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Customer-centric rail: closing the passenger journey gap

2026-08-12T11:20:00+01:00Sponsored by Nomad Digital

Passengers judge the whole journey, not the train. A report on the experience that now decides whether they choose rail.

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Global Railway Review Issue 2 (2026): The Digital Track In-Depth Focus
2026-09-02T14:14:00+01:00Sponsored by Plasser & Theurer
The railway is learning to see, analyse and act on its own condition. The Digital Track In-Depth focus examines how.
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Global Railway Review Issue 2 2026 – a look ahead at InnoTrans
2026-09-02T14:14:00+01:00Sponsored by Siemens AG
GRR Issue 2 previews InnoTrans 2026, where the show marks 30 years and gives AI a hall of its own. Inside: escaping rail’s AI pilot graveyard, why Eurostar wins on experience not speed, and where green traction actually pays.
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Railways have begun to shape diplomacy, not follow it
2026-08-24T11:44:00+01:00 Chitresh Shrivastva and Ian Westcott
Railways have stopped simply connecting nations. Increasingly, they are helping decide how nations relate to one another.

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Alstom trains and CBTC signalling enter service on Indore Metro’s next phase
2026-09-07T14:07:00+01:00 Gabriel Higgins
Alstom’s Movia trains and Urbalis Forward CBTC have entered revenue service, supporting safer, more efficient and sustainable metro travel in Indore.
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Alstom to build 313 new rail cars for VIA Rail in landmark Canadian fleet renewal
2026-09-04T14:59:00+01:00 Gabriel Higgins
Alstom will build 313 new rail cars for VIA Rail Canada, supporting passenger connectivity, accessibility and domestic manufacturing across the country.
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Alstom launches France’s first battery-powered regional trains on non-electrified lines
2026-09-03T09:59:00+01:00 Gabriel Higgins
The first two battery-powered TER trains are now operating in Occitanie and the Sud Region, forming part of a €41 million national programme.
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Rollon expands telescopic rail range with new technology for demanding railway applications
2026-09-02T14:10:00+01:00 Gabriel Higgins
Rollon has expanded its telescopic rail portfolio with new magnetic versions designed to improve load handling, motion control and durability.

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Cyber-security as the foundation of rail operational resilience

2026-08-27T08:00:00+01:00 Miki Shifman

Modern rail networks are digital, networked and vulnerable. Ensuring safety is no longer about patching alone but understanding system behaviour and anomalies in real time. Miki Shifman, CTO and Co-Founder of Cylus, explores how cyber-security underpins operational resilience for the world’s railways.

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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.

Mirroring reality: how digital twinning impacts the rail industry

2026-03-13T14:16:00+00:00 Gabriel Higgins

Global Railway Review exclusively interviewed LNER’s Adrian Varma and Northern’s Marc Silverwood to explore how digital twins are transforming railway operations, enabling real-time decision-making, predictive testing and smarter disruption management.