SNC-Lavalin will design, deliver and operate the National ETCS Test Verification, Validation and Integration Laboratory. SNC-Lavalin Group, the parent company of Atkins, has signed an agreement with the UK railway owner and operator Network Rail to deliver an advanced signalling equipment test facility. Under the ten-year deal, the company will design, deliver and operate the new National ETCS Test Verification, Validation and Integration Laboratory in collaboration with Multitel.
This test facility will support the installation of the European Train Control System (ETCS), as well as the European Rail Traffic Management System across the rail network. The testing will facilitate the safe and efficient modernisation of the UK’s railway network.