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| Formerly | Westinghouse Signals |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Transport |
| Founded | 1900 |
| Defunct | 2013 (2013) |
| Fate | Acquired bySiemens |
| Successor | Siemens Mobility |
| Headquarters | Chippenham, England |
| Products | Railway signalling |
| Owner | Invensys |
Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd (formerlyWestinghouse Signals Ltd) was a British supplier ofrailway signalling and control equipment to the rail industry worldwide. Its head office was inChippenham,Wiltshire, where it manufactured a variety of mechanical and electrical/electronicrailway signalling equipment. It had six other UK offices inCroydon,York, Birmingham,Crawley,Swanley and Glasgow. It also had a number of overseas offices, particularly in theFar East, including Melbourne.
Westinghouse was the largest signalling design and control engineering company within the UK. Its largest contract was awarded in 2004: a ten-year £850m re-signalling of eightLondon Underground lines for theMetronetPublic-Private Partnership.
The company was owned byInvensys plc before being sold to Siemens in 2013. It is now part ofSiemens Mobility, the Westinghouse name having been dropped.
Westinghouse Rail Systems' origin is in the signals division of Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company, which was founded as Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Company in 1920.Hawker Siddeley purchased that company in 1979 and sold it toBTR plc in 1992.[1] In 1999, BTR merged with Siebe to formInvensys.[1]
Invensys split the business into two companies, Westinghouse Signals and Westinghouse Brakes, then sold Westinghouse Brakes toKnorr-Bremse in April 2000.[2] Westinghouse Signals (invensys) is now part ofSiemens Mobility.
Westinghouse produces a variety of signalling and railway control equipment, including:
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