REGISTER

WJ Adamson AMIRSE

In recent years, the importance of a modern, efficient, signalling system for the Railways of Great Britain has increased enormously. Since the Nationalisation of the Railway Companies in 1947, the British Railways, or British Rail, as it is now called, has spent over £400 million on the modernisation of its Railway System, to meet the demand for a faster and more economic service.

The signalling system has advanced from being a means of providing safety for the running of the railway, to a point where it is essential for the control of the railway network and although safety is still a basic requirement, the purpose of such a system is to co-ordinate and control1 traffic in the most efficient and economic manner possible.

This paper has tried to outline some of the many developments which have taken place over these years of modernisation and to stress a few of the advantages which may be gained from extensive signalling installations.