Network Rail has awarded a £130m contract to Alstom to deliver much of
the work under a five-year agreement.

"As part of the project, Alstom will deliver the complete renewal of the
signalling system for the Cambridge area to replace the existing
equipment which was installed in the early 1980s,” says a spokesperson
for Network Rail.

Full story FWIW (local press):

<https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/traffic/cambridge-area-to-get-major-rail-improvements-8709730>

Also includes: 'Automatic half barrier crossings at Waterbeach,
Dullingham and Six Mile Bottom are to be upgraded to manually controlled
barriers.'??

In message <sv36u4$1l4s$1@gioia.aioe.org>, at 17:36:04 on Tue, 22 Feb
2022, JGD <news@prodata.co.uk> remarked:
>Network Rail has awarded a £130m contract to Alstom to deliver much of
>the work under a five-year agreement.
>
>"As part of the project, Alstom will deliver the complete renewal of
>the signalling system for the Cambridge area to replace the existing
>equipment which was installed in the early 1980s,” says a
>spokesperson for Network Rail.
>
>Full story FWIW (local press):
>
><https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/traffic/cambridge-area-to-get-major-
>rail-improvements-8709730>
>
>Also includes: 'Automatic half barrier crossings at Waterbeach,
>Dullingham and Six Mile Bottom are to be upgraded to manually
>controlled barriers.'??

It's garbled non-railway speak. But probably means they'll be replaced
by full-barrier crossings where the manual control is a bloke in the
signalling centre lowering them several minutes before the train is
expected, checking manually that they are clear, and then manually
signalling the track as clear for the train to proceed.

I wonder if this means they've abandoned further rollout the automatic
crossing-clear equipment installed a few years ago on routes to Norwich
(and also I think at Chettisham).
--
Roland Perry

On 22 Feb 2022 18:10, Roland Perry wrote:
> In message <sv36u4$1l4s$1@gioia.aioe.org>, at 17:36:04 on Tue, 22 Feb
> 2022, JGD <news@prodata.co.uk> remarked:
>>Network Rail has awarded a £130m contract to Alstom to deliver much
of
>>the work under a five-year agreement.
>>
>>"As part of the project, Alstom will deliver the complete renewal of
>>the signalling system for the Cambridge area to replace the existing
>>equipment which was installed in the early 1980s," says a
>>spokesperson for Network Rail.
>>
>>Full story FWIW (local press):
>>
>><https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/traffic/cambridge-area-to-get-major-
>>rail-improvements-8709730>
>>
>>Also includes: 'Automatic half barrier crossings at Waterbeach,
>>Dullingham and Six Mile Bottom are to be upgraded to manually
>>controlled barriers.'??
>
> It's garbled non-railway speak. But probably means they'll be replaced
> by full-barrier crossings where the manual control is a bloke in the
> signalling centre lowering them several minutes before the train is
> expected, checking manually that they are clear, and then manually
> signalling the track as clear for the train to proceed.
>
> I wonder if this means they've abandoned further rollout the automatic
> crossing-clear equipment installed a few years ago on routes to Norwich
> (and also I think at Chettisham).

The commercial press releases and the consultation papers mention OD.

In message <j7lcijF9u3vU1@mid.individual.net>, at 00:14:10 on Wed, 23
Feb 2022, Rupert Moss-Eccardt <nin@moss-eccardt.com> remarked:
>On 22 Feb 2022 18:10, Roland Perry wrote:
>> In message <sv36u4$1l4s$1@gioia.aioe.org>, at 17:36:04 on Tue, 22 Feb
>> 2022, JGD <news@prodata.co.uk> remarked:
>>>Network Rail has awarded a £130m contract to Alstom to deliver much
>of
>>>the work under a five-year agreement.
>>>
>>>"As part of the project, Alstom will deliver the complete renewal of
>>>the signalling system for the Cambridge area to replace the existing
>>>equipment which was installed in the early 1980s," says a
>>>spokesperson for Network Rail.
>>>
>>>Full story FWIW (local press):
>>>
>>><https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/traffic/cambridge-area-to-get-major-
>>>rail-improvements-8709730>
>>>
>>>Also includes: 'Automatic half barrier crossings at Waterbeach,
>>>Dullingham and Six Mile Bottom are to be upgraded to manually
>>>controlled barriers.'??
>>
>> It's garbled non-railway speak. But probably means they'll be replaced
>> by full-barrier crossings where the manual control is a bloke in the
>> signalling centre lowering them several minutes before the train is
>> expected, checking manually that they are clear, and then manually
>> signalling the track as clear for the train to proceed.
>>
>> I wonder if this means they've abandoned further rollout the automatic
>> crossing-clear equipment installed a few years ago on routes to Norwich
>> (and also I think at Chettisham).
>
>The commercial press releases and the consultation papers mention OD.

Thanks. It's the "manually controlled", when they are to all intents and
purposes fully automatic, that's confusing for the public.
--
Roland Perry