Infrabel has awarded a joint venture of Siemens and Cofely Fabricom, Belgium, a €510m contract to rollout ETCS Level 2 on 36% of the Belgian network.
The contract is the final pillar of Infrabel and Belgian National Railways’ (SNCB) ETCS Masterplan, which was presented to the Belgian parliament in October 2011 and aims for network-wide ETCS coverage by 2022.
Siemens and Cofely Fabricom will be responsible for the design, development and installation of ETCS Level 2 version 2.3.0d covering 2300 track-km as well as maintenance and associated renewal of existing signalling equipment and installation of new electronic interlockings on around 850 track-km.
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