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"Things must be thought of together"

ETCS, ATO and FRMCS must be thought together without paralysing each other through too strong dependencies in technology development, says publishing director Manuel Bosch.

17. März 2022

Rail Impacts

Development of a Safe Computing Platform started

The conversion of the rail industry to digital technologies poses special challenges in terms of safety, especially on the software side. These are to be met with the specification of a Safe Computing Platform.

17. März 2022

Rail Impacts

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

Rail Impacts

Hitachi Rail wins ERTMS framework contract from RFI

Hitachi Rail has been awarded a framework contract by Italian infrastructure operator RFI to develop and implement ERTMS on 700km of railway lines worth EUR 500 mio.

15. März 2022

Rail Impacts

Thales to supply ERTMS Central Safety System to ProRail

Dutch infrastructure operator ProRail has named Thales as the best bidder for the delivery of the ERTMS Central Safety System (CSS).

15. März 2022

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Accurate train location data trial in Great Britain

Potential uses of very precise train location data are being assessed from a trial installation of Thales’ Robust Train Positioning System on a Great Western Railway Class 150 diesel multiple-unit in Great Britain.

10. März 2022

Rail Impacts

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

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Tilting technology and ETCS active simultaneously on German ICE trains

On 02.02.2022, for the first time in Germany, a timetable operation took place in which both the track curve-dependent tilting technology (GNT) and the train control system ETCS were active.

08. März 2022

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Spanish Adif awards GSM-R and ESTW contracts

Spanish infrastructure manager Adif has awarded the contract to install and maintain a GSM-R mobile radio system on the Torralba - Soria and Aranda - Aranda de Duero branch lines to a consortium made up of Kontron Transportation España and Sistemas y Montajes Industriales.

03. März 2022

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Kontron installs and operates radio system for Grand Paris Express

Kontron Transportation has been awarded a contract by La Société du Grand Paris (SGP) to supply, install and maintain the operational radio system for Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express project.

03. März 2022

Rail Impacts

"The EU will push the fast rollout of ERTMS"

Looking at the statements of EU Transport Commissioner Adina Valean and ERTMS coordinator Matthias Ruete, it becomes clear: The ERTMS equipment of the European rail network is being pushed by Brussels, says publishing director Manuel Bosch.

03. März 2022

Rail Impacts

"Rail operators lack incentives to convert"

Matthias Ruete has been the European coordinator for the introduction of ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) since 2019. In an interview with Rail Impacts, he talks about the state of expansion, problems with the roll-out and measures with which the EU wants to accelerate the introduction.

02. März 2022

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Alstom to supply CBTC system for M12 metro line in Istanbul

Alstom will supply a CBTC system and the electromechanical infrastructure for the new M12 Ümraniye – Ataşehir – Göztepe metro line in Istanbul.

02. März 2022

Rail Impacts

Hitachi supplies ERTMS components for Swedish maintenance trains

Hitachi Rail has signed a contract to install new digital signalling technologies on board of two maintenance trains operated by Swedish rail maintenance company Infranord.

01. März 2022

Rail Impacts

Mitsubishi wins CBTC contract for Metro New York

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has been awarded a contract to supply a CBTC system for the eastern section of Metro New York's Queens Boulevard Line (QBL).

01. März 2022