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Bombardier wins first rail control contract in Ethiopia
8 October 2014 | By Bombardier Transportation
Bombardier to deliver rail signalling solution for new 400 km line Awash-Weldia Line...
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European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS)
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).
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SNCB to equip 449 trains with Alstom’s ERTMS level 2 signalling solution
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...
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Alstom launches Atlas 400 and 500, the first scalable ERTMS solutions
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...
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GIRO celebrates 35 years of improving public transport efficiency
7 August 2014 | By Flir
Keeping costs down while ensuring quality services is a major challenge in the passenger transportation industry.
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CAF Signalling wins contract for the Level 2 ERTMS System on the Vandellós-Tarragona High Speed section
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...
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Next generation of trains for the Intercity Express Programme
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…
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Bombardier enters ERTMS Level 2 high speed rail control market in Spain
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...
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Signalling & Telecommunications supplement
In our latest free-to-view Signalling & Telecommunications Supplement, read about the state of ETCS across Europe plus an openETCS@ITEA2 project update...
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Kapsch granted approval by the Office of Rail Transportation for the first GSM-R system in Poland
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...
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The development of ERTMS in the Czech Republic
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…
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An openETCS@ITEA2 project update
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…
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ERTMS: Continuing to shape compatibility and harmonisation in Europe
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…
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Kapsch to implement two more railway communications projects in the Czech Republic
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...
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Bombardier wins contract to upgrade second section of Mediterranean Corridor
8 May 2014 | By Bombardier Transportation
Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation, as the lead in a consortium with Thales, has won the second contract to be awarded by Spain's Administrator of Railway Infrastructure, ADIF, for the upgrade of the Mediterranean Corridor...
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Kapsch to install GSM-R in trans-European train route in Slovakia
29 April 2014 | By Kapsch
Integration of Slovakian rail network is a key element in the European ERTMS project...