Harsco Rail Europe awarded Alstom a contract to equip with the ETCS system ATLAS 200 Baseline 3 eleven maintenance vehicles for Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen (SBB/Swiss). The vehicles are to be fully equipped by the end of 2020 and then used on the SBB network in Switzerland.
The ETCS system ATLAS 200 from Alstom optimises line capacity in complete safety by anticipating and adapting the speed of the trains through continuous train control and supervision via a radio-based signalling system.
ETCS is a vital part of the European standard for an interoperable and safer railway system in Europe. It enforces compliance by the train with speed restrictions and signalling status.
In Switzerland, Alstom has equipped around 500 existing SBB vehicles with ETCS in recent years.
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