Network Rail selected EMSOL to reduce pollution and protect passengers, staff and local community respiratory health
Air pollution is a serious challenge across the urban supply chain. While the focus is often on road transportation, the rail industry has its own challenge.
With hundreds of staff based or interchanging at Birmingham New Street – plus a normal average of 170,000 passengers daily, low air quality is a serious concern.
Network Rail wanted to work collaboratively with train operators to accelerate air quality improvement. The problem is, without granular evidence it’s difficult to mitigate pollution.
Thats where EMSOL came in. Read the full story.
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Railways are under growing pressure to curb air pollution as studies reveal health impacts on staff and public. But with unmanned stations and mixed ownership, getting control has seemed impossible – until now.
Inside this case study, discover how smart technology is empowering rail companies to take charge of emissions across networks for the first time. Learn how innovators are using real-time tracking to:
🔴 Slash station pollution during peak times
🔴 Rapidly identify and resolve breach events
🔴 Target action towards worst-polluting trains
🔴 Protect staff with localized warnings
🔴 Optimise ventilation and noise pollution
🔴 Accelerate net zero preparations
At Birmingham New Street, Europe’s busiest interchange, a pioneering platform combines IoT monitoring with precision train telemetry. For the first time, individual pollution events can be tied to specific vehicles.
Read how this breakthrough insight helped Network Rail and West Midlands Trains collaborate to drive Air Quality Strategy Framework goals of reducing worker and community exposure. See inside how smart technology is answering growing demands for rail to address public health impacts today – not tomorrow. Read the full story.
“If we had real-time monitoring data from all the stations and depots our employees work at, we could help them take small actions to protect themselves. It’s not a huge change but it’s a big positive.”
Environment & Energy Manager, West Midlands Trains
Simplify pollution reduction with EMSOL
EMSOL enables businesses to take targeted action every day to improve air quality and the local environment. We do this by aggregating real-time air and noise pollution with vehicle location data, allowing teams to pinpoint the problem the moment it becomes a problem, and take specific steps to improve air quality.