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ETCS: Digital signalling switches to mains

ETCS signalling - the driver’s view. Lineside signalling will disappear from the ECML once the digital system is fully operational. NETWORK RAIL.

Ben Jones discovers how Network Rail is working with a cross-industry partnership to deliver a rolling programme of renewals that will transform how our trains are controlled.

June 2 was a quietly significant day for British railways. A Great Northern Class 717 electric multiple unit (EMU) became the first train to operate under European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 in-cab signalling on the East Coast Main Line - a significant milestone in a programme that over the next two decades will revolutionise how our trains are controlled and protected.




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