Lucy Prior, a frequent contributor to RailFreight.com and RailFreight Live, has been appointed Chair of the Railway Industry Association’s (RIA) SME Group (small and medium-sized businesses). In her substantive role, Prior is the business engagement...Read more
The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail propose strategic changes to the way UK railway is governed, but talent will not be flowing away from the industry. Once people are in railway, they stay in railway. The...Read more
Britain’s railways face a major shake up, according to the contents of the recently published Williams – Shapps Plan for Rail. The changes to the managerial structure are top of the list of recommendations, and...Read more
Rail technology specialists 3Squared led a consortium earlier this year to a win development funding for a solution to help the rail freight sector plan short term paths more effectively. Dubbed Path Planner, it’s on...Read more
Amid the disaster of the coronavirus pandemic, there are opportunities for rail freight and recovery. That’s the message from James Fox, co-founder and commercial director at rail technology specialists 3Squared. He says that the radical...Read more
Dynamic Freight Capacity Management. A mouthful but a better way to schedule available paths. More capacity for rail freight, say specialists in the field 3Squared. An independent industry funding body agrees, and has put cash...Read more
Rail leasing wagon specialist VTG UK has collaborated with digital software company 3Squared on a project designed to help bring wagon maintenance management into the 21st century. They have developed ProActive Maintenance (PAM), an online...Read more
