Industry welcomes digital train strategy

By Hamish Champ2018-05-11T06:00:00

A £450m investment could lead to smarter trains - and more of them

Infrastructure firms have welcomed the government’s plans for all new trains and signalling being digital or digital ready from 2019 in what ministers say will be a £450m investment programme.

Announcing the new strategy Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the new digital technology would safely allow more trains to run an hour by running trains closer together, cut delays by allowing trains to get moving more rapidly after disruption and boost mobile and wi-fi connectivity.

“We are investing in the biggest modernisation of our railway since Victorian times to deliver what passengers want to see, namely faster, more reliable and more comfortable journeys,” he added.

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