On Monday 2 and Tuesday 3, July digital railway industry innovators and stakeholders gathered at the University of Birmingham for the second Digital Railway: Delivering Differently Rail Industry Conference. With the announcement that all new trains and signalling will be digital or digital ready from 2019 the pace of modernisation is set to increase […]

Angel Trains Ltd has delivered the first Class 180 train fitted with the new European Train Control System (ETCS) to Grand Central’s East Coast Mainline service in readiness for the introduction of the digital signalling system. Fitted by Alstom at Arriva Train Care in Eastleigh, the new Atlas 200 system is the rail industry’s ‘best […]

Written by George Clark, Engineering Director, Capital Programmes, Transport for London Given the capacity issues that face the UK’s railways, with many services running at or near full capacity during peak periods, the growth in urban population and the ever-increasing demands on public transport, the upgrade of London Underground’s Victoria Line is a perfect example […]

Having worked closely with the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) at various stages throughout the Digital Railway Programme (DRP), we have recently been through our first Gateway Review to confirm that our Strategic Outline Business Case products developed with DfT are robust, affordable, achievable and likely to deliver value for money to the UK taxpayer. […]

Over 100 individuals from industry and government today attended the release of the second report from the Early Contractor Involvement Programme. The report brought together ‘non-traditional’ technology suppliers from outside the rail industry, building upon their own skills and experiences. Across nine different workstreams, major themes of data, people, commercial relationships and communications systems emerged […]