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Experiences from the ETCS conversion at S-Bahn Hamburg

Practical experience from the implementation of ATO over ETCS was reported at the annual conference of railway experts in Fulda at the beginning of May.

23. Mai 2022

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Federal government supports project to expand 5G on railway lines

The "Gigabit Innvation Track -GINT" project is intended to provide new insights into the nationwide expansion of 5G on railway lines. A test track is also planned in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

15. Juni 2023

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First ETCS retrofit order in Switzerland

Stadler has received the first order for an ETCS retrofit in Switzerland from Müller Technologie AG.

30. November 2022

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First of Class BR 101 converted for ETCS Baseline 3

The conversion of the first class 101 locomotive to ETCS Level 2 Baseline 3 Release 2 was completed at the Dessau plant on 12 December 2022.

16. Dezember 2022

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Five applicants for LST/CCS contract

Five international bidders are vying for the contract for Rail Baltica's control-command and signalling (CCS) subsystem.

24. April 2023

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Five applicants participate in Rail Baltica tender

Five international bidders are vying for the contract for Rail Baltica's control-command and signalling (CCS) subsystem. The project also includes ETCS and FRMCS.

08. April 2023

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For the first time in Germany: Hamburg comes closer to riding the underground in a moving block

The Hamburg Hochbahn's U-Bahn100 project is making progress. Together with Siemens Mobility and Alstom, the transport company now presented its CBTC model for trains running every 100 seconds and via GoA2.

13. Juni 2023

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“Foster interactions at all levels”

From 26 to 28 April 2022, the ERTMS Conference 2022 of the European Agency for Railways (ERA) will take place in Valenciennes, France. The focus will be on current findings and developments around the implementation of ERTMS, but also on the revision of the TSI CCS. In the run-up to the conference, Josef Doppelbauer, Executive Director of ERA, gives an outlook on the event.

30. März 2022

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Fully automatic GoA4 shunting locomotive: DB Cargo chooses Railergy for development and approval

In order to make rail freight transport more competitive, the activities of the bead breaking locomotives in DB Cargo's train formation facilities (ZBA) are to be fully automated.

27. Oktober 2021

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Fully autonomous driving of a shunting locomotive

Alstom, in collaboration with Dutch infrastructure operator ProRail and Belgian rail freight operator Lineas, has demonstrated the highest level of GoA4 automation on a shunting locomotive near Breda, the Netherlands.

30. November 2022

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Funkwerk significantly increases consolidated profit in 2021

Funkwerk AG closed the 2021 financial year with significant growth.

06. Mai 2022

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German EBA considers series approval necessary again for rapid ERTMS rollout

The German Federal Railway Authority (EBA) is calling for the reintroduction of series approval in order to be able to quickly put rail vehicles back into service after an ERTMS retrofit.

24. März 2022

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Grand Paris Express: telecoms contract awarded

Société du Grand Paris has selected Nokia to deploy 5G-ready IP/MPLS multiservice, mobile core and radio access network for the automated Grand Paris Express network.

15. Dezember 2022

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Great Britain: Successful Class 43 ETCS tests

The government-funded East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP) has completed tests with digital cab signalling for Class 43 power cars that form part of Network Rail's new test train.

07. Oktober 2022

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GSM-R infrastructure for ETCS L2

A consortium of AŽD Praha s.r.o. and Elektrizace železnic Praha a.s. led by Kontron Transportation has won the public tender for the implementation of a new turnkey GSM-R infrastructure on the ŽSR network for ETCS Level 2 for the Varín - Košice - Čierna nad Tisou - state border section.

29. März 2023