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Network Rail opens York signalling centre
MP Hugh Bayley attended the opening of Network Rail's new Rail Operating Centre (ROC) in York.
The facility is the largest of 12 operating centres which over the next 15 to 20 years will completely replace the UK's 800 signal boxes.
In January 2015,...
Signalling and Telecoms
41 years of Ethernet
Although Ethernet has been used for a number of years in Local Area Networks (LAN) for Information Technology (IT), it is now being used within railway telecoms applications such as customer information systems and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and, more recently, within signalling control systems. Writes Paul Darlington One recent example is the newly […]
Signalling and Telecoms
Signalling the passenger
The exciting plans for signalling the Thameslink railway, including the introduction of the European Train Control System (ETCS) and Automatic Train Operation (ATO), were described in issue 109 (November 2013). Writes David Bickell However, introducing impressive new technology to run a 24 train-per-hour (tph) service through the Thameslink core could be frustrated by the very […]
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SBB renews communications contracts
Swiss rail operator SBB has renewed its mobile and fixed telecommunications contracts for the next five years.
Swisscom will continue to provide fixed and mobile telecommunication services until 2019 - a contract valued at CHF 72.2 million.
Sunrise has been awarded a...
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to deliver driverless systems for São Paulo metro line
The consortium building São Paulo's Line 6 metro has awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Mitsui a contract to design and install the line's driverless operating system.
MHI and Mitsui, in partnership with local contractors, will deliver the automation system on behalf...
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Siemens announces US rail expansion to meet PTC demand
Siemens Rail Automation has said it is having to expand its operation in the USA in order to deliver a major upgrade to train control systems on New York's Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road (LIRR).
Two existing Siemens' sites...
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Hitachi wins UK ETCS order
Network Rail has awarded Hitachi its first ETCS contract to install the European standard signalling technology on two Class 37 locomotives.
Hitachi will fit the West Coast Railways locomotives for operation on the Cambrian Line - the UK testbed for ERTMS.
The...
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Integrating passenger information – Overseas experience
For many, passenger information is still screens and announcements at stations. However, much more is now happening; the advent of the internet and smart phones has made information available to a much wider audience. How many people are aware of this or even capable of understanding it? Writes Clive Kessell In June (issue 116), The […]
Infrastructure
ADIF tenders for €342m telecoms contract
Spain's infrastructure manager ADIF has issued a €342 million tender for the maintenance and replacement of telecommunications equipment on major rail corridors throughout the country.
The contract, which is split into two parts, covers all fixed telecommunications equipment and GSM-R...
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Thales-led consortium to install Moroccan GSM-R system
Morocco's national rail operator, ONCF, has awarded a €30 million contract for the installation of a 712-kilometre GSM-R network.
A Thales/Huawei/Imet consortium will supply and install the radio-based communications network on conventional routes and the new high-speed corridor between Tangiers and Kenitra.
Over the...
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Andrew Haines looks back on five years of CP6
As Control Period 6 (CP6) comes to a close on 31 March, Network Rail is taking a look back...