Categories: east coast digital programme

5 February 2024 16:12

Passengers reminded that upgrades for East Coast Digital Programme will affect Great Northern and Thameslink services on two weekends and two working days in February

Engineering work to install state-of-the-art digital signalling will close sections of the East Coast Main Line between London and Peterborough for two weekends and two working days in February

24 April 2023 15:39

GTR’s Class 387 is UK’s first major commuter fleet to be retrofitted with digital ETCS in-cab signalling equipment

Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR’s) first Class 387/1 Great Northern Electrostar train has been retrofitted with ETCS in-cab signalling as part of the East Coast Digital Programme, designed to reduce delays and give passengers a more reliable service

22 March 2023 09:30

Great Northern’s Class 717 fleet receives go-ahead from ORR to operate with in-cab digital signalling

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has received authorisation from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to place its Class 717 fleet into passenger service using Level 2 European Train Control System (ETCS) digital signalling

31 October 2022 12:01

Great Northern train sent to be fitted with cutting-edge in-cab signalling system

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has sent its first Great Northern train to be upgraded with cutting-edge in-cab signalling as part of the government-funded East Coast Digital Programme.
This will reduce delays and enable a more reliable service for passengers on both the East Coast Main Line from London through Potters Bar, Welwyn Garden City, Stevenage, Hitchin, St Neots and Peterborough, and

24 October 2022 12:58

GTR Class 387 sent for UK’s first major commuter fleet retrofit for ETCS in-cab signalling

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has sent its first Class 387/1 Great Northern train to be upgraded to ETCS in-cab signalling as part of the East Coast Digital Programme designed to reduce delays and enable a more reliable service for passengers

3 May 2022 10:16

New signalling to give passengers better journeys on Great Northern’s route to City of London

A brand new, state-of-the-art signalling system has been commissioned over the bank holiday, promising Great Northern rail passengers at 30 stations much more reliable journeys on the route to Moorgate in the City of Londo

5 July 2021 11:41

Keeping the East Coast Digital Programme on track – Further weekend closures on Northern City Line confirmed

Network Rail and Great Northern have confirmed there will be additional weekend closures of the Northern City Line between Finsbury Park and Moorgate to enable work on the East Coast Digital Programme to remain on track.
Three weekends of additional closures will take place this year. The closures are necessary to allow work to create the UK’s first intercity digital railway in the UK.
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