Signalling and Telecoms

Network Rail has awarded Hitachi its first ETCS contract to install the European standard signalling technology on two Class 37 locomotives. Hitachi will fit the West Coast Railways locomotives for operation on the Cambrian Line - the UK testbed for ERTMS. The...

For many, passenger information is still screens and announcements at stations. However, much more is now happening; the advent of the internet and smart phones has made information available to a  much wider audience. How many people are aware of this or even capable of understanding it? Writes Clive Kessell In June (issue 116), The […]

Spain's infrastructure manager ADIF has issued a €342 million tender for the maintenance and replacement of telecommunications equipment on major rail corridors throughout the country. The contract, which is split into two parts, covers all fixed telecommunications equipment and GSM-R...

Morocco's national rail operator, ONCF, has awarded a €30 million contract for the installation of a 712-kilometre GSM-R network. A Thales/Huawei/Imet consortium will supply and install the radio-based communications network on conventional routes and the new high-speed corridor between Tangiers and Kenitra. Over the...

ADIF has awarded CAF a €98.6 million contract to deliver signalling  services along a stretch of the Mediterranean Corridor between Vandellós and Tarragona. The order includes the installation and maintenance of new signalling boxes, ERTMS Level 2, telecommunications systems, traffic control and auxiliary safety...

There have been several articles already on ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) published in The Rail Engineer, and there will be many more as the years progress. This vitally important system for the future of signalling and train control is slowly rolling out across Europe. Writes Clive Kessell Here in the UK, another milestone […]

PKP-Polskie Linie Kolejowe is conducting ERTMS Level 2 trials ahead of a planned rollout of the European standard signalling technology over the next couple of years. Testing is being conducted on a section of the E30 line between Legnica and Bielawa...

ADIF has successfully completed ERTMS Level 2 trials on the high-speed route between Albacete-Alicante. The line will become the first in Spain to utilise the modern signalling system now that it has received approval to be rolled out across the entire...

STIF and RATP are to spend €256 million automating line 14 of the Paris Metro by 2020. The first automated services are expected to operate on the 12.1-kilometre route within the next six years. Syndicat Transport Ile de France (STIF), the...

Réseau Ferré de France (RFF) and Synerail have awarded Kapsch CarrierCom a contract to upgrade the GSM-R system across almost half of France's rail network. Almost 15,000 kilometres of track currently utilising Kapsch GSM-R technology will be upgraded to an...