3Squared Ltd

3Squared Ltd builds software and consultancy for the rail industry, centred on its RailSmart platform, a set of linked applications developed with rail operators. According to its current website, 3Squared has since been folded into Velociti Solutions alongside EPM and Omnibus, which supplies software and consulting to bus and rail operators and transport authorities.

What 3Squared Ltd offers

• Safety and compliance: tools to manage staff competence and training, monitor driver regulation in real time and flag driver competency indicators automatically.
• Operations: digital train preparation and departure checks and a live view of train running.
• Engineering: IoT-based condition monitoring and a defect reporting and corrective action system for rolling stock.
• Train performance: a tablet driver advisory system, adhesion tools and back-office analysis of how trains run.
• Information and planning: digital checklists, audits and forms, plus staff and rolling stock planning and time and attendance.
• Consulting and research: advice on prioritising transformation projects and research into rail industry problems.

Clients

Its clients are train operators and other transport organisations; the Velociti site cites LNER using RailSmart for competency management and work with Transport for Wales.

Key facts

• Sector: rail and wider passenger transport
• Platform: RailSmart
• Current owner: part of Velociti Solutions