ADIF launches Madrid-Valladolid CTC maintenance tender

ADIF has issued a €29.3 million tender for the maintenance of traffic control infrastructure and associated systems on the Madrid-Valladolid high-speed line. The contract, which also covers the Olmedo-Medina del Campo branch line, has a predicted delivery time of 48...

Nomad to support PKP’s Wi-Fi rollout

Nomad Digital has been awarded a contract by T-Mobile Poland to fit out 300 passenger cars with Wi-Fi equipment. Described by Nomad as one of the biggest passenger rail Wi-Fi programmes in Eastern Europe, the company will supply the modems...

Hitachi ETCS equipment certified for use with IEP

New trains delivered as part of the £5.8 billion Intercity Express Programme (IEP) will be fitted with Hitachi's own ETCS signalling system, the company has announced. Hitachi confirmed today (January 15) that its onboard solution had now been successfully certified...

25 years after Clapham – A review of signalling procedures

The UK signalling profession took a long hard look at itself at a recent seminar in London organised by the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE). This was a chance to reflect on the recommendations and lessons following the enquiry into the tragic event that occurred on 12 December 1988 and to see whether these [...]

London Underground to re-let SSL signalling contract

London Underground (LU) has announced plans to re-let the contract for a major resignalling of the network's Sub Surface lines (SSL) following discussions with Bombardier Transportation. Announcing the decision, LU said the decision has been made after considering the "complex...

Brussels Metro to install new fibre-optic communications network

Alcatel-Lucent is to deliver the fibre-optic network which will form the communications backbone of Brussels' new automated metro system. Transport authority STIB is in the process of fully-automating the Belgian capital's subway network, which will increase the system's capacity from...

Siemens to complete major South African signalling programme

Siemens has been awarded a €180 million contract to supply signalling and train protection systems to South Africa's densely-populated Gauteng province. The contract, which was awarded by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), will include the installation of modern...

Driving innovation into signalling

Signalling technology and system engineering has moved on considerably over the past twenty odd years. However, it is still perceived by many as expensive and failing to keep up with technology advances that have emerged in other industries. Network Rail is mindful of this criticism and has created a Signalling Innovations Group to investigate how [...]

Signalling Solutions in South West recruitment call

Signalling Solutions (SSL) is ramping up its recruitment effort in order to deliver major signalling renewal works in the South West. Earlier in the year, the Alstom/Balfour Beatty joint venture was awarded three contracts worth around £140 million to carry...

MTA awards $428m PTC contract

New York transit authority MTA has handed Bombardier and Siemens a major contact to bring Positive Train Control (PTC) to the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad. The package of works, which could be worth $428 million to...

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ORR review leads to 50% reduction in maximum fees for ticket refunds

New rules will mean that from 2 April the maximum fee that train operators and ticket retailers can charge...