The initiative equips the ‘Hotshot’ train with two cameras, including a front-mounted thermal imaging camera to detect electrical faults along the track.

A South Western Railway (SWR) train has been fitted with new cameras to test whether it can monitor track conditions in real time as it travels around the network.

Siemens has secured a contract worth more than €56m to upgrade the fleet of UK-based train operating company South Western Railway (SWR). The deal will see the modernisation of SWR’s 172-unit fleet of ...

Neil Drury & Andy Mellors (SWR) with Andy Healy and Richard Carrington (Siemens). Credit: © South Western Railway. UK-based train operating company South Western ...