Bulgaria: Škoda secures €500m contract amid safety crisis
Amid an ongoing rail safety scandal, Bulgaria is significantly modernising its rolling stock. Škoda Group has been awarded a contract worth more than half a billion euros to…
‘They made my life hell’: UK rail minister got engineer fired for raising safety concerns
UK rail minister Peter Hendy allegedly got an award-winning railway engineer fired for talking to the media about safety issues at one of the country’s busiest transport hubs.…
Rail technology companies join forces to improve safety of rail workers in the Netherlands
Leaders in rail safety technology, Tended and Dual Inventive, have announced a new partnership focused on bringing geofencing technology to the Netherlands to support the drive within the…
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Workshop: new sensor technologies that improve safety of track maintenance
At RailTech Europe on 6 and 7 March, various free workshops will be given, which we’ll put in the spotlight here. This workshop by Robert Hanczor of Piper…
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Workshop: preventing platform accidents with a new solution
At RailTech Europe on 6 and 7 March, various free workshops will be given, which we’ll put in the spotlight in this article series. This workshop will revolve…
Greece: 23 charged with crimes involving signalling contracts 9 months after fatal crash
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Greece has charged 23 suspects for crimes related to the execution of traffic control and signalling contracts along the central Greek…
SPL Powerlines UK to implement geofencing technology
SPL Powerlines UK is set to integrate Tended geofencing technology Bedfordshire and the East Midlands to enhance the safety of its trackside workforce.
New technologies to eliminate railway accidents: Digital Twins and more
Efficient and secure railway operations are vital to the global economy. Railways transport billions of tons of freight and passengers every year across thousands of miles of tracks,…
Infrabel invests in three new rail security devices
Six years after a terrible train accident in Morlanwelz (Hainaut) that claimed the lives of two track workers and injured five others, Belgian rail infrastructure manager Infrabel presented…
Investigation into Flying Scotsman collision at Aviemore Station
Britain’s official safety watchdog, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), has launched a full scale investigation into an incident last month involving the world-renowned steam locomotive, Flying Scotsman.…
European Space Agency funds Tended project to improve track worker safety
UK technology company Tended has secured a 1.6 million euro project with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Business Applications for a project on geofencing for rail and track…
Tyne and Wear Metro is latest green for go with Zonegreen safety tech
Sheffield-based rail safety pioneers Zonegreen have put their Depot Personnel Protection System (DPPS) on alert at the brand new Gosforth Metro depot in Newcastle. The 70 million pound…
KeolisAmey Docklands implements Tended’s geofencing technology on DLR
KeolisAmey Docklands, the company responsible for managing the United Kingdom’s busiest light railway system Docklands Light Railway (DLR), has partnered with Tended to integrate geofencing technology into its…
Investigation into Italian rail worker deaths reveals ignored warnings, 2 persons prosecuted for homicide
In the days following the disastrous accident in Italy where five contracted railway workers were killed by an empty train, more and more details of the investigation come…
5 Italian railway workers killed in accident, trade unions announce strike
A tragedy occurred in the night of 30 August, when five railway maintenance workers died after being hit by an empty passing train in Brandizzo, along the Turin-Milan…