{"id":220027,"date":"2025-05-19T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=19d4618580be3bbc4fa4cb6c2aaa5ada"},"modified":"2025-05-19T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:00:00","slug":"history-is-made-as-first-commuter-railway-in-the-uk-goes-signal-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=220027","title":{"rendered":"History is made as First Commuter Railway in the UK goes Signal-Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Then-and-Now-signal-at-Drayton-Park-Network-Rail-1043x720.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Then and Now signal at Drayton Park - Network Rail\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 100%;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Then-and-Now-signal-at-Drayton-Park-Network-Rail-1043x720.jpg 1043w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Then-and-Now-signal-at-Drayton-Park-Network-Rail-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Then-and-Now-signal-at-Drayton-Park-Network-Rail-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Then-and-Now-signal-at-Drayton-Park-Network-Rail-750x518.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Then-and-Now-signal-at-Drayton-Park-Network-Rail-624x431.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Then-and-Now-signal-at-Drayton-Park-Network-Rail-600x414.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Then-and-Now-signal-at-Drayton-Park-Network-Rail.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>The &#8216;Northern City Line&#8217; becomes the first signal-free commuter railway in the country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;Northern City Line&#8217; becomes the first signal-free commuter railway in the country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8865,9985,16788,3674,1757,392,3676,3680,343,759,2326,3686,113,4827,2663,47,2537,3692],"tags":[12406],"class_list":["post-220027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biggleswade","category-class-717","category-drayton-park","category-east-coast-digital-programme","category-east-coast-main-line","category-etcs","category-finsbury-park","category-hitchin","category-infrastructure","category-london","category-metro","category-moorgate","category-network-rail","category-northern-city-line","category-peterborough","category-rail-news","category-signalling","category-welwyn-garden-city","tag-rail-advent"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - 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