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TIGER is released into the paperwork jungle
Over the years - over generations in fact - there have been many questions that have been posed in the sphere of...
Cyber Security update
The widespread introduction and availability of modern internet protocol (IP) fixed and radio-based telecoms networks provide many benefits for a modern railway....
Signalling failures: why do we hear about them so much?
We often hear that “trains are delayed because of a signalling failure”. But why do we hear about it so much, and...
Performance challenges facing railway signalling and telecoms – what does good look like?
Guest writer: Shelley Robertson, Comtest Wireless Around the world, rail organisations are working hard...
BIM on the Northern Line extension
London Underground’s Northern line extension, which is being built from Kennington to Battersea with a new intermediate station at Nine Elms, uses Building Information...
UNIFE releases vision paper on Digital Trends in the Rail Sector
UNIFE, the Association of the European Rail Industry, has released a new vision paper on digitalisation that aims to bring the European rail supply...
NOKIA: the common bearer
A common bearer (transport layer) telecoms network takes advantage of the new digital technologies and ‘big data’ applications in order to provide a safe,...
David Waboso: Head of Digital Railway to Retire
The impending retirement of David Waboso, who currently heads up the Digital Railway team in Network Rail, calls for comment on the man who...
Stuart Calvert to be new Digital Railway head
Stuart Calvert, director of programme technical services and supply chain at Network Rail’s Group Digital Railway (GDR), has been announced as its new managing...
The digital railway – progresses to the East Coast Main Line
Following on from the successful, world-first deployment of Automatic Train Operation (ATO) with the European Train Control System (ETCS) on the mainline railway in...
Hitachi Rail’s approach to the Digital Railway
Digital affects almost every facet of UK rail activity. It has been transforming rolling stock, maintenance, and passengers’ journeys for almost a decade. Industry...
Signalling procurement enters the Digital Age
As the advent of the digital railway gathers pace, so the procurement of systems associated with it will need to adapt. It might prove...
Digital Railway: delivering differently
Following the announcement in May by Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling and the chief executive of Network Rail, Mark Carne, that all...
GTR & The Digital Railway
Prompted by the major timetable change on Southern Railway in May 2018 and the first stage of an enhanced Thameslink train service across London,...
What is Digital Ready?
On 10 May 2018, the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, and Mark Carne, chief executive Network Rail, supported by David Waboso, managing...
Understanding the commitment to the Digital Railway
It’s easy to be cynical about the Digital Railway. For a start, the technology and the terminology are difficult for the uninitiated to understand. As...