Invensys Rail Group was a division of

Invensys Invensys Ltd. was a multinational engineering and information technology company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was formed in 1999 through the merger of BTR plc and Siebe plc. It had offices in more than 50 countries and its prod ...

, a UK-based multinational engineering company. It was a designer, manufacturer and integrator of railway equipment, including automation, signalling and controls. The group was headquartered in

Chippenham Chippenham is a market town in northwest Wiltshire, England. It lies northeast of Bath, west of London, and is near the Cotswolds Area of Natural Beauty. The town was established on a crossing of the River Avon and some form of settlement i ...

, Wiltshire, and , had over 2,750 employees in 14 locations internationally. It operated through four companies: * Invensys Rail Dimetronic (Spain, Portugal and Latin America); *

Westinghouse Rail Systems Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd (formerly ''Westinghouse Signals Ltd'') was a British supplier of railway signalling and control equipment to the rail industry worldwide. Its head office was in Chippenham, Wiltshire, where it manufactured a varie ...

(UK); and * Invensys Rail Systems Australia incorporating Westinghouse Signals Australia and Foxboro Transportation, now known collectively as WRSA (Westinghouse Rail Systems Australia). Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd (WRSL) (UK) was previously known as Westinghouse Signals Ltd and before that was part of

Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company The Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company Ltd was a British manufacturer of railroad signs. Founded by George Westinghouse, it was registered as "Westinghouse Brake Company" in 1881. The company reorganised in 1920, associating with Evans O'Donnel ...

, named after inventor

George Westinghouse George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer based in Pennsylvania who created the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry, receiving his first patent at the age ...

. The other part of Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company, Westinghouse Brakes Ltd, was sold by Invensys to

Knorr-Bremse Knorr-Bremse AG is a German manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles that has operated in the field for over 110 years. Other products in Group's portfolio include intelligent door systems, control components, air c ...

investor relations news release, 25 April 2000
Invensys Sells Westinghouse Brakes to Knorr-Bremse
'. Retrieved from the

Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, ...

on 30 March 2008. and has since left the Chippenham site to set up in the nearby town of

Melksham Melksham () is a town on the River Avon in Wiltshire, England, about northeast of Trowbridge and south of Chippenham. At the 2011 census, the Melksham built-up area had a population of 19,357, making it Wiltshire's fifth-largest settlement aft ...

. On 28 November 2012, Invensys agreed to sell its rail arm to

Siemens Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational conglomerate corporation and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe headquartered in Munich with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the corporation are ''Industry'', ''E ...

AG for £1.7bn. The sale was completed on 2 May 2013, and the group was amalgamated with the Siemens’ Rail Automation Business Unit in the Mobility and Logistics Division, which in turn a part of Infrastructure & Cities sector of Siemens.Railwail gazette
Sale of Invensys rail to Siemens AG.

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''Rail lines: Tracking developments in rail systems''
– group blog *http://www.railpage.com.au/news-11770.htm *http://www.news.com.au/business/breaking-news/siemens-buys-invensys-rail-automation-arm/story-e6frfkur-1226526269654
Reuters
*http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/siemens-agrees-to-buy-invensys-rail.html Rail industry Railway infrastructure companies {{England-rail-transport-stub