UoN NUbots Showcase RoboCup Robots to 4Tel
On 16 June 2017, the University of Newcastle (UoN) NUbots team put on a showcase of their efforts in the lead-up to the international RoboCup championship competition. 4Tel is the Platinum Sponsor of the team for 2017. Owner and Managing Director, Derel Wust, was delighted to see the great work that the NUbots team is producing under the guidance of Professor Stephan […]
4Tel Sponsors UoN NUbots Team
4Tel is delighted to to announce we have become the offical Platinum Sponsors of the University of Newcastle’s (UoN) NUbots robotics team. University of Newcastle and 4Tel have engaged in research collaboration on Transport Safety. The project, which commenced in September 2016, is exploring new ways to use vision and machine learning within the transport […]
Tech That Keeps Trains Safe and on Track – Australian Financial Review
On Thursday 6 April 2017, 4Tel’s Managing Director Derel Wust appeared in the Australian Financial Review (AFR) to discuss Digital Railways in Australia. As an active voice in the rail industry, Derel appreciated the opportunity to promote 4Tel’s innovative thinking and next generation digital railway solutions to the large influential readership of the AFR. We are delighted […]
AusRAIL 2016 Wrap Up
4Tel attended AusRAIL 2016 in Adelaide on 22nd to 23rd November. We showcased our 4PIDS passenger information and 4TRAK train tracking systems and as usual, the live connections behind the real-time displays caused interest to the visitors. The ability to show multi-mode passenger information on the same display was of particular interest. This was also the topic of the paper presented […]
Customer Help and Information Point with 4Trak Real-time Information
During the last week of October 2016, NSW Trains undertook the commissioning of their new Customer Help and Information Point (CHIP) system. The first station to have one of these new devices installed was Orange. The project is continuing the installation of these CHIP units throughout NSW Trains regional stations significantly improving the customer experience via […]
7th East and Central Africa Rail And Roads Summit
On Tuesday 27 September 2016, Andrie Swart presented a paper on the “Modernisation of Colonial Railways in Africa” to the 7th East and Central Africa Rail And Roads Summit. Andrie’s paper showed how the location tracking of trains and trucks can be used to improve on-time running and deliver other operational improvements. A case study was […]
4Tel’s Inaugural Trip to InnoTrans 2016 in Messe Berlin
A small contingent represented 4Tel at InnoTrans 2016. Needless to say it was huge, much larger than we anticipated. The experience gave us the insight into our place on the world-stage. It was pleasing to see that our products are competitive and have features that assist in differentiating 4Tel from its competitors. It was an interesting week […]
25,000 Electronic Authorities
The benefits from Electronic Authority functionality are being fully realised for Transport for NSW’s Country Regional Network with the 25,000th Electronic Authority issued.
NSW Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Andrew Constance, Officially Opens 4Tel’s New Headquarters
On Tuesday 19 July 2016, the NSW Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, Andrew Constance, officially opened 4Tel’s new headquarters in Newcastle, NSW. The purpose-built $2M, 748m2, state-of-the-art Information Technology facility will be the base for 4Tel’s transport technology research and development team. Mr Constance was also taken on a tour of the John Holland Rail […]
Electronic Authorities Celebrates One Year of Success
On 25 June 2015, 4Tel and John Holland Rail successfully delivered Electronic Authorities (EA) into train control operation. One year later, over 21,000 Electronic Authorities have been issued with 99% of all train movement authorities for 2016 being Electronic. Operational statistics have shown that time spent in voice communication between train controller and train driver […]