Kontron awarded GSM-R contract for ETCS in Slovakia
Posted: 28 March 2023 | Kontron Transportation | No comments yet
Kontron Transportation has won the public procurement for the implementation of a new turnkey GSM-R infrastructure for ETCS Level 2 on the Varín-Košice- Čierna nad Tisou line.
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A consortium under the lead of Kontron Transportation won the public procurement for the implementation of a new turnkey GSM-R infrastructure for ETCS Level 2 on the line into the Slovakia Railways network on the section Varín – Košice – Čierna nad Tisou – state border.
With the GSM-R mobile communication system, financed by the Connecting Europe Facility Found, a further milestone in the Slovakian Railway communication will be set. The objective of this modernisation project is interconnecting Slovakia’s West and East by high quality railway infrastructure in accordance with the TEN-T interoperability requirements and the transport policies of Slovakia and the EU.
The GSM-R system will ensure mobile telecommunication and data communication for the needs of railway operation and for the introduction of the ERTMS system on the section of the railway infrastructure Varín – Košice – Čierna nad Tisou. It is the main railway corridor in the Slovakian Republic and connects Western and Eastern Europe.
A digital railway network will be built that will bring benefits for railway operators and passengers. For example, a modern communication system will enable railways to provide better information for passengers and reliable radio coverage will increase the safety of train drivers, maintenance crews and passengers.
A consortium of the companies Kontron Transportation s.r.o., AŽD Praha s.r.o. and Elektrizace železnic Praha a.s. will work on the realisation of this project. Kontron Transportation is leading the consortium.
“We are looking forward to a good cooperation with our partners and customer and to contributing to the modernisation of another important section of the line,” Bernd Eder, Chief Operating Officer for Kontron Transportation, said.
Kontron Transportation will develop, design, integrate and implement all components together with the consortium partners. The implementation work will start in the first quarter of 2023 and will take approximately two years.
