Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), with Siemens Mobility, has successfully upgraded one of its Class 717 Great Northern trains to the latest specification of the in-cab digital signalling, European Train Control System (ETCS)
Ground-breaking digital signalling technology is now controlling every single train that commuters catch on the Great Northern route to Moorgate in the City of London
No Thameslink or Great Northern trains between Potters Bar and St Neots, Potters Bar and Royston, or between Hertford North and Stevenage on Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December.
In a UK-first, a train has been driven on an intercity mainline in ETCS Level 2 digital signalling