ERTMS deployment in Europe and beyond: the global perspective

Michel Van Liefferinge, UNISIG General ManagerUIC ERTMS World Conference1-3 April 2014, Istanbul

1. ERTMS Deployment in Worldwide: where are we?

(UNIFE Statistics on ERTMS Worldwide deployment, 2014)

Worldwide ERTMS Investment

Total track km: 76100

Total No vehicles: 9462

42 Countries are using ETCS trackside

39 Countries are using ERTMS vehicles

The global picture

ERTMS market is increasingly global

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ERTMS trackside contracts, in tracks km (excluding frame contracts), March 2014

ERTMS investments in Europe

Small EU Member States are constantly increasing ERTMS deployment

Some CEE MS have started to deploy ERTMS in their network,however slow take up despite the available funds

Belgium doubled the track km equipped with ERTMS since the beginning of 2012

Significant increase in the number of vehicles equipped with ERTMS thanks to investments in Western Europe e.g. Switzerland and Germany

ERTMS investments outside Europe

China is in the leading position on ERTMS deployment

Significant investment plans have been contracted in the Maghreb countries

New regions such as South America are deploying ERTMS

The conventional network of Taiwan is fully ERTMS equipped

ERTMS coverage is

HIGH SPEED Examples:- China (High-speed program)- Saudi Arabia (Mecca High-speed)- Turkey- Prospects in the US, Latin-America, Asia- Europe: Italy, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands

FREIGHT Examples:- Gulf & Middle East – Libya, Saudi Arabia, UAE, India- Indonesia- Europe: Switzerland, The Netherlands, etc.

SUBURBAN Examples:- Brazil (Rio suburban network)- Mexico (Mexico DF network)- Australia (Sydney suburban)- New Zealand (Auckland)- Europe: Madrid suburban

ERTMS demonstrates its suitability for all

applications!

2. ERTMS Deployment throughout the world: How can we make it even better?

From ETCS & GSM-R to ERTMS Global

IP - COM

ATO

SatelliteAdd-ons

VirtualBalises

Odometer

Moving Blockincl.Track & Train

Integrity

KeyManagement

+ System ManagementProcesses+ Testing Processes

Bearer Independency

StandardInterfaces

ETCS KERNEL

(ATC)

GSM-R

Mastering and planning the ETCS Kernel Evolution

SRSVersion 2.3.0d

2008

2012

2014

Baseline 2 Baseline 3 Baseline ?

SRSVersion

3.3.0

SRSVersion

3.4.0

System version management

Packet and IP Coms

Backward Compatibility

Mastering and planning the ERTMS Long-Term Evolution

Baseline 3 Baseline ?

Version 3.3.0

Version 3.4.0

2012

2014

2015

2016

Version x.y.0

ATO Specs(GoA2)

Train Interface

FFFIS

DMI-EVC

FFFIS

Packet based

Euroradio I/F

Improved Key

Management

ATO GoAx

IP Coms and bearer independency

TEN-T programs

NGTC (FP7)

Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)

Shift2Rail

EC FUNDS

ERTMS continuous development and marketing effort

The acceleration of ERTMS deployment in Europe is the priority

And UNIFE welcomes Connecting Europe Facility: budget allocated to ERTMS is between 700 m - 1.1 bn EUR

UNIFE pushes the development and promotion of ERTMS/ETCS as THE global signalling solution, with dedicated actions together with the Commission and ERA in U.S., Brazil, Asia and Golf Countries

SHIFT2RAIL will further reinforce this position by bracing technical solutions to enhance the system to encompass the worldwide needs

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Thanks for your attention

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