Signalling in days, not decades.

Universal Signalling is a Derby-based railway signalling company, founded in 2022. Our goal is to bring revolution to the stagnant worldwide railway signalling market through a unique blend of technology, operating model and open interface specification.

Rail is the greenest and most accessible mode of transport, and our growing team of industry experts are passionate about improving it. We recognise rail's countless benefits and want to help bring those benefits to more members of society, faster.

Railway signals in the fog showing red and green

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Who are we?

U-Cross team 'Highly Commended' in Rail Cymru awards

13 November 2026

The team behind the U-Cross Heart of Wales deployment has been highly commended in the 'Acting as one Team - Infrastructure Delivery' category at the Spotlight Rail Cymru awards, held in Cardiff on 12 November 2026.

Universal Signalling congratulate all winners and nominees across every category in what was an incredibly high calibre awards ceremony.

Universal Signalling teams up with Ford Electronics to deliver TechFirst Local project

20 October 2026

Ford Electronics Ltd and Universal Signalling Ltd have been named one of 39 projects to receive funding from the Government’s TechFirst Local Fund. The award will support a project called Strengthening Local Tech Ecosystems: mmWave. Supported by Universal Signalling Ltd, Ford Electronics will develop a novel millimetre wave (mmWave) antenna for ship-to-shore railway communications.

Universal Signalling selects Ferrocene to develop the first Rust-based railway certification package

29 Sep 2026, Derby, England and Berlin, Germany:

Universal Signalling Ltd, a leading railway signalling company, and the team behind Ferrocene, the quality-managed, safety-qualified Rust toolchain, today announced a collaboration to develop the first railway certification package for Rust in compliance with EN 50716. The goal is to establish a certification pathway for using the Rust programming language in safety-critical railway applications. The collaboration will enable the use of qualified Rust tooling for safety-critical railway applications under EN 50716.

Team grows further as we welcome Year in Industry placement student, Theo

21 Sep 2026:

Theo Hawes, a third year MEng Chemical Engineering student has joined the Universal Signalling team on an Industrial Year for the next 10 months.

Theo will be working on several of our current projects, gaining vital experience of the whole product development lifecycle.

Team strengthened further with experienced hire

07 Sep 2026:

Universal Signalling have further strengthened their engineering team, with the appointment of Chris Stone, formerly of MPEC technology.

It's been great to have Chris hit the ground running this week, with him already getting involved in delivering our STeLoRS and Heart of Wales deployment projects.