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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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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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Network Rail completes Fife electrification works in 18-day closure, saving up to six months
2026-10-30T12:08:00+00:00 Gabriel Higgins
Network Rail closed sections of the Fife circle from 10 to 27 October, delivering bridge, foundation and signalling work to support the introduction of battery-electric trains.
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Hitachi Rail Spain and Hitachi Rail Turkey sign signalling contract for Ankara-Istanbul line at T26 and Bilecik depot
2026-10-29T10:34:00+00:00 Gabriel Higgins
Hitachi Rail has signed a contract to deliver signalling, telecommunications upgrades and ETCS Level 1 and 2 on the Ankara-Istanbul line, including Bilecik depot.

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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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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.