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National Rail Enquiries - NREM Project
National Rail Enquiries (NRE) provides information on train times, routes, and fares to passengers travelling throughout the UK’s rail network.
CLIENT
National Rail Enquiries
INDUSTRY
Transport
SERVICE
Cloud
PARTNER
aws
The client
NRE’sinformationfeedsarepoweredbythreedifferentsourcesknownasKnowledgebase(KB),Darwin,andOnlineJourneyPlanner(OJP).
The challenges
TheNREsolution,hostedonAWS,hasevolvedovermanyyearsandrequiredatechnicalrefresh.
This would provide up-to-date services and a fresh, progressive web application to replace the existing internal and public websites.
TISL engaged Nasstar as their trusted advisor to establish the infrastructure requirements for a new and improved NRE platform - a system that consists of two distinct tiers, the front-end and the back-end.
Our goal
DesignanddeliverimprovedAWSinfrastructurefortheNationalRailEnquiryModernisationproject.
The outcome
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Enhanced reliability and resilience
By deploying a resilient architecture across two AWS availability zones, the solution ensures high availability and minimal downtime, maintaining service continuity even during potential disruptions.
Improved operational efficiency
With intelligent auto-scaling based on container metrics and serverless technology, the system dynamically adjusts to user demand, ensuring consistent performance and efficient resource utilisation.
Accelerated deployment and innovation
Terraform automation enables rapid provisioning and deployment of infrastructure, allowing new features and updates to be delivered quickly and consistently, improving time to market.
Stronger security and proactive monitoring
Integration with a central security hub and advanced monitoring tools, including CloudWatch, machine learning, and real-time analytics, ensures robust protection, early issue detection, and data-driven system optimisation.
What NRE has to say
"As a trusted partner to RDG, we engaged Nasstar early on in the design phase of the website upgrade. Nasstar was able to supply highly skilled resources to help us build the solution and offer advice and technical support throughout the development phase. Nasstar was able to adapt and respond to our changing needs as the rail industry moves around us! We continue to work with Nasstar through the next phases of the NRE Modernisation programme, and they will remain a key partner in our success."
Claire Smith
Senior Project Manager
•Rail Delivery Group