Sentence examples for digital railway from inspiring English sources

Roger Ford of industry magazine Modern Railways says: "We've had a digital railway since 1985.

But Carne is not without opponents: some in the industry say he has overstated the benefits of the digital railway while appearing to disparage its current operation.

"The chief exec is a nice bloke and he has this idea about the digital railway and getting the most out of the railway in the next 30 years – but no one is listening because they can't fix London Bridge".

Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne says the best way to meet burgeoning demand is what he calls the "digital railway": bringing forward the replacement of signalling by decades so that more trains can run on the existing network.

A detailed business case is being drawn up but the digital railway idea has influential supporters in the Department for Transport as discussions over the next five-year plan begin.

But he is resilient and an optimist: last week he outlined how he wanted to speed up plans for a digital railway to arrive by 2029 – so he can be around to see it.

An extra £1.1bn investment in English transport networks was announced in the autumn statement, with £220m to address traffic pinch points on strategic roads; £450m to trial digital signalling on railways; and £390m invested in low emission and autonomous vehicles.

Last week, the finance minister, Arun Jaitley, announced a series of discounts on digital transactions for petrol, railway tickets and insurance policies.

Finally, Table 3 mentions the GSM-R, the "Global System for Mobile Communication for Railways", the digital cellular system standardized in order to harmonize train to ground radio systems for control/command on board trans-European trains.

Meanwhile, Carne still hopes to bring forward his vision for a railway transformed by digital technology, which would overhaul signalling and allow more trains onto the network.

Global System for Mobile Communications-Railway (GSM-R) [1] is the digital mobile communication system specially designed for railway communication.