Tended expands geofencing safety system to Dutch rail network
NETHERLANDS: British safety technology firm Tended has partnered with Dutch infrastructure provider Safelines BV to extend its geofencing system across the Netherlands’ rail network. The system replaces manual trackside marker boards with digital alerts.
Tended and Safelines BV, part of the ATR Group, announced the partnership on 9 June. It is Tended’s second Dutch tie-up, following a 2024 collaboration with Dual Inventive.
The system creates digital safety zones that alert workers and machinery operators via wearable devices when they cross a boundary, replacing physical marker boards. Tended says the change can save up to an hour per shift at each worksite.
A second route into the Dutch market
Safelines BV has worked in Dutch railway safety for more than two decades and is positioned by Tended as the country’s largest provider of trackside safety solutions. The new partnership builds on Tended’s earlier move into the Netherlands.
That earlier partnership, with Dual Inventive, followed a safety bulletin from RailAlert, the Dutch railway safety standards body, after a rise in on-track machines operating beyond their designated limits without authorisation. The same pressures — staff shortages and growing demand on the network — sit behind this second agreement.
Tended is headquartered in Lincoln. In the UK, its system is already used by Network Rail, Siemens Mobility and SPL Powerlines.