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The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) is a traffic management system that provides a unified signalling and train control system throughout Europe. A key component of ERTMS is the on-board rolling stock signalling equipment known as the European Train Control System (ETCS).
The Paris-Lyon high-speed line will soon benefit from more trains with improved regularity and performance following funding support from the European Union of approximately €117 million for the deployment of ERTMS Level 2 along Europe's most heavily trafficked line.
Placed by Bane NOR SF, the €800 million order will provide a new digital signalling system that will enhance safety, punctuality and capacity for Norway and is planned to be completed in 2034...
Rail Baltica – a new, fast, conventional, European gauge, mixed traffic, ERTMS-equipped railway line with design speeds of 240km/h – is not only the Baltic region’s project of the century. As Kaspars Briškens, Head of Business Development at Rail Baltica explains, it is also one that exemplifies the priority pillars…
The Polish company, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe, has awarded the contract to modernise their critical communications network, which is expected to enhance reliability and safety of nationwide railway operations…
Norway’s modernisation programme includes a new signalling system and will increase the attractiveness of rail travel through improved passenger service as well as delivering environmental, social and economic benefits across the country…
In cooperation with the Dutch infrastructure operator ProRail and Rotterdam Rail Feeding (RRF), Alstom is to carry out automation tests which should improve the railway operations…
Throughout the last two centuries train control has transformed, taking many forms. The current pressing requirements for our rail systems, however, are to augment existing infrastructure and reduce headways. To this end efforts are being made worldwide to introduce new technologies, replace assets and systems to enhance reliability, accessibility, maintainability…
High-capacity European Rail Traffic Management (ERTMS) signalling technology to play central role in Sweden's ambitious 11,000km rail network upgrade...
Bombardier’s INTERFLO rail control has completed almost four months of successful operation on the first section of the 360km Casablanca to Tanger-Med Line.
Rail Freight Corridor 6 (RFC6) aims to make international rail freight transport more competitive and attractive. For Global Railway Review, RFC6’s Stefano Marcoccio (ERTMS Team Leader) and Andrea Galluzzi (Managing Director), cover details of the ERTMS/ETCS strategy along this important corridor.
Urban mobility is currently undergoing somewhat of a paradigm shift. What once was the exclusive domain of private cars, now offers a myriad of intermodal transportation solutions, demonstrating a marked shift in the way individuals traverse towns and cities. The boundaries of such areas are increasingly defined by the time…
The capacity analysis for the Comprehensive Rail Network in the Western Balkans (carried out under a REBIS1 study) showed that approximately 19 per cent (900km) of lines require upgrading. Depending on economic growth, between 25-33 per cent of the network (1,200km-1,500km) will require some upgrading before 2030. Given the current…
Advances to rail signalling and train control systems will make international rail transport more competitive and attractive. But implementing strategies and understanding new digital solutions must be addressed before improvements can be realised...
On 23 August 2017, Global Railway Review hosted a webinar in association with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), which showcased their innovative Rail Control System (RCS) and the benefits it can offer to other infrastructure managers. Here Daniel Achermann, Senior Expert on Traffic Management Systems at SBB, responds to some key…
Angel Trains Ltd has delivered the first UK Designated Body (DeBo) certified Class 180 train fitted with the new European Train Control System (ETCS) to Grand Central in readiness for the introduction of the digital signalling system on the East Coast Mainline.
