Generally, the rail industry has a reputation for being slow to adopt new technologies. However, in reality, rail technologies are evolving a lot in the last few years. The key difference is that the adoption, the adoption is just slow, but the technology is evolving. Public transit companies around the world are implementing new technologies to make passengers’ journeys more comfortable. Metro and other major public transport systems have progressed from simple mass transportation services to integrated public transport providers. All new-generation technologies are very important for the rail sector, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data etc. Technology is helping to move towards zero infrastructure and adopt predictive maintenance practices. Hitachi Rail is one of the pioneers in rail technology and is  ...