IT systems fail to deliver and cost more than anticipated across the world, not just in Ireland
The directors of national railway operator Irish Rail were not happy, the official minutes indicate.
It was November 21st last year and the board of the State-owned rail company had just been told about delays to a new computer system designed to regulate train traffic across the network.
The initiative formed part of a wider National Train Control Centre that would also accommodate the Garda Síochána Dublin Metropolitan Region control centre.
The traffic-management element, integrating key systems such as signalling, has been described by the Minister for Transport as the “the brain of the railway network”.
The contract was awarded in June 2020 with a planned commissioning date in summer 2024. However, the project was lagging behind schedule, largely due to software development problems.
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