First Digitally Signalled Passenger Train Comes To Northern City Line
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Rail Advent.
These two paragraphs introduce the article.
The Northern City Line experienced its first taste of digital signalling, as a passenger train controlled by the in-cab technology ran between Finsbury Park and Moorgate on Monday the 27th of November.
The introduction of this type of signalling – known as the European Train Control System, or ETCS – is a first step towards wider adoption across the rail network and represents an important milestone in the government-backed £1.4bn East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP). The programme is designed to improve journeys between London and north of Peterborough, with reliability and environmental outcomes at the forefront of the project’s deliverables.
I hope that one of the benefits will be more trains between Moorgate and Hertford North, Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City.
The Anonymous Widower 
The existing signalling can support 20 TPH but there is no demand for that frequency today or anytime soon so you wont see an uplift from this investment although thats pretty well par for the course whenever NR spend loads of money promise faster and more reliable journeys but the timetable never changes. Main reason is its a self contained route so good for trialling on although again ETCS is in use across 1000’s km already across Europe so why we have to start from scratch i don’t know.
Comment by Nicholas Lewis | November 28, 2023 |