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Advances to rail signalling and train control systems are set to make international rail transport more competitive and attractive. But implementing strategies and understanding the benefits of new digital solutions must be addressed before improvements can be realised.
Fact-finding visits to railways around the world can be beneficial for each party to learn and share information on good-practice and techniques. As Chris Carson, Head of Rail Industry Partnership Working at Virgin Trains East Coast explains, this approach has been adopted by the train operator who is committed to…
As the EEIG ERTMS Users Group marks its 20th anniversary this year, Managing Director Michel Ruesen gives an overview of how it has evolved over the years, the important role it currently plays in the industry, and how it hopes to continue helping during the years of growth that ERTMS…
With a length of 18.2km, the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link between Fehmarn in Germany and Lolland in Denmark will be the world’s longest combined rail and road tunnel and an important piece of EU infrastructure. A tunnel of this length and with handover of trains between Denmark and Germany to…
16 July 2015 | By COMLAB AG
COMLAB is proud to offer the highly flexible and modular multiband digital repeater system MUD/RUD(19)-5...
16 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
A new computer-based interlocking signalling system, designed by Alstom, has been installed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) at Bari Parco Nord.
15 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The European Commission has agreed to co-fund a £4 million signalling upgrade project at Ashford International Station allowing future operating companies to compete on the cross-Channel line.
2 June 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Translink NI Railways has announced the start of a major engineering project to complete re-signalling works and a passing loop on the Coleraine to Londonderry railway line.
24 April 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The BBC has reported a planned rail signalling upgrade may be vulnerable to cyber-attacks that could cause a serious crash.
21 April 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
The final signalling contract for the Polish section of the E59 rail corridor between Wroclaw to Poznan has been awarded to Bombardier by Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A...
9 April 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Network Rail has ordered the upgrade of signalling equipment on Chiltern Main Line and Cherwell Valley Line for completion in 2016.
Signalling experts Fabio Senesi and Gabriele Ridolfi from Italy’s railway network owner RFI take a look at the current status of ERTMS/ETCS in Italy, plus examine the future development of signalling systems for the country.
More than ever, the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS1) is at the heart of the European strategy for an ever interoperable, high-capacity and safer European railway network. The specifications implemented on key lines and corridors in Europe, but also in an increasing number of countries outside of the European…
In our latest free-to-view Signalling & Telecommunications Supplement, industry experts take a look at supporting the sector and preparing for the future, plus details about current ERTMS/ETCS operation on the RFI network...
19 January 2015 | By Alstom
Alstom has been awarded a contract worth €100 million by Egyptian National Railways (ENR) to supply signalling equipment for the Beni Suef-Asyut railway line in Egypt...
Railways constantly face increasing terrorism threats – one aspect in particular is electromagnetic (EM) attacks. SECRET – SECurity of the Railway network against Electromagnetic ATtacks – is a research project within the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, and aims to assess the risks and consequences of EM…
