Modern trains have come a long way since their early analogue counterparts. Steam engines and brass whistles have given way to electrification and, now, to the digitalisation of onboard systems and services.
As Rail transport operators embark on this dramatic transformation from slow, roving coal furnaces to what could be described as ‘high-speed mobile data centres’, new opportunities for innovation are emerging as a means of meeting passengers’ expectations of reliable, and timely services in an age of ever-increasing immediacy...