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Cordel Expands LiDAR Contract With G&W

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Cordel Group PLC (Cordel), the U.K.-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform for transport corridor analytics, on Feb. 24 announced a contract expansion with Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), which includes an increase from the July 10, 2024, original contract’s 900 track miles to 2,000 miles, as well as the addition of a second Cordel Rugged LiDAR capture system for G&W’s American Regional railroads.

Cordel outputs, the company says, will be used to generate “more accurate, consistent and regularly updated data that will help G&W to better assess clearances, particularly those relating to the movement of high and wide loads.”

The captured data will be uploaded, stored, and analyzed in G&W’s own instance of ‘Cordel Connect’, the company’s proprietary rail data platform, which will now be extended across the G&W enterprise. In addition, the D/Gauge RIFT platform will also be extended to manage the processed clearance data for more detailed high and wide movement analysis.

“We are delighted by the rapid expansion of our G&W relationship, which validates the effectiveness of our services and the quality of our deliverables,” said Cordel CEO John Davis. “We continue to invest in our U.S. sales and engineering team as part of our core growth strategy, with its twin pillars of rail corridor data analysis and Positive Train Control.”

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