Strukton Rail will install the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) on a test track between Katrineholm and Åby in Sweden. The Swedish Transport Administration’s (Trafikverket) mission is that the system’s functionality should be tested in a real railway environment without affecting traffic. Strukton’s work includes preparing the test track technology for the new system.
Strukton will also install balises, substations, electrical and telecommunications equipment, and provide for the signalling connections between new and existing technology. The work will be completed in November 2017.
“We will parallelise the ATC signals of the track with the two different ERTMS systems to be tested. We will install signalling coders at the end of the track, sending information to the onboard equipment on the track’s test train, which of the ERTMS systems the train will follow,” Eva Spove, Strukton Rail location manager said.
Sweden is still using the older ATC signalling system, but Trafikverket is now preparing to install ERTMS. The European system is expected to be installed in its entirety in Europe by 2035.
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