28 Apr 2021 (Last Updated April 28th, 2021 10:09)
Thales has secured a contract from the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) to design, supply, deploy and test the signalling and European Train Control System (ETCS) L2 test systems for the Kouvola-Kotka-Hamina line.
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As part of this project, FTIA will examine the radio networks delivered by commercial telecom operators for communicating ETCS data between the rolling stock and the RBC. Credit: Terri Paju from Pixabay.
Thales has secured a contract from the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (FTIA) to design, supply, deploy and test the signalling and European Train Control System (ETCS) L2 test systems for the Kouvola-Kotka-Hamina line.
A Thales ERTMS/ETCS Level 2 system at
Székesfehérvár station on the frequent Budapest - Székesfehérvár railway line 30 could be successfully put into operation today. This was the final piece for the complete line to be equipped with ETCS Level 2. Thanks to ETCS Level 2, the line achieves European interoperability standards and train speed can be increased up to 160 km/h.
Using ETCS Level 2, the train is continuously reporting its exact position and direction via the railway network GSM-R to a so-called Radio Block Centre (RBC), which is calculating and sending movement authorities to the trains. These are the major differences to ETCS Level 1, which has already been in use in Hungary.
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