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Network Rail has awarded Siemens Mobility a £41.4m contract to undertake the Kingmoor resignalling scheme covering a section of the West Coast Main Line to the north of Carlisle.
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Network Rail has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to supply signalling and control equipment for the Northumberland Line project to reintroduce passenger services on the freight line between Newcastle and Ashington from 2024.
(Permalink) Northumberland line Resignalling Siemens Mobility  North Seaton: The signal box and crossing at North Seaton, Northumberland, on 24 September 2014, looking north east.  Newsham South Level Crossing: Newsham South level crossing and signal box on the Blyth & Tyne, looking west towards Cramlington on 19 July 2011. Newsham station, which stood less than half a mile to the north, lost its passenger s ...  Bedlington: Bedlington North signalbox, level crossing and part of the disused platform as seen from The Wansbeck steam hauled railtour arriving here from Morpeth. The train continued south to Newsham befo ... |
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Network Rail has completed a £45m project to upgrade signalling in Middlesbrough. Signals in the area are now operated from York's Rail Operating Centre, delivering a modern, more reliable railway for passengers. Signallers took part in 72-hours of intense training to prepare for the smooth transition.
(Permalink) Cargo Fleet Middlesborough Middlesborough Signal Box Resignalling Whitehouse Signal Box York Rail Operating Centre  York Railway Operating Centre: Railway signals in Middlesbrough now controlled from York after successful reliability upgrade.  Cargo Fleet [2nd]: Whitehouse signal box (at the former Cargo Fleet station) was replaced by York Rail Operating Centre over the weekend.  Middlesbrough: This is a 2004 view of the signalbox at the west end of Middlesbrough station. The station is off to the left. |
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Two Victorian signal boxes are being demolished as part of a railway upgrade in Middlesbrough. Network Rail says the £45m project will 'deliver a modern, more reliable railway'. [See also Network Rail news item of the 10th below. -RS]
(Permalink) Middlesbrough Resignalling Middlesbrough: This is a 2004 view of the signalbox at the west end of Middlesbrough station. The station is off to the left.  Middlesbrough: A Darlington - Saltburn DMU arrives at Middlesbrough station in December 1972. |
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Network Rail has awarded Siemens Mobility Ltd a £50m contract for the next stages of the signalling element of the remodelling of Carstairs Junction on the West Coast Main Line.
(Permalink) Carstairs Carstairs East Junction Carstairs South Junction Resignalling Siemens Mobility  Carstairs: DRS 66431 nears Carstairs Station with a Mossend to Carlisle engineers train on 3rd October 2017.
 Carstairs South Junction: The 10.51 Edinburgh - Euston joins the WCML at Carstairs South Junction, passing 70804 heading north with the Dalston - Grangemouth empty tanks. 3rd October 2017.
 Carstairs East Junction: An east coast service slowly joins the single track east to west curve at Carstairs East Junction (formerly Dolphinton Junction) in 2004. The view looks east. |
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Major work is taking place to upgrade the signalling system and track in Bridlington this month. Improvements will be carried out over nine days to reduce future disruption and bring a modern, more reliable railway for passengers
No trains to/from Bridlington between Saturday 23 and Sunday 31 October - busses will connect passengers between Driffield and Bridlington/Filey/Scarborough. On Friday 22 October, signallers at Bridlington South signal box will pull the levers for the last time before the 65-lever frame is upgraded with a modern control panel. Over nine days, the older mechanical signals next to the track will also be replaced with modern colour light ones. (Permalink) Bridlington Bridlington South Signal Box Resignalling  Bridlington: On Friday 22 October, signallers at Bridlington South signal box will pull the levers for the last time – before the 65-lever frame is upgraded with a modern control panel. Over nine days, the ...  Bridlington: On Friday 22 October, signallers at Bridlington South signal box will pull the levers for the last time – before the 65-lever frame is upgraded with a modern control panel. Over nine days, the ...  Bridlington South: The handsome signal box at Bridlington South, photographed looking west across the running lines on 1 October 2008. |
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The new digital system will improve service reliability on journeys in Gloucestershire.
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If you have ever stood on Crewe station, you may have noticed that hardly any freight trains pass through it. This is because they are diverted via a separate four-track railway in a deep cutting to the west. Known as the Crewe Independent Lines, it is tunnelled beneath the North Junction layout to join the ...
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