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And here’s today’s news from Rail Technology Magazine in association with TransCity Rail – on Monday the 22nd July 2024.
Network Rail’s senior non-executive director, Mike Putnam, has been appointed as acting chair following Lord Peter Hendy’s appointment as Minister of State in the Department for Transport.
Mike has been a member of Network Rail’s Board since 2018 and has more than 25 years of executive experience across the construction, development and services sectors, which includes serving as the President and Chief Executive of Skanska UK until May 2017.
He is also a chartered engineer and a fellow of both the Institution of Civil Engineers and Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Meanwhile, the process of appointing a long-term successor to Lord Hendy will be led by Transport Secretary Louise Haigh.
Alstom has been awarded a €1 billion contract by the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia (PTA) to deliver a High Capacity Signalling Project on Perth’s suburban rail network.
The contract marks the world’s largest signalling project by route length, and will be delivered by an alliance of the PTA, Alstom and DT Infrastructure.
The Alliance will design, supply, install and maintain Alstom’s state-of-the-art Urbalis Communications-based Train Control (CBTC). The new control system will replace the existing PTA signalling and train control systems used in Perth.
The project will enable a 40% increase in network capacity across Perth and brings with it cutting-edge features including enhanced energy-saving benefits and leading cybersecurity, as well as a new multipurpose communications system based on a private Long-Term evolution radio network.
The High Capacity Signalling project is part of the METRONET programme, a huge public transport investment into Perth which is bringing 72 kilometres of new passenger rail and 23 new stations.
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