Digital Railway

A new, state-of-the-art signalling system has been commissioned over the bank holiday, promising Great Northern rail passengers at 30 stations much more reliable journeys on the route to Moorgate in the City of London. The digital equipment replaces outdated and...

Siemens Mobility’s train-borne conditioning monitoring (TBCM) system is featuring in Network Rail’s Lot 1 Operational Trial, which has been established to assess means of predicting rough rides which are currently reported by drivers. By using technology to predict where a...

Passengers intending to travel on the Northern City Line between Finsbury Park and Moorgate over the Early May Bank Holiday weekend (30 April – 2 May inclusive) are asked to plan ahead as work is taking place to commission...

Passengers travelling on the Northern City Line in April and May are being urged to plan ahead as work to test and commission newly installed signalling equipment takes place. This work will take place on 9/10 April and the Early...

Network Rail, Great Northern and Thameslink are advising passengers travelling on the Northern City and East Coast Main Line to plan ahead as work on the East Coast Digital Programme ramps up. The next stage of the innovative programme will...

A total of 100 refurbished digital trains are now running across Northern’s network  Refurbished trains will have digital upgrades such as USB sockets, free Wi-Fi, CCTV and customer information screens.  The scheme is part of a multimillion-pound programme to provide new trains, better stations and journeys for customers In addition, 101 new trains...

Hitachi Rail and Intermodal Telematics (IMT) have agreed an exclusive long-term partnership that will add IMT’s monitoring sensors to Hitachi’s existing digital freight service. The agreement will allow Hitachi to offer rail freight companies a solution that provides real...

Network Rail’s purpose-built Rail Innovation and Development Centre (RIDC) reached a major milestone on the East Coast Digital Programme last month with the successful completion of dynamic testing of the Alstom-installed European Train Control System (ETCS) on rolling stock....

Network Rail is continuing with major work to upgrade the track and signalling system over Christmas to boost reliability and reduce delays on the Northern City Line. From after the last train on Christmas Eve until before the first service...

LogiKal, in partnership with Eiffage Kier Ferrovial and BAM Nuttall (EKFB), has won the prestigious Global Award for Project Controls Innovation at the Project Controls Expo Awards 2021 for SmartCOST, a state-of-the-art 5D Building Information Modelling (BIM) solution integrating...