Signalling and Telecoms

Passengers are being reminded to plan ahead and check before they travel if they are using the East Coast Main Line over the August Bank Holiday weekend as key engineering work for the billion-pound East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP)...

From Saturday 19 August to Friday 1 September, buses will replace South Western Railway (SWR) trains during a three-part closure of the railway between Barnes and Virginia Water, Windsor & Eton Riverside and Hounslow, to allow the newly installed...

evo-rail has today announced that they have signed a contract with leading Spanish infrastructure provider COMSA, and subsequently successfully installed its innovative rail-5G solution in mainland Europe.  Following successful trials in the UK, evo-rail’s rail-5G solution has been installed on the...

The start of a nine-day period of intensive track and signalling work around Oxford station begins on 29 July, supporting an increase in train services and ushering in a new era in passenger and freight train travel for the...

GCRE Limited has announced the appointment of Rob Forde as the company’s new director of strategy and skills. Rob will oversee the Global Centre of Rail Excellence’s (GCRE) skills and long-term strategy working with clients, academics, and industry partners to...

An innovative new solution from Hitachi Rail will radically reducing testing times on Queensland Rail’s network. Hitachi’s ‘Over and Back’ testing solution will enable fast and seamless switching between existing interlocking (a railway signalling system) and the soon to be...

From Sunday 23 July to Friday 25 August 2023, Network Rail engineers will carry out major improvements to a 20-mile stretch of railway in north London. The improvements over the summer will include: Installing 18,000 modern concrete sleepers in place of...

Billion-pound plans to improve rail travel to and from London have progressed further with critical work taking place over the weekend to prepare for a digital future. The East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) will create a more reliable railway with...

On the weekend of Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 June, passengers planning to travel to and from London King's Cross and other locations on the East Coast Main Line via Peterborough are being urged to plan ahead.  The East Coast...

Network Rail has completed a 12-week phased programme of work to remodel Carstairs junction. All lines through the key junction on the West Coast main line are now open and operators will again be able to run a full timetable...