The Signalling Company has announced that it has won the RailTech Europe Innovation Award. During the Railtech ’26 networking dinner, its sofware-defined ETCS system won the Innovation Award by unanimous decision of the jury, reinforced by the public vote. “We would like to thank the Jury, UNIFE director General Enno Wiebe, Karel van Gils, senior […]
Category: Signalling and Telecoms
Metro Control Room set for an £8.8 million upgrade
The Tyne and Wear Metro Control Room is set for an £8.8 million upgrade to key systems essential to the day-to-day operation of the system. Technology which manages key assets, including Metro power supply, fire and intruder alarms, lighting, lifts, escalators, and tunnel drainage pumps, will be renewed to an upgraded digital standard. The current […]
EMR warns of extremely busy services ahead of major engineering works
East Midlands Railway (EMR) is advising customers to plan ahead and allow extra time when travelling on Sunday March 15 as major engineering work will mean some services will be extremely busy. This Sunday there will be no LNER trains between London King’s Cross and Peterborough as part of digital signalling upgrades by Network Rail. […]
Passengers advised of major upgrade work starting this weekend
Passengers are being reminded that a programme of major improvement work is taking place on the East Coast Main Line from this weekend (Saturday 7 March). A range of railway upgrades are planned for various sites between York and Newcastle for four weekends: 7-8, 14-15, 21-22 and 28-29 March. There will also be digital signalling […]
Network Rail thanks passengers as ECML upgrades hit milestones
Network Rail is thanking passengers for their patience following several weekends of significant improvement work on the East Coast Main Line, including successful testing of digital signalling equipment. Over the past two weekends, the East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) has successfully completed a full programme of testing ahead of the introduction of digital in-cab signalling […]
First trains return after nine-day Manchester Piccadilly track upgrades
Network Rail and its partner Central Rail Systems Alliance overhauled large sections of track and surrounding infrastructure across six lines between 14-22 February. During the nine-day closure, engineers replaced: The newly installed infrastructure updates track which was last replaced in the late 1980s. Impressive time-lapse footage released today (23 February) shows the sheer scale of […]
Public invited to share views on Huddersfield TRU upgrades
Between Standedge and Gledholt in Huddersfield, the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is proposing a series of upgrades designed to support electrification and increased capacity on the route. These include improvements at Marsden and Slaithwaite stations, the reconstruction of a number of bridges and highways, and the installation of new track, signalling and cabling. Overhead line […]
Strong progress as East Coast Main Line engineering programme reaches halfway point
The midway point has been reached on a run of four weekends’ improvement work on the East Coast Main Line, with strong progress made so far and important digital signalling tests to come. To date there has been track renewal at Finsbury Park, St Neots and Sandy and Offord, renewal of switches and crossings (also […]
Severe disruption prompts ‘Do Not Travel’ advice in South-East England
Passengers across south-east England have been advised not to travel this morning after multiple incidents caused widespread disruption to rail services operated by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR). Train operators Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express issued warnings of severe delays and cancellations following a train derailment at Selhurst Depot in south-east London and a separate signalling […]
Major Manchester Piccadilly track upgrades due in two weeks
Beginning on Valentine’s Day (Saturday 14 February) teams from Network Rail and the Central Rail Systems Alliance will be overhauling tracks, points and signalling systems across six lines serving the North West’s busiest railway station. The work, which covers nearly a kilometre of the railway, will impact on passengers travelling into Manchester and across the […]