Signalling and Telecoms

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and Network Rail have successfully demonstrated that the recently installed digital signalling system on the Northern City Line, between Finsbury Park and Moorgate, is ready for passenger service. This is a significant milestone for the...

Thales and Egyptian firm Orascom Construction have signed a new contract with the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) for the modernisation of the double-track railway linking the cities of Cairo, Giza, and Beni Suef. The track is located on the...

As part of its four-year resignalling programme to improve reliability, Network Rail has successfully switched on 116 new state-of-the-art digital signals on the railway across parts of south west London and Berkshire. The railway reopened as planned on Saturday 2...

Passengers are now benefiting from major improvements to the Bakerloo line and London Overground which will provide more reliable journeys between London Euston and Watford Junction in the future.  Engineers worked between Sunday 23 July and Friday 25 August to...

Billion-pound plans to enhance rail travel to and from London have progressed further with digital upgrade work that took place over the Bank Holiday weekend. The East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) will result in a more reliable railway thanks to...

Network Rail is reminding passengers to continue to check before they travel as work continues over the bank holiday weekend as part of a 14-day three-part closure of the railway between Barnes and Virginia Water, Windsor & Eton Riverside...

Alstom has been awarded a contract by Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann) to revolutionise rail travel and mobility on the Cork Area Commuter Rail (CACR) network. The project, set to enhance the rail service within the Cork metropolitan area, will...

Network Rail has revealed that delays to Southern and Gatwick Express passengers travelling into London Victoria have fallen by 55% following the switch-on of a brand-new signalling system in South London. The new signalling came into use on the lines...

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...

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has received authorisation from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to upgrade its Great Northern Class 717 fleet to the latest specification of European Train Control System (ETCS). It is the first fleet to...