数字铁路转型是在数字时代的铁路用户提供更具动态，响应和适合的铁路。
Adopting digital train control technologies will enable us to deliver our services more efficiently and more cost effectively, than with conventional technologies. By working together, we are pursuing our digital strategy to realise benefits, to provide improved capacity, performance, safety and sustainability.
Digital signalling and train control technology will deliver significant benefits to passengers. In response to a request from the Secretary of State for Transport, the Digital Railway Programme has developed a Long-term Deployment Plan (LTDP) that proposes a partnership approach between Network Rail, the train operating companies (both freight and passenger), the rail industry supply chain and theDepartment for Transport. As the delivery of digital signalling requires multiple stakeholders to work together, fundamental to the success of this proposal is the co-ordination of budgets and asset renewal plans. This plan will also need to iterate over time as technology and network needs matures.
该LTDP考虑到拟合超过4,000列车的规模和复杂性，并为世界上最繁忙，最集中的铁路网络之一升级超过19,000英里的网络。这种尺寸和复杂性的网络不能整夜安装。它需要稳定的资产续订计划来管理向数字技术的过渡，并保持乘客和其他铁路用户服务的连续性。
因此，LTDP基于现有传统信令和火车控制资产的替代计划，为资产续约列出了框架和引人注目的案例，展示了现代信号和火车控制技术如何以安全且经济高效的方式提供：
- LDTP执行摘要概述了数字信令续订的情况，将车辆配件策略调整在轨道交付组网站和基础设施更新中。
- 附加的交互式PDF地图说明the Network Rail regions in England and Wales will gradually migrate to digital signalling technology over a 30-year period starting from 2024, the commencement of CP7.N.B. Scotland is included in the LTDP network analysis and has engaged in the process throughout. Since its completion in spring 2019 Scotland has agreed to undertake a Whole System Signalling Review with Transport Scotland and with the support of the Digital Railway Programme. This will iterate their long-term plans as part of the network plan thus this hasn’t been illustrated on the maps at this point.
我们相信，有限公司既可行，必要提供提供的资金，用于培训配件和基础设施更新，以满足各自计划所示的时间表。该方案期待在控制期间与行业利益相关者建立计划。
长期部署计划文件
理解备忘录（MOU）
To deploy digital signalling in the next control period (2024-2029) investment in both rolling stock and scheme development is needed now. As such, Network Rail and the DfT have agreed and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to serve as a framework to progress digital development.
The MoU defines clear roles and responsibilities between both parties to make sure that train and infrastructure fitment remains aligned and it shows the commitment and progress from government towards the Rail Sector Deal.