An 'in-cab' system will be rolled out to replace
Britain is home to an extensive railway network that has been used for well over a century.GP: Part of the East Coast Mainline just outside London, England.The U.K. government has announced £350 million of funding for a digital railway signaling system, in a bid to reduce delays and upgrade ageing infrastructure.
The busy line is used by both passenger and freight trains. In the announcement Monday, the Department for Transport said the new "smart" signaling would recognize different types of train, "allowing train and track to talk to each other continuously in real-time." The East Coast Mainline runs between London and Edinburgh. The new system will be introduced to a section of the railway between King's Cross station, in the U.K. capital, and Stoke Tunnel in Lincolnshire. Monday also saw the government announce £12 million in funding to install digital signaling equipment on 33 trains running on the Midland Main Line.
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