Search results for Etcs/Ertms

Contract for the installation of ETCS on the Ratingen–Leverkusen line

As part of the Rhine-Alpine Corridor project, Alstom has been awarded the contract to implement ETCS on the Ratingen–Leverkusen line, [...]

Third of Four HSTs Fitted with ETCS Equipment in Loughborough

Network Rail has celebrated the conversion of the third of a set of four 16 Class 43 power cars – all of which have been retrofitted to utilise new ETCS (European Train Control Sys...

Delivering the Digital Railway: Coordinating Routes and Renewals

The introduction of the European Train Control System (ETCS) represents a significant step towards a safer, more efficient and digital railway. But the true challenge lies not in t...

Germany: BMV Launches New ERTMS Coordination Office

German Federal Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder has announced the launch of the ERTMS Coordination Office, which will seek to ensure that all necessary measures related to the...

Hitachi Rail to Upgrade EMU500 ATP System in Taiwan

Hitachi Rail has been awarded a new 1,361,000,000 NTD (approximately 37 million EUR) contract for the replacement of existing EMU500 ATP System Equipment by the Taiwan Railways Cor...

UNIFE supports the rollout of ERTMS through the adoption of measures

UNIFE Director General Enno Wiebe calls for the adoption of measures to roll out ERTMS, a unified system that will [...]

Classic British high-speed trains enter the digital age

The project to install digital cab signalling equipment on the famous classic British high-speed trains (High Speed Train – HST), [...]

Europe, the largest market for digital train control and signalling

Europe is currently the world’s largest market for digital train control, signaling, and safety systems, ahead of China, amid growing [...]

Germany has established the ERTMS Coordination Office

German Federal Minister of Transport Patrick Schnieder has launched the ERTMS Coordination Office to drive the digitalisation of the railway [...]

Thameslink trials digital signalling that could boost rail capacity

Thameslink says that it has successfully tested an upgraded signalling system on one of its trains, paving the way for the largest passenger fleet on the East Coast Main Line (ECML...

Hitachi Rail to develop new module for the transition to ETCS in Portugal

Hitachi Rail has been selected by Portugal’s railway infrastructure manager, Infraestruturas de Portugal, to develop and certify a new STM [...]

Czechia announces review of ETCS plan

The ETCS plan in Czechia for the upcoming period includes the equipping of additional lines, as well as electrification projects. [...]

Switzerland: Alstom to Modernise Lausanne’s m2 Metro

Transports publics de la région lausannoise (tl) and Alstom have signed a brand-new contract for the modernisation of Lausanne’s m2 metro line. The project, which has been valued a...

Switzerland: Stadler to Automate BLT’s Core Network with NOVA Pro

Stadler has been commissioned by BLT Baselland Transport AG to equip its core network within the Basel metropolitan area with the communication-based train control (CBTC) system NO...

TRC to upgrade traffic control system

HS2’s original plan relied on a railway signalling system that didn’t exist

Transport ministers revealed HS2 had once planned to develop a bespoke high-speed signalling system from scratch — a risk now abandoned in favour of standard European ETCS techno...

Hitachi Rail to Develop & Certify New ERTMS STM for Portuguese Market

Hitachi Rail has been chosen to both develop and certify a new External ERTMS Specific Transmission Module (STM) for the Portuguese market. The company was selected following a pub...

Romania: Hitachi Rail Deploys New Signalling Technology at Ciulnita Station

Hitachi Rail has deployed new digital signalling technology at Ciulnita station in Romania. Based on the TAS Platform, the system replaces the previous SELMIS platform, which has b...

The Boston Metro is switching to digital signalling

Knorr-Bremse has entered the final phase of a comprehensive program to modernize the rail signaling system for the Massachusetts Bay [...]

SacRT Selects Clever Devices to Implement Real-Time Train Information System

The Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) has selected Clever Devices to implement a modernized real-time train information and passenger communications system across its li...

SNCB introduces platform positioning markers for faster boarding

The Belgian railway company SNCB is introducing positioning zones on platforms and displaying where train cars will stop, in an [...]

Modular Diagnostic System for Greater Safety on the Railway

With the zentrak MODULAR DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM (MDS), voestalpine Railway Systems presents a modular diagnostic system that monitors rolling stock using a variety of sensor types. Depe...

What Rail Can Learn from UNECE R107: Resilience in Emergency Egress

Rail transport systems are becoming increasingly software-defined. Modern passenger rail environments now rely on interconnected operational technologies that include automated doo...

Stadler and BLT to automate main network in Basel

Swiss operator BLT Baselland Transport AG has contracted Stadler to equip its main network in the Basel metropolitan area with [...]