Nexus, the public transport body of Tyne and Wear, announced that will modernise its control room under a £12 million (EUR 13.57 million) programme. The authority is installing a new computerised signalling control system in the Metro control room in South Gosforth in Newcastle.
The RTMS system which will be installed is supplied by Derby based innovators Resonate
The new technology will transform the way that Metro trains are controlled, making operations more efficient and effective. The new system will transform the current layout of the Metro Control Room.
The Metro control room display board and button system will be replaced by a new Control desk with five 65 inch plasma screens and normal PC keyboard and mouse.
“The investment brings our signalling control systems into the digital age and it will be of huge benefit to Metro operations,” Managing Director of Nexus, Tobyn Hughes said.
The project is being funded as part of the £350 million (EUR 395.8 million) Metro “all change modernisation programme.”
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