Further digital signalling upgrade work alongside essential track and lineside improvements will mean no trains on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) between Peterborough or Letchworth and London on the last weekend of November. Passengers are advised to check before travelling as the engineering work on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November will mean rail […]
Category: Signalling and Telecoms
Grand Central fleet approval brings digitally-signalled high speed services closer
The first digitally-signalled high speed services in the country have moved a step closer with Grand Central’s Class 180 fleet receiving the regulatory approval known as APiS* for the ‘first in class’ fitment of the European Train Control System (ETCS). This paves the way for the fleet of 10 vehicles, retrofitted by Alstom with digital […]
Grand Central fleet approval brings digitally-signalled high speed services closer
The first digitally-signalled high speed services in the country have moved a step closer with Grand Central’s Class 180 fleet receiving the regulatory approval known as APiS* for the ‘first in class’ fitment of the European Train Control System (ETCS). This paves the way for the fleet of 10 vehicles, retrofitted by Alstom with digital […]
Signal box stalwart retires after 49 years on the railway
A signaller has retired after almost half a century working on the railway – with most of his career spent at the unique workplace of Keadby Canal Signal Box. Mick Brooks, whose last day with Network Rail was Friday 16 October, began his career as a train register lad assisting the signallers at Stainforth in […]
Major renewal of crucial Suffolk rail junction starts this weekend
The Saxmundham rail junction on the East Suffolk line is planned for a major renewal starting this coming weekend for nine days to improve resilience and reliability in advance of future freight trains delivering construction materials to Sizewell. The renewal of the Saxmundham rail junction is an important part of the plan to prepare the […]
Alstom awarded signalling contracts to equip Ireland’s national rail fleet with ETCS
Alstom has signed contracts with Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) to deliver the onboard deployment of the European Train Control System (ETCS) across Ireland’s existing national rail fleet. The contracts, valued at approximately €95 million, cover the design, manufacture, installation, testing, commissioning, and maintenance of ETCS Level 1 onboard equipment for up to 176 vehicles operated […]
Wales and Borders first to use railway communication masts for new weather monitoring technology
Network Rail’s Wales and Borders route has become the first in the organisation to install local weather stations on existing GSM-R railway communication masts, providing more accurate, real-time information to help teams respond to severe weather. Ten stations have been installed across Wales and Borders, measuring rainfall, wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, and atmospheric […]
£115 million investment takes flight at Manchester Airport station
A major £115 million investment into Manchester Airport station will start this Winter to improve future connectivity at one of the Britain’s most important transport hubs. Network Rail and its contractor Kier will deliver the significant upgrades between now and 2028. The investment will see: platforms 1, 2 and 3 extended to allow more trains […]
Loram fits in-cab signalling to second NR On Track Machine
Loram has begun fitment of ETCS digital in-cab signalling equipment to a second of its Rail Grinders that provide precision rail-profile-treatment capabilities to Network Rail’s regions. The C44 Rail Grinder, vehicle C44-02, is being fitted with an Hitachi Rail ETCS system at Loram’s engineering facility in Derby. It is Loram’s first ETCS fitment to be funded […]
Police dogs join fight against railway cable theft
September is not only “back to school” time for children – as a new cohort of specialist dogs begins training to help in the battle against cable theft on the East Coast Main Line. The animals are deployed as part of a growing effort to tackle railway crime, supporting British Transport Police (BTP) officers and […]