Topic: ETCS

Could ETCS have helped? 35 injured in Prague train crash

Thirty-five people were injured in Prague on Wednesday morning after two passenger trains crashed in the Czech capital. Traffic on the rail line was consequently halted, with police…
How do you retrofit thousands of trains to ETCS? Ask Trigo

The deadline is looming for EU nations to make the switch to the European Train Control System (ETCS). Very soon, Europe’s rail networks must start retrofitting thousands of…
UK bank holiday: major rail disruptions, but for a good cause?

As usual during the UK’s summer bank holiday weekend, there are major rail works. And that, of course, means major disruptions. Services to and from London Kings Cross…
Czechia racing ahead with ETCS adoption

As Europe scrambles to adopt the EU’s European Train Control System (ETCS), one country in Central Europe is doing a particularly fine job of making the switch. Czechia…
Three Country Train completes festive first run between Aachen, Maastricht and Liège

Last Sunday, the long-awaited ‘Three Country Train’ was incorporated into an international timetable. Travellers can now travel between Liège (Belgium), Maastricht (the Netherlands) and Aachen (Germany) and almost…

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Interview ERTMS director on Dutch rollout: ‘There is a time of thinking and a time of doing’

The head of ERTMS at the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) Jo de Bosschere feels that the Netherlands should start taking action on the ERTMS roll-out. “I…
French-speaking countries Luxembourg, the only EU country to run an all-ERTMS network

Since its mandatory introduction in 2009 for all new EU-funded rail projects, the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) has been gradually installed across the trans-European rail networks,…
Arriva starts using ETCS trains for its Three-Country Trains

Carrier Arriva has put the first FLIRT trains with ETCS into use for the Three-Country Train between the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Travellers can now transit between Maastricht,…
Adif invests 42 million euros in Central region communication infrastructure

Adif will invest 41.9 million euros in the renovation of its communication infrastructure in the Central region (including the Autonomous Community of Madrid and the provinces of Ávila,…
Virtually all of Europe struggles with ERTMS rollout

The Netherlands now has ERTMS implemented on two lines and a few trial routes. Luxembourg has completed the rollout of the European train safety system, Belgium is well…
Siemens Mobility to introduce ETCS L2 in Finland

Siemens Mobility is set to introduce ETCS train control system Level 2 to Finland as part of the ‘Digirail’ project, which aims to modernise the country’s train control…
Alstom sells North American conventional signalling business to Knorr-Bremse

Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has announced the sale of its North American conventional signalling business to Knorr-Bremse AG for approximately 630 million euros. 
SNCF Réseau launches FRMCS prototype initiatives

In a bid to modernise and enhance railway communication systems, Europe is gearing up to usher in the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS-5G), slated to replace the…
London commuters are the first to benefit from hi-tech signalling in East Coast Digital Project

A milestone has been reached in the deployment of the East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP). The first passenger trains controlled by digital in-cab signalling known as the European…
‘Too many ERTMS versions are causing headaches to companies in the rolling stock business’

The current ERTMS situation brings a dilemma: there is a concrete chance that some locomotives might not be allowed to run on several European railways until 2026, according…