Eliminating lineside signalling by installing ETCS Level 2 on the southern end of Britain’s East Coast Main Line aims to reduce capital and maintenance costs while improving operational performance. The industry partnership formed to deliver this major £2bn programme is also laying the foundations for future national ETCS deployment, as Robert Preston reports.
ETCS comes to the East Coast Main Line
Eliminating lineside signalling by installing ETCS Level 2 on the southern end of Britain’s East Coast Main Line aims to reduce capital and maintenance costs while improving operational performance. The industry partnership formed to deliver this major £2bn programme is also laying the foundations for future national ETCS deployment, as Robert Preston reports.
ETCS balises have been tested at Network Rail’s Rail Innovation and Development Centre (RIDC) in Melton Mowbray.
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