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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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‘We believe we tick every box for a successor,’ says Europe’s Rail’s executive director
2026-09-24T09:05:00+01:00 Giorgio Travaini and Ian Westcott
On the platform: Europe’s Rail Executive Director Giorgio Travaini on why a successor ticks every box and what could undo it.
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Event preview - 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
Event preview: InnoTrans director Kerstin Schulz on the 30th anniversary show, AI’s first hall and where rail is heading next.

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In-depth: Alstom signs €95 million contracts to fit ETCS on Ireland’s existing national rail fleet
2026-10-20T11:43:00+01:00 Gabriel Higgins
Iarnród Éireann has contracted Alstom to design, install and maintain ETCS Level 1 onboard equipment on up to 176 vehicles across its existing fleet.
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Alstom opens expanded Bucharest signalling and electrification testing laboratory after €1 million-plus investment
2026-10-20T09:17:00+01:00 Gabriel Higgins
Investment of more than €1 million extends Alstom’s Field Integration and Validation Platform, allowing parallel testing of signalling solutions for Romanian and international projects.
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Network Rail trials drones to speed up weather incident response on East Coast Main Line
2026-10-20T09:08:00+01:00 Gabriel Higgins
Drone flights near Doncaster are helping Network Rail East Coast assess how aerial imagery could speed up responses to flooding, storms and severe weather.
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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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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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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.