Perth & Haymarket
Perth & Haymarket Station Off Indicators At Perth Station, LNER faced accessibility issues on Platform 7, where they dispatched northbound trains. The width of the platform and the step from the train cause delays when disabled passengers board or alight. Platform 4 was an alternative but lacked visibility of the down departure signal P165, preventing
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Christon Bank Level Crossing
Christon Bank Level Crossing Engineering Stages 4 & 5 Signalling Design Christon Bank Level Crossing is located on the East Coast Main Line in the Northeast of England. The crossing which is controlled by Alnmouth Signal Box had been experiencing timing implications with LNER Class 80X trains on the Down Main Line. Signalling issues being
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Crescent Road Level Crossing Renewal
Crescent Road Level Crossing Renewal Merseyrail SSI Assessment Southport [03] Interlocking Crescent Road Level Crossing is an AHBC located on the Up and Down Southport lines; ELR HXS3, at 16 miles and 76 chains between Birkdale and Hillside stations. The crossing has its control circuitry located in an REB at the crossing and is within
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Radlett Strategic Rail Freight Interchange
Radlett Strategic Rail Freight Interchange Engineering Stages 3&4 Signalling Design DigiSig Rail Group were instructed by BWB Consulting to undertake the Engineering Stages 3 & 4 Signalling Design for the Rail interface required for the new Rail Freight Interchange at Radlett Aerodrome. The Radlett site was originally opened as an airfield in 1930 where it
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Crystal Palace Signalling Design
Crystal Palace Additional Stabling, Signalling Design DigiSig Rail was contracted by YG Rail to provide the signalling design deliverables required for alterations to Platform 3 at Crystal Palace Station. Crystal Palace Station stands in the London Borough of Bromley, 8 Miles, 56 chains from Victoria. It lies at the junction of the Sydenham line and
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Temporary & Emergency Speed Restrictions
Temporary & Emergency Speed Restriction Design Temporary Speed Restrictions (TSR) and Emergency Speed Restrictions (ESR) are a way to reduce the permissible track line-speeds where and when needed without effecting a permanent change from what was originally published in the Network Rail Sectional Appendix. Temporary Speed Restrictions are typically planned and published in the WON
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Vale Sidings Signalling Design
Vale Sidings Engineering Stages 3 & 4 Signalling Design East West Rail is a nationally significant railway project which is currently being delivered by Atkins – SNC Lavin Group which aims to deliver much-needed transport connections for communities between Oxford and Cambridge by: Upgrading an existing section of railway between Oxford & Bicester Bringing back
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Mandeville Road Vent Shaft HS2
Mandeville Road Vent Shaft HS2 SCS construction were contracted by HS2 to provide the Mandeville Road Vent Shaft for fire control systems and the ventilation systems for various railway tunnels. The existing NR S&T Cable Route is foul of the Vent Shaft build area & final HS2 land boundary. There was insufficient slack to lift
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Horsham Level Crossing
Upgrade of Parsonage Road & Littlehaven Level Crossings Network Rail has been spending an estimated £8m to improve the reliability and safety at various level crossings across the UK and this includes Parsonage Road and Little Haven level crossings both based in Horsham. Parsonage Road and Littlehaven level crossings are situated on the Three Bridges
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Macclesfield Resignalling Project
Macclesfield Resignalling Project Network rail have been spending around £45m to improve the safety of their signalling platforms across the UK and this included the Macclesfield Resignalling Project. Due to the fact this area was controlled by a mechanical interlocking in a manually operated signal box, this resignalling project between Prestbury, Macclesfield and Congleton improved
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