm on the pathfinder model built to take rail’s AI from pilot to everyday use.
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Track Insights: The construction-to-operations gap
2026-10-13T09:10:00+01:00Sponsored by Autodesk
A railway learns a great deal about itself as it is built. Little of it reaches the people who run it. Read this free report to learn how to ensure the correct data reaches rail operations.

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GB Railfreight to receive 56 new UK-built box wagons through Porterbrook agreement for steel traffic
2026-11-09T10:38:00+00:00 Gabriel Higgins
GB Railfreight will receive 56 MWA box wagons built by WH Davis under an agreement with Porterbrook, to carry recycled material to 7Steel’s Cardiff site.
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Alstom launches Romania’s first passenger service operating under ETCS Level 2 between Buftea and Brazi
2026-11-09T10:26:00+00:00 Gabriel Higgins
ETCS-equipped Traxx Passenger locomotives are running with ETCS Level 2 infrastructure between Buftea and Brazi, marking a first for commercial passenger service in Romania.
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South Western prepares for autumn with leaf-busting trains and new sanding system after storm damage
2026-11-02T12:22:00+00:00 Gabriel Higgins
South Western has detailed its autumn plans, including leaf-busting trains, retrofitted sanding and resilience projects, after Storm Austen and Storm Boelo disrupted services.
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UNIFE wants rail supply industry recognised as strategic sector under EU raw materials act
2026-10-30T14:34:00+00:00 Gabriel Higgins
UNIFE has published a position paper on critical raw materials, citing graphite shortages that have extended lead times for pantographs and locomotive components.

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GB Railfreight to receive 56 new UK-built box wagons through Porterbrook agreement for steel traffic

2026-11-09T10:38:00+00:00 Gabriel Higgins

GB Railfreight will receive 56 MWA box wagons built by WH Davis under an agreement with Porterbrook, to carry recycled material to 7Steel’s Cardiff site.

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Rail resilience is bought, trained and rehearsed before anything goes wrong

2026-11-04T13:11:00+00:00 Gautier Brodeo and Ian Westcott

UITP’s president on why resilience means paying for assets, people and exercises long before a failure arrives.

Rail traction energy: coupling sustainability with technology trade-offs and strategic choices

2026-05-18T14:27:00+01:00 Simon Fletcher

Simon Fletcher, founder of Fletch Rail Advisory, examines the strategic choices behind rail traction energy, weighing electrification, battery and hydrogen solutions and the challenges of scaling them across networks.