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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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‘We believe we tick every box for a successor,’ says Europe’s Rail’s executive director
2026-09-24T09:05:00+01:00 Ian Westcott and Giorgio Travaini
Europe’s Rail’s executive director makes the case for a successor – and names the one thing that could undo it.
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InnoTrans turns 30 next week with AI’s first hall of its own
2026-09-18T08:54:00+01:00 Ian Westcott and Kerstin Schulz
InnoTrans director Kerstin Schulz on the 30th anniversary show, AI’s first hall and where rail is heading next.
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Connecting rail through software and AI
2026-09-14T13:35:00+01:00 Devina Pasta
When disruption can ripple across an entire railway, operators need a clearer view of the system as a whole. Devina Pasta, CEO of Siemens Mobility Software, explains how connected data and AI could help railways make better decisions and deliver better passenger experiences.

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Alstom signs £800 million 15-year maintenance extension with Greater Anglia for Class 720 Aventra fleet
2026-10-19T11:36:00+01:00 Gabriel Higgins
Alstom will keep maintaining Greater Anglia’s 133 Class 720 Aventra trains at Seven Kings Depot under a 15-year extension valued at about £800 million.
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Plasser & Theurer opens track machine factory in Linz
2026-10-16T16:09:00+01:00 Ian Westcott
Plasser & Theurer’s new Linz factory brings final assembly and commissioning of track machines onto a single site.
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Hitachi Rail demonstrates 5G and satellite hybrid communications for FRMCS at S5LECT project event
2026-10-16T11:15:00+01:00 Gabriel Higgins
Partners in the EU-funded S5LECT project gathered at Hitachi Rail’s Vélizy laboratory to see demonstrations of 5G and satellite networks working together for railway communications.
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Alstom brings KiwiRail traffic management system into service across New Zealand’s Lower North Island
2026-10-16T09:18:00+01:00 Gabriel Higgins
KiwiRail’s Traffic Management System is now operational across 1,200 kilometres of New Zealand’s Lower North Island, expanding Alstom’s Onvia Vision platform beyond its Wairarapa pilot.

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Alstom signs £800 million 15-year maintenance extension with Greater Anglia for Class 720 Aventra fleet

2026-10-19T11:36:00+01:00 Gabriel Higgins

Alstom will keep maintaining Greater Anglia’s 133 Class 720 Aventra trains at Seven Kings Depot under a 15-year extension valued at about £800 million.

Opinion and interviews

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.