European Rail Traffic Management System

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The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) is an EU-backed initiative to enhance cross-border interoperability and signalling procurement by creating a single Europe-wide standard for railway signalling.

The two main components of ERTMS are the European Train Control System (ETCS), a standard for on-board train control, and GSM-R, the GSM mobile communications standard for railway usage.

Contents 1 Companies 2 Timeline 2.1 2004 2.2 2005 2.3 2006 2.4 2007 2.5 2008 2.6 2009 2.7 2010 2.8 2011 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Companies

Companies developing ERTMS systems include Alstom, Invensys, Ansaldo Signal, Alcatel, Siemens and Bombardier. The equipment can be divided into on track gear and on train gear.

[edit] Timeline

[edit] 2004

• December: Zaragoza - Huesca High Speed line in Spain opens with ERTMS Level 1.^[1]

[edit] 2005

• December: High Speed line Rome-Naples opens with ERTMS Level 2.

[edit] 2006

• February: ERTMS-2 is extended to the new HS line Turin-Novara.

[edit] 2007

• June: The Lötschberg Base Tunnel, part of the Swiss AlpTransit initiative, opens with ERTMS Level 2.^[2]

• June: The LGV Est from Vaires-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne) near Paris to Baudrecourt (Moselle) opens with ERTMS. It is an extension to the French high-speed TGV network, connecting Paris and Strasbourg.

[edit] 2008

• October: HSL-Zuid is a 125-km long high-speed railway line under construction between the Netherlands and Belgium that will use ERTMS.

• December: An upgrade of the Cambrian Line will pilot ERTMS in the United Kingdom.

[edit] 2009

[edit] 2010

• October: Botniabanan in northern Sweden is scheduled to open with ERTMS.

[edit] 2011

• Start of the roll-out of ERTMS in the United Kingdom.^[3]

[edit] See also

• ETCS
• Eurobalise

[edit] References

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2. ^ Chris Jackson. "ERTMS: the view from the cab", Railway Gazette International, 2007-11-15. 
3. ^ "2017 start date for Great Western ERTMS upgrade", National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers, 2007-10-09. 

[edit] External links

• What is ERTMS? from UNIFE, the Union of the European Railway Industries.
• ERTMS National implementation plan UK Department for Transport, September 2007
• "High Speed in Italy"
• "European Railway Agency"