A partnership between University of Sheffield engineers, Pauley Group and HS1 Ltd is to develop an AR platform to help monitor the real-time performance of St Pancras International station services. The project will allow for engineers to swiftly detect and repair faults within lifts, escalators and travelators in one of the UK’s busiest train stations … Read more
HS2 Ltd has outlined its plans to incorporate robotic arms in its two tunnel-boring machines (TBMs), used to bore the 16km Chiltern Tunnel. The two 170m-long, 2,000-tonne TBMs – nicknamed Cecilia and Florence – were revealed in August. Beginning at a site near the M25, they will dig as deep as 90m below the Chilterns, … Read more
An intercity passenger train will be converted to run on battery power for the first time in the UK, Hitachi Rail has announced, cutting diesel use on non-electrified lines by 20 per cent. Hitachi has signed an agreement with Eversholt Rail, owner of the 36 intercity express trains operated by Great Western Railway on the … Read more
We look forward to interesting times, led by successes in aerospace and transport. Electric mobility will gain momentum and passenger vehicles will be more sought after than before. As Asia’s third-largest economy, India is preparing for a new growth story. Global think-tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) noted this year that India is now … Read more