The Thameslink will increase capacity for routes into London from the North and South.  This will be achieved through the procurement of a new fleet of trains, significant enhancements to the stations at the core of the Thameslink route and signalling control systems to support a reliable 24 tph service.

 

Paul Bates, Project Director at Network Rail covered some of the following in his recent presentation on behalf of the IET Railway TPN in London on 26 March 2014. 

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  The need for high capacity signalling systems;

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  Why ATO and ETCS were selected for Thameslink;

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  How the project had developed the scheme, based on lessons learned from the Cambrian ERTMS early deployment scheme;

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  How traffic management will be deployed across the Thameslink route to support the operation.

Feedback after the event indicated that “This was a very informative presentation on an interesting project with a well-chosen speaker and that the ensuing question and answer session confirmed the speaker’s depth of knowledge”.



If you were unable to attend the event you can now watch Paul’s presentation and a short interview he gave on IET.tv