Machines With Vision Takes Aim at $78bn Rail Maintenance Sector Following Network Rail Deal

Scottish firm lands multi-million deal after solving Network Rail fault problem

Machines With Vision has secured a valuable Network Rail contract after technology trials showed it could cut the time needed to locate suspected track defects

Edinburgh tech firm’s rail defect system aims to keep trains running smoothly

“Deploying people to fix things rather than find things is a much more efficient way of working” – Mark Chestney, Network Rail

Machines With Vision Takes Aim at $78bn Rail Maintenance Sector Following Network Rail Deal

EDINBURGH, Scotland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 8, 2026-

Edinburgh railway geospatial mapping tech firm aims to crack $78 billion US market

An Edinburgh-based tech firm that uses geospatial mapping to pinpoint railway defects is aiming to crack a $78 billion US track maintenance market. Machines With Vision uses an innovative camera...