Rethinking rail

Today, the rail industry faces many challenges. These include aging infrastructure that is often inefficient and costly to replace; lines that struggle to meet capacity or don’t attract enough passengers to fund their operations; profitability and cost control in our challenging economic climate; and increased competition from other modes of transportation, like flights or roads.

Consequentially, the rail industry must raise the bar. It must run more efficiently at a lower cost, make better use of existing infrastructure, including emerging smart IoT and digitalized systems, and be more interoperable and standardized. It must also improve the customer experience, be easier to use, and be more sustainable and efficient through better designs and more optimal traffic management and maintenance.

But how can it achieve all of this? In this point of view you will learn more about five areas that are critical to finding a positive answer to this question.

• Mobilizing digital engineering to design the trains of the future
• Using digital technologies to improve rail infrastructure
• Harnessing tech to make day-to-day operations more efficient
• Upgrading the user experience to make rail travel more appealing and competitive
• Creating a culture to take rail companies into the future