Alstom has completed dynamic ETCS testing on Govia Thameslink Railway’s Great Northern Class 387/1 passenger train in the UK.
A Great Northern Class 717 train has become the first digitally signalled train to be operated on a UK mainline.
The first trains have carried passengers to the City of London using European Train Control System (ETCS) digital signalling.
Network Rail and Govia Thameslink Railway have demonstrated that digital signalling on the Northern City Line is ready for passenger service.
As part of the East Coast Digital Programme, the Class 700 Thameslink fleet will be upgraded to the latest version of ETCS.
The first of Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR) Class 387 Great Northern Electrostar trains has completed static testing retrofitted with ETCS.
Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR) first Class 387/1 Electrostar train has been retrofitted with ETCS in-cab signalling.
The ORR has given authorisation for Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) to operate its Class 717 fleet with Level 2 ETCS digital signalling.
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