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PC-based solution for UK's newest station

Landscape and portrait TFT displays, developed from Infotec’s extensive and proven range of hardware, are being successfully driven by Blackbox client application software at Beaulieu Park, the new Greater Anglia station.

The open application displays have a PC controller onboard, rather than Infotec’s Tetrus controller, which means that customers can run their own applications on them using either a LINUX or Windows operating system.

The client application is the running application that handles the real-world communications interfaces, the presentation to be shown, and content management. Third party Content Management Systems (CMS) are fully able to operate and use all the resources of the display and many of the UK’s major Customer Information Services (CIS) providers now use them.

The steelwork display mounts for the Beaulieu displays which are positioned on platform and outdoors have all been designed and provided by Infotec.

Beaulieu Park station is the first new station to open on the Great Eastern Mainline for more than 100 years! It is located in Boreham, north of Chelmsford, has three platforms, and means passengers can travel into London (Liverpool Street) in 40 minutes.

 It opened to passengers on October 26, 2025, and was formally opened by Lord Peter Hendy CBE, the minister for rail, and The Right Honourable Sir James Cleverly, MP for Braintree, the following day.

Commenting on Infotec’s involvement in the prestigious project, Managing Director Neil Scott said: “We are delighted to add Blackbox to the clients for whom we have supplied open application displays. These displays offer customers a huge variety of tried and tested hardware that is extremely easy for train operating company staff to manage.

“We congratulate everyone involved in the new station for providing customers with an outstanding transport facility.”