By AI News
Publication Date: 2025-12-24 12:09:00
A recent industry report (PDF) argues that the UK’s rail network could carry a billion additional journeys by the mid-2030s, building on the 1.6 billion passenger train journeys recorded by the end of March 2024. The next decade will involve a combination of complexity and control as more digital systems, data and connected suppliers create the potential for more points of failure.
The central theme of the report is that AI will become the operating system for modern rail transport, not as a single, centralized collection of models and algorithms, but as layers of prediction, optimization and automated monitoring across infrastructure, rolling stock, maintenance yards and stations (pp. 18-23). This technology will direct human concentration within daily workflows rather than completely replacing human activities.
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