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Investment in data is helping Trainline to build innovative solutions that deliver customer value in the fast-growing rail sector. In the past year alone, the data team at Trainline has grown from ten to around 50 people. "All of that data investment," says Fergus Weldon, Trainline's director of data science, and EyeforTravel Amsterdam keynoter, "goes into building innovations to make journeys simpler, smarter and smoother for travellers". Across the rail industry, investment is accelerating, and not surprisingly. According to US-based Grand View Research, the rail market is growing at around six per cent a year, and is forecast to reach $830 billion by 2025.