EU Commission: deployment ERTMS is behind on schedule
Giessen, 21-06-2005
Proefrit op de Betuwelijn, journalisten en fotografen maken een korte rit tussen Papendrecht en Gorcum en worden voorgelicht over bijzonderheden van dit spoor.
Met name:
-Tractie energie systeem gevoed met 25KV itt gebruikelijke 15KV
-Beveiligingssysteem ERTMS
-Communicatiesysteem GSM-R
-Besturingssysteem VPT
machinist in cabine
Foto:Ronald van den Heerik/hollandse Hoogte
The deployment of ERTMS is lagging behind schedule. In April 2020, the installation of the system reached just 78 percent of the target for 2019. Under the ERTMS European deployment plan, the EU signalling system should be deployed on 15.682 kilometres of track by 2023, of which currently 38 percent has been realised. This is stated in a recent rail market monitoring by the European Commission.
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