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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).
ERTMS/GSM-R offers a portfolio of features, implemented to support traffic management as well as operational staff work and the applications to enhance services to passengers. This system is being rolled-out all over Europe and is becoming an international standard with projects in five continents. It is the basis for the…
3 December 2014 | By Jose P. Neves, REFER Telecom and Fernando Vendas, REFER Engineering
Interoperability has become a key word in the European transport policy, with the aim of improving transport services. The application/renewal of signalling and telecommunication systems in the Portuguese railway network will follow this legal requirement and migrate to the new European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS). Jose P. Neves from…
8 October 2014 | By Bombardier Transportation
Bombardier to deliver rail signalling solution for new 400 km line Awash-Weldia Line...
2 October 2014 | By Alstom
Alstom has secured a contract worth 70 million Euros to supply ATLAS 200 on-board signalling equipment to the Belgian operator SNCB-NMBS for 449 trains in commercial service. Delivery will start in 2016...
24 September 2014 | By Alstom
Alstom launches Atlas 400 and 500 to offer scalable ERTMS for traffic density from 6 to 600 trains per day, whether on passenger, freight or mixed traffic lines...
7 August 2014 | By Flir
Keeping costs down while ensuring quality services is a major challenge in the passenger transportation industry.
23 July 2014 | By CAF Signalling
ADIF Alta Velocidad has awarded the consortium of CAF Signalling, Revenga Ingenieros and FCC Industrial e Infraestructuras Energéticas a € 98.6m contract...
Thanks to privatisation, the UK’s railways are a huge success story with more people than ever using the rail network. Over the last year, there was a 5.7% increase in passenger journeys to 1.6 billion. While this increase is welcome it brings with it challenges. Stephen Hammond – the UK’s…
16 June 2014 | By Bombardier Transportation
Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation has added a new European Rail Traffic Management System Level 2 high speed reference to its portfolio...
In our latest free-to-view Signalling & Telecommunications Supplement, read about the state of ETCS across Europe plus an openETCS@ITEA2 project update...
27 May 2014 | By Kapsch
The President of the Polish Office of Rail Transportation has granted the approval for the operation of the GSM-R system implemented by Kapsch CarrierCom on route E30 on the Bielawa Dolna – Węgliniec – Legnica route...
SŽDC is a state-organisation tasked with the role of railway infrastructure manager for the Czech Republic. The country’s railway network has approximately 9,459km of lines which consist of 1,950km of double-and multi-tracks and 7,509km of single track lines operating with standard gauge. Only 23km of single-track lines are narrow-gauged. Approximately…
The openETCS® concept consists of two components: a commercial one, requesting open source licensed ETCS OBU software, plus a three-year openETCS® R&D project within the ITEA2 cluster of the EUREKA R&D framework. Now almost halfway through, the project has already reached one of its mayor milestones – providing a tools…
ERTMS development was launched in 1989. The objective was to shape a harmonised and unified system for signalling, train control and train communication. The main drivers of this decision were not only to facilitate interoperability across the European railway and to improve technical compatibility (e.g. compatibility between vendor solutions) but…
15 May 2014 | By Kapsch
Supply of GSM-R core networks and access technology for a total of more than 300 kilometers of railway lines...
