Latest Railway Signalling News
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Driverless Metro Booming in China
Ling Fang, MD of Alstom’s division in China & East Asia, tells Railway-News how her company is keeping up with the development of driverless…
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Alstom Awarded Two Contracts for Chengdu's First Driverless Metro Line
Alstom and its JVs in China, SATEE and CASCO, have been awarded two contracts by Chengdu Railway Corp. Ltd. to supply traction systems for 2…
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Bender UK Recognised for its Rail Signalling Protection System
Bender UK has produced a Network Rail approved rail signalling protection system which enables maintenance crews to quickly identify electri…
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TfL and Thales on Track to Boost Capacity on London's Underground
This weekend, Transport for London (TfL) engineers completed their biggest test to date of brand new signalling that will bring more frequen…
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Bombardier Celebrates 25 Years of Rail Control Excellence in Bilbao
Bombardier was awarded its first order for the Spanish city in 1992 when it was contracted to deliver its Bombardier Cityflo 350 rail contro…
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Increasing Capacity on Morocco’s Major Rail Corridor
Bombardier Transportation has reached a significant milestone in its rail modernisation projects with the Moroccan State Railway, ONCF.
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Alstom Secures New Signalling Systems Contract in Singapore
Alstom has signed a contract with Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) to supply the signalling systems for Singapore Circle Line (CCL).…
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Artesyn ControlSafe™ Carborne Platform for Onboard Rail Computing Applications Now SIL4 Certified
Fault-tolerant, fail-safe computing system for train control and rail signaling accelerates time-to-market for rail application developers. …
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New Signalling System for the London Underground Successfully Tested
The transformation of London Underground's sub-surface lines has reached a milestone, with multiple test trains running on the brand new sig…
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Thales Secures Maintenance Contract in Saudi Arabia
Thales has signed a two-year contract with the Saudi Railway Company (SAR) to maintain the signalling and telecommunications systems of...
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UK Government to Invest in Britain’s First Digital Intercity Railway
The Government is developing plans for Britain’s first digital intercity railway in the north, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling announced …
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Promelectronica Wins Diagnostic and Control Systems Award
The microprocessor semi-automatic block system MPB developed by R&P Centre Promelectronica took second place in the "Diagnostic and Control …
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UK: Hitachi’s New Intercity Trains Pass Digital Technology Tests
Hitachi’s new intercity trains, due to enter passenger service this autumn, have passed tests to run their digital technology required by th…
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Thales Secures Signalling Systems Contract in Turkey
Thales has secured a new signalling systems contract from the Gülermak-Kolin joint venture for Turkish State Railways (TCDD).
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R&P Centre “Promelectronica”: 25 Years of Innovations in Railway Transport
25 years of Innovations in Railway Transport took place from May 24th to 26th in Ekaterinburg. The Conference was held by R&P Centre “Promel…
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Bender UK Announces New Rail Signalling Protection Device
Bender UK unveiled the next generation Rail Signalling protection device at Railtex 2017. Over the 3 day period, customers old and new visit…
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Increasing Capacity on the London Underground
Capacity can be improved, especially on busy networks, by switching from fixed block signalling to moving block signalling.
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Alstom to Renew Buenos Aires Metro Power Supply
Alstom has been awarded a contract worth around €17 million, to renew power supply for Line B of Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (SBASE). The p…
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Communications-Based Train Control Trials Begin in Singapore
The operational trials using the newly-installed Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) system are taking place during the last hour of..…
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The Digital Transformation – Challenges and Opportunities
The digital transformation is a huge challenge and a great opportunity for all business sectors, including rail. We've interviewed key playe…
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Siemens to Supply Signalling Systems for New Metro System in India
Siemens is to supply signalling technology for the first two metro lines of the Nagpur Metro Rail Project in India. The order, worth €40 mil…
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£50m North Wales Railway Upgrade Project Underway
Network Rail has commenced work on a £50m North Wales Railway Upgrade Project, which includes the installation of a new signalling system on…
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New Chinese Signalling Joint Venture Wins First Contract
Bombardier Transportation announced yesterday that its Bombardier and New United Group (NUG) Signalling Solutions Co. Ltd. (BNS) joint ventu…
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Hitachi Intercity Trains Begin Digital Signalling Tests
Hitachi Intercity Trains, bound for passenger service on the Great Western route from 2017, have begun testing digital technology designed t…