Two consortia are making bids to install an advanced £400mrailway system for Railtrack on the West Coast line between London and Scotland.
The two consortia are headed by the Anglo-French GEC Alsthom and theGerman Adtranz. The systems will be unique in that both do away with theneed for coloured signals alongside the track.
A decision on the winner is expected in the summer.
- Financial Times 16/02/98 page 8