Most of Britain’s railway is open for business throughout the August Bank Holiday weekend, although some routes will be affected by planned improvement work and industrial action impacting East Midlands Railway (EMR) services The ongoing £1.4bn investment in digital signalling to improve the reliability of the East Coast Main Line means the route will be […]
Category: Digital Railway
Reminder: Bank holiday journeys affected by digital signalling project
Passengers are reminded that testing ahead of digital signalling being introduced on the East Coast Main Line will affect journeys this weekend. Engineering work will affect journeys south of Peterborough and Royston towards London between 22.00 on Saturday 29 August and 08.00 on Monday 31 August, with rail replacement bus services in operation for some […]
Digital signalling project’s progress will affect August bank holiday journeys
Further testing ahead of digital signalling being introduced on the East Coast Main Line will affect journeys on the August bank holiday weekend. Engineering work will affect passenger journeys south of Peterborough towards London between 20.00 on Saturday 29 August and 08.00 on Monday 31 August, with rail replacement bus services in operation for some […]
Successful testing of Class 700 train with upgraded digital software
Successful testing at speed has been completed of upgraded digital software on a Thameslink Class 700 unit, preparing the largest passenger fleet on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) for the introduction of in-cab digital signalling. The 115-strong Thameslink fleet is the largest passenger fleet in the Government funded £1.4 billion East Coast Digital Programme […]
Resonate Group appoints Carmen Hula as chief finance officer
Digital railway specialist Resonate Group has appointed Carmen Hula as it chief finance officer, bringing extensive experience in to support the company’s next phase of sustainable growth and innovation in digital rail technology. In her new role, Carmen will oversee Resonates financial strategy and operations, driving efficiencies, and supporting strategic investment as the business continues […]
Office of Rail and Road Makes Significant Data Investment
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has made a significant investment in data staff and spending of more than £930,000 over the last three years to strengthen its data capability and support better and stronger rail and road networks. The ORR has heavily invested in both people and technology to enhance how it gathers, […]
Hitachi Rail technology at the heart of the new DLR trains now in service
Hitachi Rail’s advanced communication technology equips the first of London Docklands Light Railway’s (DLR) new fleet of 54 trains, which have begun entering passenger service. This milestone showcases Hitachi Rail’s digital CBTC (Communications-Based Train Control) signalling, which underpins the safety, reliability and availability of the new fleet. With more than 100 million passengers annually across […]
The Intermodal Gateway of the Future: Hitachi Rail’s digital solution boosts rail freight in Germany
As part of a joint venture, Hitachi Rail has brought a new digital solution, ‘InGa-Z’, to market, which can transform efficiency at intermodal freight terminals. Protostellar GmbH, is the joint venture driving this solution and consists of Hitachi Rail, MT Logistics GmbH, DB Cargo AG, and with financial support from the Federal Ministry for Transport […]
Digital signalling work affecting August bank holiday journeys
Passengers are reminded that digital signalling work will affect East Coast Main Line journeys on the August bank holiday weekend. There will be an amended service between London King’s Cross and Peterborough because of testing and maintenance work as part of the £1.4bn East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP). Most of the timetable changes occur on […]
Hitachi Rail completes acquisition of Omnicom to bolster its digital asset management business
Hitachi Rail has acquired the cutting-edge digital rail monitoring business Omnicom from Balfour Beatty in a strategic move to further grow HMAX, Hitachi Rail’s digital asset management business. With HMAX already installed on over 2,000 trains globally, Omnicom solutions will now feed into the platform’s bespoke offering for Hitachi Rail’s customers around the world. The new […]