Signalling and Telecoms

Signalling and telecommunications systems at Turkey's Eskisehir station are to undergo a major upgrade. Thales has been awarded a €10 million contract from state railway operator Turkish State Railways (TCDD) to install a ETCS Level 1 system at the station,...

Established to modernise and improve signalling infrastructure across the UK network, the National Signalling Framework is now in full swing. Announced in January 2012 (issue 89, March 2012), three framework agreements were awarded to Invensys (now Siemens Rail Automation), Signalling Solutions and Atkins. Primary and secondary contractors were appointed, covering eight geographical areas. These agreements […]

Amtrak has said it expects to meet a deadline set by the US government to install Positive Train Control (PTC) on all passenger railways by 2015. Announcing its 2014 capital investment programme, Amtrak said it would continue its "aggressive" installation...

At 35,000 ft above the Atlantic Ocean, the pitot tubes (air speed sensors) iced up and failed (a known phenomenon) causing the auto-pilot to disengage. Writes David Bickell The inexperienced co-pilot did not know how to correctly react to the situation. The pilot returned to the cockpit after taking a rest but could not assimilate […]

ADIF has issued a €29.3 million tender for the maintenance of traffic control infrastructure and associated systems on the Madrid-Valladolid high-speed line. The contract, which also covers the Olmedo-Medina del Campo branch line, has a predicted delivery time of 48...

Nomad Digital has been awarded a contract by T-Mobile Poland to fit out 300 passenger cars with Wi-Fi equipment. Described by Nomad as one of the biggest passenger rail Wi-Fi programmes in Eastern Europe, the company will supply the modems...

New trains delivered as part of the £5.8 billion Intercity Express Programme (IEP) will be fitted with Hitachi's own ETCS signalling system, the company has announced. Hitachi confirmed today (January 15) that its onboard solution had now been successfully certified...

The UK signalling profession took a long hard look at itself at a recent seminar in London organised by the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE). This was a chance to reflect on the recommendations and lessons following the enquiry into the tragic event that occurred on 12 December 1988 and to see whether these [...]

London Underground (LU) has announced plans to re-let the contract for a major resignalling of the network's Sub Surface lines (SSL) following discussions with Bombardier Transportation. Announcing the decision, LU said the decision has been made after considering the "complex...

Alcatel-Lucent is to deliver the fibre-optic network which will form the communications backbone of Brussels' new automated metro system. Transport authority STIB is in the process of fully-automating the Belgian capital's subway network, which will increase the system's capacity from...