Railway research, training & skills news
Latest R&D, education and skills development news from the global railway industry.
Rail Skills Academy to set young people up for careers in railway maintenance
UK: A Rail Skills Academy programme is being launched to help to combat the skills shortage and lack of diversity in the rail industry as part of the legacy programme for the East Kilbride Enhancement Project.
Automated wagon inspection to make rail freight more competitive
GERMANY: The Digital Inspection by Machine Intelligence project has been launched to automate and accelerate the manual wagon inspection process which need to be undertaken before an intermodal train can leave a terminal.
Five opportunities to improve railway safety identified in short line assessments
USA: The Short Line Safety Institute has identified five areas of strength and five areas of opportunity through an analysis of the 20 railway Safety Culture Assessments it conducted last year.
Korail to maintain passenger trains in Bangladesh
BANGLADESH: Korea Railroad Corp has been awarded a three-year contract to maintain passenger rolling stock operated by Bangladesh Railway.
Philippines plans second Hybrid Electric Train prototype
PHILIPPINES: The Department of Transportation is to work with the Department of Science & Technology to develop a second prototype diesel-electric train.
Innovation funding supports sustainable decommissioning of HS2 worksites
UK: HS2 Ltd is to work with SMEs Infinitive Group Ltd and Material Index as part of its efforts to sustainably ‘deconstruct’ worksites along the 225 km of high speed railway being built between London and the West Midlands.
Study aims to reduce tram-train cost and complexity
UIC World Congress on High Speed Rail to be held in Beijing
Singapore metro operator co-develops diplomas to upskill staff
Sheffield students scoop 2024 Railway Challenge
Northern reviews recruitment process to better support neurodivergent candidates
Metro Academy enables rail recruits to hit the ground running
Train operators highlight damage caused by abusive social media messages
Unreal experience at InnoTrans 2024
Big Rail Diversity Challenge seeks to drive change
Virtual reality tramway safety training tool launched
Alstom signs talent development and R&D agreement
FRA studies the behaviour of very long freight trains
Railway Engineering Degree Apprenticeship launched
MoU to develop rail infrastructure skills in India
Haigh confirms open access operators’ role in Labour’s rail plans
MTR Corp aims to inspire the changemakers of the future
Malaysian veterans offered rail training opportunities
US announces federal rules on certification of dispatchers and signalling employees