OREANDA-NEWS. Hitachi Rail Europe held a ceremonial event at its Global Headquarters in London to mark the awarding and signing of the Thameslink contract for Traffic Management (TM) in partnership with Network Rail Infrastructure Limited ("Network Rail").

HRE will supply Network Rail with a traffic management solution with options for the South East and London North Eastern programme, which will provide the framework for a blue print to support the roll out of a full digital railway.

Hitachi Rail's traffic management systems support railway operations that can be reconfigured flexibly in keeping with passenger demand, to manage and control the running of the railway and support the rapid recovery of operations in the event of a delay or disruption.

In Japan, these systems have been used on busy commuter networks, as well as Shinkansen high speed lines and other main lines for over 40 years, gaining Hitachi Rail a proven reputation for its punctuality and reliability in high density operations.

Hitachi has the technical capability and expertise to support and ensure reliable railway operations in Great Britain and will work closely with Network Rail on the deployment of Traffic Management Systems for the UK railway.

Technical scope of the project will be delivered by Hitachi Information Control Systems Europe Ltd, a new organisation that will bring together the products and experience of TRE, with those of the parent company's Information & Telecommunications Systems and Infrastructure Systems Divisions - this includes simulators, automatic routing systems and the Tranista Traffic Management Platform.