Signalling and Telecoms

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...

Hitachi Rail has signed a new framework agreement, worth up to €77 million with SNCF, to provide on-board digital signalling equipment (bi-standard ERTMS/TVM) for the latest generation of TGV (TGV-M) and existing TGV trains that operate across the French...

Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is reminding passengers travelling along the rail line between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds, and York to plan their journeys ahead of time, as nine days of major upgrades are due to take place from 17-25 June...

The Department for Transport (DfT) has stated that passengers may lose free access to wi-fi on trains in England as part of government cutbacks, unless rail companies offering the service can justify the costs. The DfT will review whether...

Further engineering work is taking place to deliver the East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) over the weekend of 24 and 25 June 2023. Passengers intending to travel to and from London King’s Cross and other destinations on the East...

Passengers are being reminded to plan ahead and check their journeys as vital upgrades are completed on the railway on Network Rail’s Sussex route this late May bank holiday. From Saturday 27 to Sunday 28 May, engineers will be carrying...

Passengers travelling in south Wales are being urged to check before they travel until the end of May following a fire which caused damage to signalling equipment and overhead electric wires. The blaze was reported in the early hours of...

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) has today revealed its strategy to improve the lives of millions of people in the North by: Slashing railway carbon emissions, equivalent to taking six million cars off the road for an entire year; Creating and...

Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc., officially opened its first Operational Training Academy on Tuesday 2 May. The Academy, located on the 7th floor of Ipswich’s St. Vincent House, will prepare Freightliner’s freight train drivers for the...

Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR’s) first Class 387/1 Great Northern Electrostar train has been retrofitted with ETCS in-cab signalling as part of the East Coast Digital Programme, designed to reduce delays and give passengers a more reliable service. The Class 387...