Digital Railway

Thales will develop and implement a new signaling communications system, known as an Online Key Management System (OKMS), on the East Coast Main Line of Network Rail. This system should go live in 2023. It will then be rolled out...

Toufic Machnouk has been appointed to Network Rail’s Eastern executive team as Director, Industry Partnership Digital. Toufic was previously programme director for the flagship East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP), responsible for establishing the first major intercity digital programme on the UK...

Network Rail and Great Northern have confirmed that there will be additional weekend closures of the Northern City Line between Finsbury Park and Moorgate to enable work on the East Coast Digital Programme to remain on track. Three weekends of...

Great Northern passengers on the Northern City Line, one of the most important routes into the City of London, will enjoy more reliable journeys by summer next year. The reliability boost will come from work to upgrade track and signalling on...

HS2 is linking with Digital Catapult, the UK’s leading advanced digital technology innovation centre, to identify and secure the potential offered by emerging technologies such as 5G and machine learning. As part of a three-year framework agreement, HS2 will draw...

The safety of our railways is paramount. Yet as digital technologies transform our networks, our concept of safety must evolve to include cybersecurity at its core. To maintain cybersecurity, it’s not enough to have well-designed technologies with state-of-the-art defences....

Train passengers will be able to use their mobile phones as a ‘virtual butler’ in future to get drinks, sandwiches and snacks delivered direct to their seat. In an effort to bring ‘first class’ service to everyday rail journeys, the...

Memorandum of Understanding signed to develop centre of excellence for rail research and innovation£50 million innovation hub forms part of extensive new rail village in Goole, East YorkshireEducation and upskilling opportunities will create jobs, attract talent and increase investment Siemens...

Investment in UK’s Perpetuum enhances Hitachi Rail’s digital train maintenance, using pioneering data analytics to help customers to improve the safety, availability and reliability of their fleetsThe solution increases the safe lifespan of parts, significantly reducing industrial waste and...

Ground breaking technology company Dual Inventive has celebrated the next chapter in its ambitious expansion plans with the launch of new company AnyWare.Dual Inventive, which develops and produces innovative technical products to improve rail capacity, network efficiency and track...