European Rail Traffic Management System news

News about ERTMS, which incorporates the European Train Control System (ETCS) and GSM-R communications.

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Santiago – Melipilla signalling contract awarded as civil works start

2025-12-02T15:00:00Z

CHILE: Construction has begun on the 61 km Santiago – Melipilla suburban rail project, and a contract has been let to deliver ETCS Level 2 train control along the route.
Rail Business UK
LNER’s ERTMS driver training app enhanced

2025-12-02T04:00:00Z

UK: LNER and Velociti Solutions have updated their ERTMS driver-machine interface training app to provide train drivers with more realistic simulations, more accurate screen layouts and additional scenarios.
In depth
Research: AŽD Praha's autonomous train is on track

2025-11-30T06:00:00Z

Following successful passenger carrying trials with its prototype autonomous train on the Kopidlnka line, AŽD Praha is looking to optimise the technology for commercial operations to start in 2029. Chris Jackson reports from Dětenice.
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Freight sector calls for the same political attention as high speed rail

2025-11-28T08:00:00Z

EUROPE: The European Rail Freight Association has called for greater political awareness of the sector, arguing that recent proposals to accelerate the development of a pan-European high speed rail network ‘barely mentioned’ freight.
Rail Business UK
RSSB updates cross-industry Train Protection Strategy

2025-11-14T12:00:00Z

UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board has updated its Train Protection Strategy, which is designed to help train operators and infrastructure managers understand and mitigate the risks of signals passed at danger and overspeeding.
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Progress Rail awarded its first Thai lineside signalling equipment contract

2025-11-13T10:00:00Z

THAILAND: Main contractor Ch Thawee–AS Construction Joint Venture has awarded Progress Rail a contract to provide signalling and telecoms for the double-tracking of the line from Khon Kaen to Nong Khai near the border with Laos.
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Hitachi consortium awarded Bulgarian ERTMS contract

2025-11-05T08:00:00Z

BULGARIA: National Railway Infrastructure Co has awarded a consortium of Hitachi Rail and CERB a contract to install ERTMS on the Voluyak – Dragoman section of the route from Sofia to the Serbian border.
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Swiss Federal Railways awards digital interlocking contracts

2025-10-22T10:00:00Z

SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways has awarded Hitachi Rail, Siemens Mobility and Stadler major framework contracts worth SFr1·4bn for the supply of digital interlockings.
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ERTMS alignment and asset cost challenges temper optimism over FRMCS migration

2025-10-16T10:11:00Z

INTERNATIONAL: The complexity of the task of moving from bold vision to the reality of a truly digitalised and connected rail ecosystem was in evidence at UIC’s Future Railway Mobile Communication System conference. Nick Kingsley reports from Paris.
Rail Business UK
Network Rail and Loram launch track machine ETCS working group

2025-10-10T11:00:00Z

UK: Network Rail’s East Coast Operations Business Change team recently met specialists from track machine engineering and operating company Loram in Derby to launch a track machine ETCS working group.
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Škoda Group sees high demand for newly certified ETCS onboard unit

2025-10-10T10:00:00Z

INTERATIONAL: Škoda Group announced the certification of its ETCS onboard unit at the 16th Trako International Railway Fair in Gdańsk.
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Loco with software-defined safety system authorised for operation

2025-09-25T10:00:00Z

BELGIUM: Operational authorisation has been granted for the first locomotive equipped with a software-defined onboard automatic train protection platform developed by Škoda Group subsidiary The Signalling Company.
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First Irish trainset equipped with ETCS

2025-09-19T09:00:00Z

IRELAND: Alstom has completed the first installation and assessment body certification of ETCS onboard equipment for national railway Iarnród Éireann, on a Class 22000 diesel multiple-unit.
In depth
Train control: PTC 2.0 could offer an alternative to ‘unaffordable’ ETCS

2025-09-10T11:00:00Z

With its planned acquisition of Frauscher Sensortechnik, Wabtec is pushing further into the train control market, and it hopes its PTC 2.0 concept could offer a lower-cost alternative to ETCS for railways around the world. President of Wabtec’s Digital Intelligence business Nalin Jain explained the thinking to Nick Kingsley.
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China Railway Signal & Communication sets up ETCS test facility in Hungary

2025-08-28T08:00:00Z

HUNGARY: China Railway Signal & Communication has established a facility in Hungary to test the ETCS Level 2 signalling equipment it is deploying on the Budapest – Beograd railway corridor.
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Contracts awarded for ERTMS roll-out in the northern Netherlands

2025-08-25T12:00:00Z

NETHERLANDS: ProRail has awarded Strukton a contract to install ERTMS on the Leeuwarden – Harlingen Haven line, as part of the Northern Lines deployment project and as a national testbed for the latest version of ETCS.
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Australia to adopt ETCS for interoperable rail network

2025-08-19T08:00:00Z

AUSTRALIA: National, state and territory transport ministers have backed the adoption of ETCS for national interoperability, as well as plans to streamline rolling stock approvals and enable the Rail Industry Safety & Standards Board to lead the setting of technical standards.
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București to Bulgaria railway modernisation contract awarded

2025-08-15T11:00:00Z

ROMANIA: Infrastructure manager CFR SA has awarded the Asocierea RailWorks consortium of Arcada and Alstom a €450m contract to modernise the line from București to the Bulgarian border.
Rail Business UK
National freight locomotive ETCS fitment programme begins

2025-07-18T04:00:00Z

UK: Siemens Mobility has begun installing Trainguard 200 ETCS equipment on a GB Railfreight Class 66 locomotive under the National Freight ETCS Programme.
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Connecting Europe Facility grants awarded as calls grow to protect EU rail funding

2025-07-14T11:00:00Z

EUROPE: The European Commission has announced nearly €2∙8bn in Connecting Europe Facility grants, with the rail sector being the leading beneficiary. Nevertheless, concerns over the future of CEF and the EU’s wider commitment to rail spending are mounting.

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