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Railtex 2015: Day Three Live Blog

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13.36

"The future of train control:The convergence of signalling systems" @Railtex #interesting

— Judy Viitanen (@JVPRimage) May 14, 2015

Under 1hr til @Railtex @RailChampions Platform session, talking how understanding whole railway influences ability to sustain performance

— RenlimM (@renlimm) May 14, 2015

13.06

Saleem Mohammad from @networkrail attracting a big crowd at the Knowledge Hub! #Railtex2015 #rail pic.twitter.com/HlUmuB2bNL

— Railtex (@Railtex) May 14, 2015

13.00

Would other visitors at Railtex 2015 agree with Richard?

Seems to be a much more #international show this year #railtex pic.twitter.com/vDyFbC65KM

— Richard Weatherburn (@RichardinDorset) May 14, 2015

12.55

Catch-up from the earlier session with Ian Jones from Siemens on the future of train control.

Jones starting off with a bit of history and what has changed with Signalling. @Siemens_RailUK #Railtex2015 @Railtex pic.twitter.com/Q8foxEfovb

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

Jones says one of the changes is the capacity of the microprocessors – intra operability and very close headway trains future possibility

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

Jones from @Siemens_RailUK says that merging of mass transit and mainline can be see in Crossrail. #Railtex2015

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

Jones says we are using ERTMS with ATO to increase the capability of mainline railways using mass transit technology. #Railtex2015

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

12.50

Here's RTM's Patrick Bowley showing off a very impressive-looking van...

New branding for #rail industry fleet vehicles? pic.twitter.com/08fm5U6BPo

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

12.00

David Goddard from Network Rail is currently talking about the future of data collection. Here’s what he’s saying:

.@networkrail's David Goddard is just about to discuss the future of data collection @Railtex pic.twitter.com/8kr2DZ3BnB

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

Goddard says NR's 12-strong data fleet collects 18 streams, such as track geometry, & covers 550,000 data miles p/yr pic.twitter.com/25Zoh9QGLD

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

The more congested network is making it difficult for @networkrail to carry out measurement runs, says Goddard.

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

Also, the ageing data fleet is becoming ubreliable & not fit for purpose. But the Data Collection Services Enhancement scheme tackling this

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

11.41

COMING UP: 11:50pm David Goddard presenting on 'Network Rail Data Collection Service Enhancement' at the Knowledge Hub #rail #Railtex2015

— Railtex (@Railtex) May 14, 2015

New Armaflex Rail SD insulation from @ArmacellUK for railway vehicles launches at @Railtex: http://t.co/NBsq25exCc pic.twitter.com/7rOPMn4GBQ

— BPS News (@BarbourNews) May 14, 2015

COMING UP: 20 mins until @rover_dan from @TataSteelRail presenting 'Ribbons of steel - Rails with extra life' 11:40am at Technical Theatre

— Railtex (@Railtex) May 14, 2015

11.37

Excited for the imminent start to a session on a new approach to specifying rolling stock w/ David Polhill from ATOC pic.twitter.com/DnHodHG2iJ

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

Polhill talking about the different aspects of Eurospec #Railtex2015 pic.twitter.com/5SwVaK0BR5

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

11.06

@Railtex audience told, provided it is safe, trains should run over defects and be fixed at night. Rather than impacting on passengers.

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

@SW_Trains is using CREST programme to analyse sub-threshold data. And it is helping to tackle this issue, says Shoveller.

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

11.04

Shoveller says that speed restrictions are a major cause of problems @SW_Trains pic.twitter.com/AaJrceRqCz

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

10.53

Shoveller says @SW_Trains £1bn passenger revenue, in the past, was not being optimised. Project Delta tackling this. pic.twitter.com/a36xfeB3I1

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

10.45

More from the session with South West Trains CEO Tim Shoveller:

Shoveller says @SW_Trains Alliance has meant that contingency planning has helped reduce delays and recovery times. pic.twitter.com/Q76grphm2j

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

However, Shoveller admits that passengers do get frustrated but there have been greater benefits from the Alliance.

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

Although there are benefits with Alliance, there are challenges. Running two organisations as one, for instance, says @SW_Trains' Shoveller

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

Shoveller says the only way to improve capacity is focusing on sub-threshold delays. pic.twitter.com/JyOSpzwRQx

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

10.38

Some tweets from around the exhibition hall this morning:

Tim Shoveller, CEO, S.Western Railway starting today's presentations w/'A look at collaboration in the South West' pic.twitter.com/VSLJpmjRVv

— Railtex (@Railtex) May 14, 2015

Day 3 @Railtex continues where 1 & 2 left off. Many exciting projects requiring total #rail solutions. Meet us on ABB stand R31 #Railtex2015

— Furse Lightning (@FurseLightning) May 14, 2015

Here we go for the third and final day at #RailTex!

— RSSB (@RSSB_rail) May 14, 2015

And so the final day of @#Railtex2015 has begun! It's been a great show, pop by stand T16 & say hello! @Railtex pic.twitter.com/1Qi0HU5ttK

— TQ Pearson (@TQ_Pearson) May 14, 2015

Final day @Railtex demonstrating @davranetworks remote asset condition monitoring, on-board, trackside & station #IoT pic.twitter.com/kzxPbZ36sH

— Luke (@lukemanuel05) May 14, 2015

Last day of @Railtex so visit Stand V90 to see @ByteSnap's ruggedized data logger and remote monitoring solution pic.twitter.com/W28ndqRtzt

— Vitis PR (@VitisPR) May 14, 2015

Our final day at @Railtex #Railtex2015 join us at stand V91 and meet the LIVE Instrumentation Team. pic.twitter.com/4PmoUSIq6Z

— Mabey Hire (@MabeyHire) May 14, 2015

10.34

The first session of the final day is hosted by Tim Shoveller from South West Trains. He’s going to be talking about benefits of a deep alliance. RTM’s David Stevenson is there to listen:

This should be an interesting first session: Tim Shoveller @SW_Trains CEO on benefits of deep alliance. pic.twitter.com/AldVopAYAZ

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

Shoveller to talk a lot about 'whole system' railway following on from @HitachiRailEU's seminar yesterday on a similar topic.

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 14, 2015

10.30

Last night was the Railtex 2015 Awards Dinner and RTM was in attendance. Here’s a quick recap of the winners:

Newcomer to @Railtex award goes to B. Hepworth & Co.

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 13, 2015

The winner of the #railtex Innovation in Technology Award is trainpassengers .com

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 13, 2015

The winner of the Innovation in Safety Award at the #Railtex2015 Awards is... Trough-Tec Systems!

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 13, 2015

Best new rolling stock product goes to #Bombardier Transportation - jointly with #Londonunderground @ the #railtexawards

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 13, 2015

The winner of the Rolling Stock Maintenance Equipment award is Mechan!

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 13, 2015

The Best New Track or Infrastructure Product at the #Railtex2015 Awards goes to... @duracomposites

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 13, 2015

The judges choice @ this year's @Railtex awards has gone to....L.B Foster/TEW Group

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 13, 2015

#railtex Award for best space-only stand is @duracomposites

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 13, 2015

The winner of the best shell scheme stand award at #Railtex2015 is... @MPILTD

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 13, 2015

That's it for this year's @Railtex awards. Another good night. Congratulations to the winners.

— RTM (@rtmnews) May 13, 2015

10.25

The final day of Railtex 2015 has already kicked off. Keep it here for coverage of everything that's going on.