After years of negative media attention, Crossrail, Europe’s largest infrastructure project delivered the Elizabeth line into revenue service on 24th May 2022. Despite complex interfaces and numerous technical challenges along the way the line is now carrying well over 2 million passengers per week in the central section with high levels of safety, reliability and customer satisfaction. This talk will look back at how the challenges with the Elizabeth line’s signalling systems were overcome, the path to line-opening and the early in-service experience.
Andy has spent 35 years with London Underground, Metronet and TfL Engineering in and around their signal engineering functions. Key roles have included Application Design-Review Team Leader for the Jubilee Line Extension, Project Engineer for the close-out of the Central Line Project, Asset Engineer for the Victoria Line Upgrade and the Independent Competent Person’s Rep. for the Four-Lines Modernisation programme. Now as Signalling & Control Systems Asset Engineer for Rail for London Infrastructure he has been responsible for accepting the system into service and overseeing the set-up of the Elizabeth line’s signalling asset management regime.
Hugh is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and MBA graduate with some 30 years’ experience in the Mainline and Metro railway industry. Hugh has spent 15 years supporting London Underground’s major multi-discipline investment programmes, including as the lead client engineer for the Victoria Line Upgrade and then on Four Lines Modernisation where he was the Head of Engineering with the introduction of the new CBTC signalling system in to passenger service. For the last 3 years, Hugh has been responsible for System Integration within Crossrail delivering the Elizabeth Line overseeing the Train, Signalling and Platform Screen Door integration which successfully went into Passenger Service earlier this year.