‘ERTMS deployment is stuck in a vicious circle’
source: ProMedia Group
The on-board roll out of ETCS is behind schedule because there is little incentive for operators to invest in the system when they can still run on class-B systems, says Marcin Wojcik, Policy Officer at the European Commission at RailTech Europe. This results in a vicious circle putting a brake on both on-board and trackside installations.
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ERTMS should create benefits for railway undertakings. It does not because high cost of equipment and integration. Strange because: equipment could be standardized and volumes of modules could be high. As a result development cost could be shared over a large volume. It isn’t: a) UNISIG specified the air-gap interface only which keeps monopolism alive, b) obsolete technolgy, c) few not expensive STM exist. Result: very high cost of ownership.