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ERA/UIC: Cooperation agreement signed

The European Railway Agency ERA and the International Union of Railways UIC will work more closely together in the future.

03. Dezember 2021

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ERFA publishes position paper

ERFA, European Rail Freight Association, has clarified in a position paper that the final text of the TEN-T Regulation agreed by the European Commission, Council and Parliament during the trilogue negotiations provides legal certainty and reflects the ambitious modal shift objectives already agreed in the European Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy.

09. Juni 2023

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Ermewa, Inveho und IRT Railenium cooperate

Wagon owner Ermewa, workshop and wagon builder Inveho and the French research institute for railway technology IRT Railenium have launched their joint research and innovation project Maintenance 4.0 (M4.0).

25. Januar 2023

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ERTMS conference explores rollout strategies and ‘game changer’ enhancements

More than 500 delegates converged on Valenciennes end of April for the 2022 ERTMS Conference organised by the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA).

10. Mai 2022

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ERTMS connection of the new tunnel in Madrid

On 01.07.2022, the new standard gauge tunnel between Madrid-Chamartín Clara Campoamor and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha Túnel de la risa stations was put into operation.

01. Juli 2022

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ERTMS CSS project: successful test

ProRail is implementing ERTMS, which must be available on the busiest lines in the Netherlands by 2030.

16. Dezember 2022

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ERTMS deployment Copenhagen - Ringsted postponed to 2023

The commissioning of ERTMS on the line between Copenhagen and Ringsted via Køge Nord is postponed by three months.

23. Juni 2022

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ERTMS for class 253 locomotives

Spanish Renfe Mercancías has awarded Alstom a contract for the supply and installation of the ERTMS Baseline 3 system for twenty-eight class 253 locomotives.

11. Juli 2023

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„Ervaringsrijden“: ProRail brings theoretical ERTMS knowledge into practice

Application training in practice: when it comes to using ERTMS, the Dutch railway company ProRail will soon be training its drivers directly on the object.

13. September 2022

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ETCS equipment also started on Stuttgart regional trains

After the first Stuttgart S-Bahn train arrived at Alstom in mid-March for conversion to ETCS and ATO, the first regional train followed at the beginning of April as planned.

08. April 2022

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ETCS in Europe between political will and practical implementation

The nationwide expansion of ETCS is the declared and urgent goal of European railway policy. However, the widespread expansion of ETCS is still a long way off, as SCI Verkehr shows in its latest MultiClient Study "ETCS - Development until 2030 in Europe".

08. Juni 2022

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ETCS knowledge sharing in UK

DB Cargo UK recently took a Class 66 diesel locomotive to Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR) Hornsey depot, so the freight operator could learn more about the passenger operator’s approach to rolling out ETCS.

01. März 2023

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ETCS laboratory: first stage to go into operation at the end of 2022

The future German ETCS laboratory of the Federal Railway Authority (EBA) and the German Centre for Rail Transport Research (DZSF) is to actively advance the research and development of the European train control system.

16. März 2022

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ETCS laboratory of the DZSF at two locations - internal use only

The ETCS laboratory of the German Centre for Rail Traffic Research (DZSF) is being built at two locations, project manager Martin Lehnert reported at the annual conference of railway experts in Fulda at the beginning of May.

25. Mai 2022

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ETCS Level 1 from Greece to Bulgaria

Christos Vinis, President and CEO of the infrastructure manager ErgOSE, has announced that the signalling with ETCS Level 1 of the section Platy - Thessaloniki (northern part of the Athens - Thessaloniki magistrale) has been completed.

09. März 2022