Thank you to those who joined us at Digital Railway Industry Conference, held at the University of Birmingham on the 25 & 26 June 2019. This event was held in partnership with Network Rail, Rail Delivery Group, Railway Industry Association, UK Rail Research Innovation Network and the University of Birmingham. Below you will find links […]

Network Rail has published a framework that sets out the long-term delivery of digital signalling, to bring significant benefits to passengers and help suppliers to plan resources. The long-term deployment plan (LTDP) has been published in response to a request from the Department for Transport for a plan that shows future signalling renewals to be […]

  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 […]