The Strategy of Introducing ECTS Insurance on Railway Corridor Vc in Bosnia and Herzegovina

ETCS (European Train Control System) is a unique European standard for controlling and managing a railway traffic. It was a result in a form of need for mutual railway above standard in European countries which has a goal to adjust the existing systems of railway managing and to create a unique European system of insurance which has a result to create a unique European railway network. Beside the mentioned reasons for introducing the ETCS system other reasons are the increasing diversion of cargo flows from road to rail. To implement the ETCS system on BH railways at Corridor Vc it is necessary to analyse present state of railway infrastructure and to adjust and renew infrastructure so it would be prepared for installation of ETCS system. In this paper a possibility of introducing of this security on BH railway at Corridor Vc was presented. Implanting of ETCS security system was presented throughout four project options. Project options allude implementation of ETCS separately for each level of that system. First project option refers to implementation and modernization of current degree of insurance so that Corridor Vc could be lead to ETCS Level 0. 2nd, 3rd and 4th option is concerning on ability of introducing higher levels of ETCS which are ETCS Level 1, ETCS Level 2 and ETCS Level 3. With evaluation of project options analysis it was concluded that each design option is reasonable, cost-effective and profitable.