In a consortium with the Cofely-Fabricom (GDF SUEZ) infrastructure development company, Siemens is to equip more than 2,200 track kilometers of the Belgian railway network with the ETCS European Train Control System, Level 2. The order was placed by Infrabel, the Belgian railway infrastructure operator.
The project is scheduled for completion by the end of 2025. The contract includes installation of the ATP system and the electronic interlocking equipment. The order volume for the consortium is worth about 510 million euros.
In the case of Trainguard 200 RBC for ETCS Level 2, the movement authorities are transmitted to the train in the form of standardized telegrams per GSM-R / Euroradio.
“This order underscores our leading position in the field of automatic train protection systems. Siemens has already successfully installed ETCS Level 1 for the Belgian railways,” commented Jochen Eickholt, Head of the Mobility Division at Siemens.
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