05 July 2007

Delivery Success for Westbury Signal Post Telephone System

STS Rail have announced the successful completion and early delivery of a major contract awarded by Network Rail and prime contractor Siemens Transportation Systems to renew the SPT telephone system in the Westbury region, on one of the busiest freight lines from the West Country.

Factory Acceptance Westbury Telephone System
Factory acceptance success for STS Rails' General Manager, Phil Tait (right) with Siemens engineering manager Sean McDonald (left) and James Soole from Network Rail

The contract is part of Network Rail’s major investment programme and involves the replacement of the existing life-expired concentrators at Westbury PSB and remote site at Castle Cary. The new networked system will have a capacity in excess of 270 trackside telephones and a Public Emergency Telephone (PETS) system.

Commenting on the contract award, Phil Tait, STS Rails’ General Manager, said: “We are delighted to have been awarded this contract and to be part of the significant investment being made by Network Rail Western Territory”.

All STS Rail systems are manufactured in England and provide a cost effective, genuine non-blocking concentrator solution that offers high reliability and improved maintainability with full engineering support.