INFRASTRUCTURE DIGITAL RAILWAY

摘要

The Digital Railway programme is the industry's plan to tackle the UK's capacity crunch by accelerating the digital modernisation of the railway. Parts of the UK's railway system are already operating above designed capacity at peak, with some services up to 200% over capacity, and passenger numbers are set to double in the next 25 years. Freight demand has also exploded, growing 100% since 2003. The benefits digitisation could provide in relieving this have been much discussed, as well as the benefits wider modernisation could bring to Network Rail, passengers and freight customers in terms of network resilience, reliability and safety.