Norway selected Thales to provide the next-generation nationwide Traffic Management System. The Norwegian national rail administration, Bane NOR, will benefit from a proven and scalable TMS solution able to adapt to a growing and evolving network that can meet Norway’s needs for the next 25 years. Based on Thales’s ARAMIS system, the solution has been substantially enhanced to provide a cyber-secured, cloud ready platform with a fully adapted Human machine Interface.
The goal is to renew most of the existing signalling systems on the railway network by 2034. The project includes signalling systems, onboard equipment and a national Traffic Management System (TMS). The digitalisation programme includes early deployment of a country-wide TMS that will replace three existing systems.
This major project will be rolled out over the next 17 years, and includes support, maintenance and cyber-security services.
Norway will rely on Thales’s next-generation Traffic Management System, a reliable solution that manages more than 50,000 trains a day in 17 countries, including Germany, Austria, Portugal, Denmark and the UK. Bane NOR will benefit from a proven and scalable TMS solution combined with a next-generation platform able to adapt to a growing and evolving network that can meet Norway’s needs for the next 25 years.
The European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS) aims at replacing the different national train control and command systems in Europe, to enable the creation of a seamless European railway system and increase the competitiveness of European railways. Norway has committed to the implementation of ERTMS on its national railway network and the deployment of a new signalling system by 2034. The renewal project is also driven by the need to replace older signalling equipment that is harder to maintain and less reliable.
“Thales is pleased to be chosen as the supplier of the key component in the digitalisation of the Norwegian railway. This investment is a significant and important step towards a Norwegian railway revolution,” Millar Crawford, Thales Executive Vice-President for transport systems said.
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