3-day fault finding course
Our team of Signal Engineers went on a 3-day course which incorporated signalling systems fault finding with PM Training & Assessing. The group split up into teams where one person would make a signalling problem in either a location case, signal or points area whilst the other team members were tasked to diagnose where the fault
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We made the News in Rail Business Daily
Our recent project at Crystal Palace Station made the news in Rail Business Daily today. Our team provided the signalling design deliverables required for alterations to Platform 3 at Crystal Palace Station. Why not take a peak online or read the attached pdf document. We were responsible for production of all the Signalling Design deliverables:Signalling
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Connor Passes his L4 Technical Training
We’re very happy to announce that our great team member Connor Hutchings has now completed over 1200 hours of study/work and he’s now passed his EAL level 4 Advanced Rail Engineering Technical Knowledge Training. I am sure everyone will join us in celebrating his milestone achievement. 👏 At DigiSig Rail Group Ltd we believe that if you give an engineer
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The Dislikes of My Job
So, what does Russell Simpson really dislike about his job? Well, we asked him and this is what he said: “The parts of my job I dislike most are doing IRSE Assessments, administering all the financials of the business such as raising invoices, paying wages and paying bills 😒 It’s strange but if you think that nobody cares
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More Great Rail News for the Midlands
The Transport, Rail & Infrastructure Academy (TRIA) has been officially opened by Andy Street – the Mayor of the West Midlands. The rail training academy is a 5-year partnership between the City of Wolverhampton College & National Infrastructure Solutions (NIS). The centre has been designed to support hundreds of new training & employment opportunities for local
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Armac Demolish Bridge Over M42
Balfour Beatty VINCI & Armac Group Demolish a 4,000-tonne Bridge Over the M42 😮 Being a Birmingham based firm we love nothing more than hearing good news stories about the area. Armac Group, one of the UK’s leading demolition specialists, has been working on behalf of HS2’s main works contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI demolishing a 4,000-tone
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National Apprenticeship Week
We’re Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 🎉 As most will know DigiSig Rail Group Ltd has invested heavily into Apprenticeships. We now have 3 of the most amazing signalling team members which include Connor Hutchings, Miles Wootton & Ben Blakemore. At Digisig Rail we believe that Apprenticeships offer young people a pathway to acquire practical skills, gain industry experience,
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Getting Dirty on Training
We asked our Engineering Director Michael Hickey what he thought about the education process in rail 🤔 and here’s what he said: It’s always been a tough topic in this industry as every area in rail is quite bespoke. As a Signalling Engineer, the best course I ever attended was the Free Wired Interlocking Design
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Jobs for West Midlands
As DigiSig Rail Group Ltd is based in the Midlands we love nothing more than hearing any good news about the area, especially within rail. So, today, we were extremely happy to see that HS2 and the Dept for Work & Pensions have joined together to create three new recruitment hubs for the HS2 project in the
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Education Process in Rail
We asked our Operations Director Russell Simpson 🤔 what he thinks of the education process in rail and how it could be improved. And here’s what he said. “In our line of signalling work the education process can be a bit ad hoc. This is most likely due to the ad hoc nature of the work and projects that come
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