FIRST MTR SOUTH WESTERN TRAINS LIMITED
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2025-02-18 (railnews.co.uk)
Industry awaits details of Great British Railways consultation | | Today's news for Tomorrow's railway
The launch of a consultation into the shape of the future 'directing mind' Great British Railways is promised today by the Department for ...
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2024-01-31 (railwaygazette.com)
Train operator launches British Sign Language interpretation service
UK: East Midlands Railway has signed up to a British Sign Language service to help deaf passengers communicate with staff. The service operated by InterpretersLive is accessed via an app or link which puts users in touch with an BSL interpreter. The interpreter finds out the ...
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2024-01-31 (railwaygazette.com)
Project aims to automate DMU inspections
UK: East Midlands Railway is working with Bristol-based technology firm One Big Circle on a project to remove the need for manual trackside inspections of diesel multiple-units.
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2023-12-20 (railwaygazette.com)
Spring time for train seats
UK: Mattress and furniture spring manufacturer Spinks has been awarded a £250 000 research contract to bring its EcoSeat glue-free pocket microcoil technology to the rail seating market. The funding has been awarded under the Department for Transport and Innovate UK's First of a Kind programme. ...
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2023-02-24 (dorsetecho.co.uk)
South Western Railway to trial QR code technology on Weymouth route
South Western Railway (SWR) are set to trial the use of QR codes to allow passengers to access features including ‘real-time journey...
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2023-02-17 (techtelegraph.co.uk)
SWR to trial QR code technology to enhance passenger experience
Passengers who scan the QR codes onboard South Western Railway trains will quickly and conveniently be able to access real-time journey information. UK train operator, South Western Railway (SWR), is set to trial a digital service on board a select number of trains in early 2023.
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2023-02-08 (railadvent.co.uk)
A trial by South Western Railway sees state-of-the-art AI technology bring improvements in accessibility
The impressive Artificial Intelligence technology will support passengers who are deaf or have hearing loss as they find it hard to hear station announcements and communicate with staff, creating a great deal of difficulty and stress when planning journeys or travelling by train. South Western
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2022-10-07 (railadvent.co.uk)
South Western Railway teams up with ape2o to encourage passengers to reduce their use of single-use plastic water bottles
The ongoing environmentally friendly partnership will see ape2o provide water refills and 300 free water bottles at the rail operator's busiest stations
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2022-08-14 (railjournal.com)
South Western Railway trials app to support partially sighted passengers
Britain's South Western Railway (SWR) is undertaking a trial of new technology guiding people with sight loss around railway stations.
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