sydney trains
Technology problems mar Sydney Trains' incident response
Critical technologies never delivered.
May 24 2023 10:32AM
Sydney Trains to dust off walkie-talkies for suburban rail crews
As last-resort backup to digital system.
Apr 18 2023 12:33PM
Sydney Trains flags broader radio upgrade
As outage fallout continues.
Mar 14 2023 12:05PM
Sydney Trains progresses AR protection for rail workers
Improves safety in the 'danger zone'.
Jul 5 2022 6:45AM
Sydney Trains looks to IoT to cut back on power use
Downer working with IBM to adjust system performance.
Jun 17 2022 6:50AM
Transport for NSW group CISO to exit
Heading back to the private sector.
Oct 18 2021 7:00AM
Sydney Trains runs AI over CCTV footage to detect trespassers
Automatically detects tunnel intrusions.
Sep 28 2021 12:52PM
NSW brings personalised real-time occupancy alerts to Opal Travel app
‘Covid Safe travel notifications’ to help maintain physical distancing.
Nov 10 2020 11:49AM
UTS trains AI to predict Sydney Trains' pandemic performance
Stopping the spread of delays.
Oct 14 2020 12:04PM
AI cameras to detect violence on Sydney trains
Software trial emerges from innovation challenge.
Aug 31 2020 11:48AM
Siemens to deliver NSW's new digital train management system
Scores $80 million deal.
Aug 21 2020 1:39PM
COVID-19 pushes Sydney Trains to build occupancy reporting app for staff
Ups real-time data flows to monitor passenger numbers, avoid crowding.
May 27 2020 11:44PM
Telstra brings free station wi-fi to NSW Central Coast
As part of mobile upgrade project along rail corridor.
Oct 4 2019 12:44PM
Sydney Trains brings real-time occupancy data to stations
Indicator boards now show seat availability.
May 20 2019 12:32PM
Sydney train drivers and guards to get 'sub-second' IoT alerts
Courtesy of 'edge' processing on the train itself.
May 13 2019 12:30PM
Photos: Inside Downer's "trains with brains" depot
iTnews goes trainspotting.
Apr 16 2019 9:00AM
How Downer is tapping IoT to keep Sydney's trains on track
Using Microsoft Azure.
Apr 16 2019 6:01AM
Telstra scoping NSW rail corridor mobile upgrade
Looks at infrastructure needs.
Mar 27 2019 6:00AM
Credit cards become tap-and-go tickets for NSW trains
Heavy rail next to benefit from Opal killer.
Nov 26 2018 1:22PM
Sydney Trains weighs carriages to estimate crowds
Passes data to transport apps.
May 16 2018 10:07AM
