Cisco Connected Rail

What makes us unique

Cisco Connected Rail can help you achieve safety, mobility, and efficiency objectives. Get an end-to-end architectural framework, from trains to tracksides to stations. Build on existing architecture -- there's no set starting point. Work with Cisco Validated Designs to get tested products that meet the highest standards and suit your real-world scenarios.

Connected Rail solutions

Upgrade your existing network piece by piece or all at once through a single, end-to-end converged network.

Station

Improve retail offerings, revenue streams, security, and wireless access. Integrate multiple in-station networks.

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Trackside

Gain security, predictive maintenance, train control and operations, and wireless access.

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Train

Enhance security, wireless access, and passenger services or applications (main-line and metro rail) on trains.

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Solution overview

See how it all comes together

Use the portfolio explorer to discover our solutions to see how you can use our technology for rail and mass transit.

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Modern architecture

Architecture highlighting the business use cases in Cisco Connected Rail.

High-level architecture

Product-focused Architecture

Get a more product-focused architecture for trains, trackside, and stations.

Technical architecture

Customer success stories

Network Rail moves past legacy network

"It’s really about understanding how we can do the next generation of services over the same infrastructure." - Craig Ellis, Head of Engineering and Technology, Network Rail

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Transforming public transit in Austria

“We decided to build on our existing Cisco network and channel its agility and simplicity to incorporate new security, mobile, and analytics technologies that help us achieve our goals and gain greater business insight.” - Georg Linhard, Project Manager, Linz AG Telekom