Keeping the Rail sector one step ahead
By Jash Bansidhar, Managing Director, Advantech Europe
As with many sectors, the effects of Covid-19 on the rail industry have been far-reaching, with a huge impact on operations, not least in terms of passenger numbers. Figures from the Rail Safety & Standards Board in the UK, for example, suggest that domestic passenger numbers fell at one point as low as 4%, and the picture is similar elsewhere in Europe.
While the picture is improving as national lockdown measures are gradually lifted, the legacy of Covid-19 will no doubt outlast the timescale of the current pandemic. This means that rail operators globally must find ways to deliver high-quality operations and service, and so maintain profitability, for the years to come.
ALMAVIVA: THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY
When starting with the MOOVA program, we analysed the evolution of mobility in the years ahead all with the aim of understanding future needs and distinctive elements to be implemented in the product. It was necessary to identify exactly how to place a new product in order to remain competitive in the future market.
The mobility industry is currently facing a moment of discontinuity. Mobility must become a service: flexible, simple, accessible, interconnected and composed by different subjects, with new models of cooperation and competition. Mobility needs to connect existing transport types to form integrated, diversified and multimodal services all governed by, and provided with, an ecosystem of authorities and operators.