railway
RSS railwayBehind the Scenes at the Milan Railway Junction
White Paper The Milan Railway Junction, completed in the 1980s, connects the city's underground transportation system with railway lines arriving in Milan from the northwestern and southwestern areas of the region. [15 Jan 2008]
Managing Italy's Railway Network With SCADA FS
White Paper RFI (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana or Italian Railway Network) is the part of the state railway system (Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato) that manages the infrastructure of the system. RFI (Rete Ferroviaria... [15 Jan 2008]
Automation in the Colli Albani Tunnel
White Paper RFI's (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana) challenge was to develop an automated system for controlling the lighting and power systems in the Colli Albani tunnel, part of a high-speed railway line between Rome and Naples. [15 Jan 2008]
BNSF Railway Automates Change Management to Keep Business on Track
White Paper In 2005, BNSF Railway became one of the first companies in the railroad industry to deploy an extensive wireless network and automate the management of its IT infrastructure. It's a strategic initiative that ultimately... [13 Dec 2007]
Photos of the Month - November 2007
Photo This picture shows how a Japanese railway company is using the energy from passengers' footsteps to power its stations. Kicking off our photo stories this month was the iPhone launch on 9 November. Natasha Lomas went... [29 Nov 2007]
MTR Corporation Uses New-Generation HRMS to Help Streamline HR Management
White Paper Every day, up to 2.5 million people travel on Hong Kong's mass transit railway system. Owned and operated by MTR Corporation, the rail network spans over 91 route-kilometers with 53 stations and five depots. [06 Nov 2007]
How to survive the first 100 days as CIO
News So, when you combine transport, railway acronyms with IT acronyms, you can talk entirely in letters. The first three months of a new CIO's reign are often the most important. At the silicon.con CIO Forum, Network Rail... [22 Oct 2007]
Photos: High-tech London St Pancras on track
Photo The station is the final element in the High Speed 1 rail link project which was initiated by the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act in 1996.silicon.com went along to the station a month before its official opening to take a look at what will... [08 Oct 2007]
CAD Integration at FAG
White Paper Most of FAG's customers come from industries such as Mining & Construction, Pulp & Paper, Steel, Railway & Transport, Mechanical Transmission & Electrical Machinery, Special OE Industries, and Distribution. [28 Sep 2007]
Revealed: Top UK base for IT businesses
News The deciding factors were the cost of land, availability of talent, supply chains and green space, proximity to airports, railway network and levels of traffic congestion. Manchester has the most to offer UK IT companies... [26 Sep 2007]
Swedish Railway Authority Improves IT Operations With End-to-End Service Monitoring
White Paper Banverket's IT infrastructure helps keep Sweden's train services in operation, and thus requires uncompromised service availability. Upgrading to Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 gave the company the ability to model and... [05 Sep 2007]
Rail Agency Boosts Productivity by 100 Per Cent With Content Management Solution
White Paper The European Railway Agency is an independent European Union (EU) body working to create an integrated rail area and revitalise EU railways. With just 95 employees, the agency collaborates with thousands of civil... [31 Aug 2007]
Rail Transport Leader on the Right Track to Cut Costs With Tablet PC Reporting Solution
White Paper Conductors for BNSF Railway Company report on work events and rail-car status for management and customers, but using manual reporting methods to enter inventory data into a mainframe computer resulted in excessive... [30 Aug 2007]
Implementing Wireless Broadband Digital Network for the Railway Information System
White Paper Broadband Railway Digital Network (BRDN) integrating the emerging broadband wireless access technologies will satisfy the requirements of next generation Railway Information System (RIS). This paper... [23 Aug 2007]
Google knocks BBC off its pedestal
News Other novel apps appearing on Backstage include a Second Life mash-up, where BBC news appears on boards within the virtual world - similar to those seen in real-life railway stations. The BBC's developer network is using... [04 Jun 2007]
