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| | | | Source: ALSTOM Transport | | | Project: | | | Date: 2009-06-22 | | | | | | | | | Brussels, Frankfurt 26 min. closer thanks to Alstoms Atlas L2 ERTMS | | | | | |
Saint Ouen Cedex, France - On 12 June, Belgian operator Infrabel inaugurated its new high-speed L3 line, equipped with the Level 2 ERTMS Atlas control and signalling system. This 35-km line, which links Liège, Belgium with the German border via Aachen, is the first European cross-border high-speed line equipped with Level 2 ERTMS technology.
Alstom also installed the Atlas system aboard four ICE3 trains in use on this line and will equip the fleet’s six other trains, which will come into service in 2012. After winning this contract in 2008, Alstom handled the new signalling system’s design, manufacture, installation, testing and approval. Equipping this line and fleet presented a true technical-integration challenge, given that the ICE3 trains were already fitted with nine national signalling systems.
Thanks to Atlas, travel time between Brussels and Frankfurt has been reduced by 26 minutes, which means that Cologne is only 1 hour, 51 minutes from Brussels and Frankfurt can be reached in 3 hours, 8 minutes. This system facilitates border crossings, making it possible to increase the trains’ average operational speed and the line’s capacity without compromising safety.
The Atlas solution has also been installed on the L4 high-speed line linking Antwerp, Belgium with the Dutch border. This line went into partial commercial service on 14 June using M6 regional trains (Alstom-Bombardier) equipped with Atlas technology, a contract Alstom won in December 2003.
Alstom’s installation of Atlas on these two lines represents a further step toward European rail market uniformity, which will facilitate border crossings, increase the lines’ operational capacity, maximize traffic safety and reduce travel time.
About ERTMS
This new contract boosts Alstom Transport’s leading position in the operational deployment of interoperability in Europe, the main market for ERTMS. With more than 749 trains in commercial service under Atlas supervision and over 22 million kilometres travelled, Alstom commands 90% of the market for ERTMS signalling equipment aboard European trains. Alstom is currently working on more than 20 ERTMS projects in 10 European countries, including Italy’s Rome-Naples line, the first very-high-speed line equipped with a Level 2 ERTMS system, and Switzerland’s Mattstetten-Rothrist line, which is used by the largest equipped fleet.
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