Polish rail infrastructure manager PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe selected Frequentis to provide its dispatcher terminals and communication nodes as part of the nationwide GSM-R deployment by Nokia, as the prime contractor.
Poland will use the latest Frequentis’ fixed terminal rail communication system (FTS 3020), featuring the new DICORA S20 operator working position with touch screen and new AudioHub, together with the DIVOS recording solution for the legal recording of all calls and data over the entire GSM-R network, including geographical redundancy thanks to the locations of the Core Nodes. The first phase of the network the Core Nodes and equipping the first lines with GSM-R it is expected to be completed at the end of 2019.
The FTS 3020 Dispatch Network for PKP PLK will be one of the most modern and, with 1600 operator working positions once the roll-out is completed.
This March, PKP PLK and Nokia, with its partners Herkules, Pozbud and Wasko, signed a five-year contract to deploy a nationwide turnkey GSM-R and mission-critical backhaul network to enhance railway security and reliability throughout the country. The value of the contract is PLN 2.1 billion (EUR 488.5 million).
Nokia will provide installation, commissioning, third-party integration, first-line care and maintenance for 13,800 km of the GSM-R network, plus more than 11 000 km of optical fiber-based backhaul network infrastructure with IP Multiprotocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) and dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) optical network equipment. It includes an end-to-end GSM-R solution, an IP-MPLS core network, security, and DWDM technology for the fiber-optic network. Herkules, Pozbud and Wasko will be responsible for civil works, including construction work for laying fiber.
Once completed, the new network will enable PKP PLK to fulfil EU requirements for ERTMS, the bloc’s European-wide standard for railway signaling. The project is majority funded by the EU and complemented by Polish State funds.
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