Following a highly successful exhibition at UK Rail this past May, the DigitalTrains™ team is reflecting on an impactful event centered around a clear industry directive: it is time to break down engineering silos and embrace the virtual rail twin.
A major highlight of the event was an industry presentation delivered by our Chairman and Founder, Sul Sahota. Speaking to an audience of rail operators, manufacturers, and systems engineers, Sul addressed a critical historical bottleneck in global rolling stock development: traditional rail project validation methods often leave engineering teams working in isolation.
According to Sahota, the industry must move away from disjointed datasets and instead bring physical engineering and digital simulation together into a unified, collaborative ecosystem.
“By transitioning to cloud-based Digital Twin software, the rail industry can now fully simulate vehicle-to-track interactions long before a single sheet of steel is cut or production begins,” Sahota noted during the session.
The presentation outlined the immediate operational benefits of deploying a high-fidelity virtual rail twin environment. Utilising the core framework of DigitalTrains™, engineering teams can seamlessly de-risk multi-million-pound transit projects by being able to:
- Automate 3D Crash Detection: Instantly run clearance and gauging analysis against real-world structural routes, ensuring new rolling stock perfectly clears legacy tunnels, platforms, and overhead lines.
- Map Dynamic Wheel-Rail Contact Forces: Accurately simulate complex bogie data and track interfaces to actively mitigate derailment risks, wheel wear, and flange climbing.
- Predict Exact Energy Absorption Metrics: Model intense longitudinal forces and sequential crash dynamics during extreme emergency events to guarantee strict safety compliance.
- Bridge the Deployment Gap: Create a flawless continuity between raw design data and physical deployment, keeping modern rail networks moving safely, efficiently, and strictly on schedule.
Missed the Presentation? Meet Us Next at InnoTrans
The tremendous engagement at UK Rail underscores a massive market appetite for agile, cloud-based simulation. If you missed Sul’s presentation or weren’t able to visit our exhibition stand in May, the team is already preparing for our next major international outing.
DigitalTrains™ will be exhibiting at InnoTrans in Berlin this coming September. We invite you to visit our stand to experience a live demonstration of the software, view our multi-modal vehicle libraries, and discuss how virtual prototyping can accelerate your project delivery timelines. We will also be hosting a workshop at Speakers Corner where we will go into a lot more detail – watch out for more details in the coming months.
Can’t wait until September? Contact our team directly to schedule a virtual demonstration today.
