- Network-based digital signalling and train control solution to be installed
- Programme will deliver increased capacity and lower operating costs
Siemens Mobility Limited has been awarded the contract to deliver the GRIP 5-8 stages of the Victoria Phase 3 programme. The work forms part of Network Rail’s £750 million Sussex Railway Upgrade Plan, which will see aging equipment across the Sussex region replaced by new, reliable network-based digital signalling and train control solutions to provide increased capacity, reduced delays, enhanced safety and lower operating costs.
Phase 3 covers the area between Victoria and Streatham Hill, as well as the West London Lines from Clapham Junction towards Shepherd’s Bush. As principal contractor, Siemens Mobility will be responsible for all signalling, telecoms, civil engineering, electrification and plant, new trackside 650V feeder and associated principal supply points and associated track works.
The company will be deploying its Trackguard Westlock and WTS digital signalling technology and Controlguide Westcad Insight traffic management solution with Digital Conflict Resolution and Dynamic Route Setting at Three Bridges Rail Operating Centre. This technology will allow better management of the network to help operators deliver reliable journeys to passengers.
Manufactured and developed in the UK, Trackguard WTS uses the railway’s own IP-based network to connect objects to the interlockings and control centres to deliver safe, reliable and future-proofed journeys. Initially commissioned at London Bridge over five years ago, it has underpinned the secure and reliable train services that operate into the South of London.
Rob Morris, Managing Director Siemens Mobility’s Rail Infrastructure business in the UK, said: “Having already delivered phases one and two of the Victoria upgrade programme, we are delighted to now be working with Network Rail and our supply chain partners on this next phase. Our UK-based teams will be working across a wide range of disciplines, with work having already begun on detailed design and enabling work.”
The final Phase 3 commissioning is scheduled to take place with a nine-day blockade over Christmas and New Year 2022.
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