Waterloo station using remote control drones to keep trains moving
A remotely operated drone is now flying over the tracks at London Waterloo as part of a new effort to reduce disruption caused by trespass and speed up responses to incidents on one of Britain’s busiest rail networks.
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The drone, introduced by South Western Railway (SWR) and Network Rail Wessex, is the first in a planned network of automated aircraft that will monitor the railway, inspect infrastructure and provide live intelligence to control teams without the need to send staff on
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