Railcard validation to be trialled
UK: A scheme to check that Railcards are being used properly is to be trialled this year, the Department for Transport has announced.
Consolidated Delay Repay service to include third-party rail ticket retailers
UK: Passengers will in future be able to claim compensation for late trains directly through the third-party retailers who sold their ticket, the Department for Transport has confirmed.
Satellites help provide high-level estimates to lower railway electrification costs
UK: Electrification technology specialist Furrer+Frey has developed the Lineform.AI tool which uses data from an array of datasets as well as Airbus satellites to produce options for electrification with high-level cost estimates as well as embodied carbon data.
Keele University to provide CIRO’s Railway Operations Management programme
UK: Keele University is to develop and deliver the Chartered Institution of Railway Operators' Railway Operations Management programme, which includes the Certificate, Diploma and BSc in Railway Operations Management.
Agentic AI, accessibility and appetite for risk on minds of young rail innovators
UK: Agentic AI, accessibility and risk appetite were key themes at the inaugural Young Rail Professionals Innovation Conference. Nick Kingsley reports.
Ticket validators go live at NI Railways stations
UK: Platform validators are now live in the latest milestone in Translink NI Railways' Future Ticketing System programme.
Mayor launches South Yorkshire People’s Network rooted in ‘industry, northern grit and resilience’
UK: South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard has unveiled South Yorkshire People's Network as the branding for the region's public transport, along with a Transport Vision for 'once-in-a-generation' change to create 'a joined up, sustainable transport system'.
Public consultation on West London Orbital rail planned for this year
UK: Funding has been agreed for the development of preferred options for the West London Orbital scheme to introduce inner-suburban passenger services on under-utilised freight tracks in west London.
EDI Charter for Rail Working Group appoints new leaders
UK: Leadership changes have been announced at the EDI Charter for Rail Working Group, which was founded by the Railway Industry Association and Women in Rail.
