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DEVELOPMENT STATUS OF GSM-R AND ETCS. PROSPECTS FOR THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN RAILWAY CORRIDORS

P. Winter, P Froesig

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The EU has initiated a process for technical harmonisation in international rail transport. With regard to signalling, train control and train radio, specifications have been drawn up and new system developed under the title ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System). The two principal components of the concept are the new digital railway radio GSM-R and the new standard train command and control system ETCS (European Train Control system). The legal basis for European signalling, train control and train radio interoperability is described. The development status of GSM-R and ETCS is outlined and current tests and pilot applications in western Europe are reviewed. Problems of migration from existing systems are discussed. The potential for GSM-R and ETCS in railway corridors in central Europe is considered. For the covering abstract see ITRD E117504.

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The EU has initiated a process for technical harmonisation in international rail transport. With regard to signalling, train control and train radio, specifications have been drawn up and new system developed under the title ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System). The two principal components of the concept are the new digital railway radio GSM-R and the new standard train command and control system ETCS (European Train Control system). The legal basis for European signalling, train control and train radio interoperability is described. The development status of GSM-R and ETCS is outlined and current tests and pilot applications in western Europe are reviewed. Problems of migration from existing systems are discussed. The potential for GSM-R and ETCS in railway corridors in central Europe is considered. For the covering abstract see ITRD E117504.

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The EU has initiated a process for technical harmonisation in international rail transport. With regard to signalling, train control and train radio, specifications have been drawn up and new system developed under the title ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System). The two principal components of the concept are the new digital railway radio GSM-R and the new standard train command and control system ETCS (European Train Control system). The legal basis for European signalling, train control and train radio interoperability is described. The development status of GSM-R and ETCS is outlined and current tests and pilot applications in western Europe are reviewed. Problems of migration from existing systems are discussed. The potential for GSM-R and ETCS in railway corridors in central Europe is considered. For the covering abstract see ITRD E117504.

Key concepts: Interoperability, GSM, Engineering, Transport engineering, Automatic train control, Telecommunications, Control (management), Process (computing)

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