Archive for category: S & T
Success in the South
The Kent Coast electrification of the late 1950s was all about eliminating steam traction and only partial modernisation of signalling on the North Kent line route was undertaken. New signal boxes were commissioned at Rochester, Rainham, Sittingbourne ...Balfour Beatty awarded rail power supply contract
Balfour Beatty has announced it has been awarded a contract for the electrical distribution works of the West Coast Power Supply Upgrade project. The project involves the power upgrade design, supply, installation and commissioning of nine new 25-0-25 ...Rail signalling staff to strike again
The RMT said its rail signalling staff at the West of Scotland Signalling Centre will be striking again for 24 hours. The union said the two strikes have been called ‘following a total failure by the management to make any progress’ regardi...Rail signalling staff to strike again
The RMT said its rail signalling staff at the West of Scotland Signalling Centre will be striking again for 24 hours. The union said the two strikes have been called ‘following a total failure by the management to make any progress’ regardi...Final testing of Docklands Light Railway signalling upgrade underway
New signalling software across the Docklands Light Railway network will be put to the test at the weekend. The new system will ‘ensure’ services across the whole network can recover more quickly from any delays that occur and will improve t...Thales awarded Singapore metro signalling contracts
Thales has been awarded a signalling contract by rail operator SMRT Corporation Ltd for the North-South and East-West lines of Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit system. The contract is worth an estimated €118 million. The two MRT lines are over 1...Thales awarded Singapore metro signalling contracts
Thales has been awarded a signalling contract by rail operator SMRT Corporation Ltd for the North-South and East-West lines of Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit system. The contract is worth an estimated €118 million. The two MRT lines are over 1...Turkish State Railways awards Thales signalling contract
Turkish State Railways has awarded Thales a €20 million signalling contract to install the ETCS Level 2 system on the country’s first high speed rail line. The contract also consists of GSM-R communications and automatic train protection along ...Alstom to install new ERTMS in Denmark
Alstom has been awarded a contract worth €300m to replace the existing signalling system in the east of Denmark. Alstom will install its Atlas ERTMS signalling solution on 12 intercity and regional lines in the Sealand and Fyn regions. The new syste...Invensys Rail awarded Glasgow resignalling contract
Network Rail has awarded Invensys Rail a £35 million contract for the Glasgow South Suburban Resignalling (GSSR) project. Invensys Rail will design, manufacture, install and test the signalling systems. The GSSR area includes the Cathcart Signal Box ...
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