ALSTOM SA : Stuttgart Digital Node: Alstom paving the way for automated train operation in the highly frequented Stuttgart ne...
July 02 2021 - 2:46AM
ALSTOM SA : Stuttgart Digital Node: Alstom paving the way for
automated train operation in the highly frequented Stuttgart
network
Stuttgart Digital Node: Alstom
paving the way for automated train
operation in the
highly frequented Stuttgart
network
- Equipping
118 regional trains equipped
with signalling
technology will bring ATO operation to
German mainlines
- Retrofit covers
ETCS and ATO solutions for
Baden-Wuerttemberg Institute for Rail Vehicles’ regional
trains
2
July
2021 – Alstom has signed a
contract with Germany’s Baden-Wuerttemberg State Institute for Rail
Vehicles (SFBW) to retrofit 118 regional trains with the European
Train Control System (ETCS) Automatic Train Operation (ATO) digital
signalling technology. Part of the Stuttgart Digital Node
lighthouse project, the contract is valued at approximately 130
million euro1 and includes an innovation cooperation agreement
software maintenance contract and a contract for further
maintenance.
In addition to the recently announced S-Bahn
project, the new retrofit project covers 118 trains that SFBW
operates on the high-traffic Stuttgart network. The trains come
from several different suppliers and will be upgraded with the
European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 2 and 3 as well as
Automatic Train Operation (ATO) level 2 (GoA2) technology. The
initial upgrade project will be completed by 2024 and the
subsequent upgrade, according to the European Technical
Specifications for Interoperability 2022, will be completed by
2027.
While ATO technology has already been
implemented in metros and urban rail lines in cities like Paris,
the highly automated operation (GoA 2) is now being used for the
first time in Germany on the basis of ETCS Level 2 in the Stuttgart
Digital Node. When completed in 2024, the new signalling technology
will increase capacity and frequency on the Stuttgart network while
also making the trains performance more sustainable.
“In addition to equipping Stuttgart’s S-Bahn
trains with our latest digital signalling technology, we are
pleased to now be retrofitting the network’s regional trains as
well. This will enable us to make an even greater contribution to
the Stuttgart Digital Node lighthouse project and to the
digitalisation of German rail transport," says
Michael Konias, Head of
Digital & Integrated Systems at Alstom for Germany, Austria and
Switzerland. “The assignment once again underlines our
growth in the field of signalling technology and the positive
synergies resulting from the Bombardier Transportation
acquisition,” emphasized Konias.
As part of the agreed innovation cooperation,
Alstom and SFBW will also define the requirements for Train
Integrity Monitoring (TIM), Future Railway Mobile Communication
System upgrade capability, Train Capability and for Open CCS
On-board Reference Architecture (OCORA). The implementation of the
developed requirements by Alstom is part of the contract, as is the
software maintenance of the regional trains.
The project is being carried out by the Alstom
signalling site in Berlin, Germany, in close cooperation with the
ETCS competence center in Charleroi, Belgium. Other locations
involved in the various project phases are Braunschweig,
Salzgitter, Mannheim and Hennigsdorf in Germany as well as
Bangalore, India, Bucharest, Romania and Lyon-Villeurbanne, France.
The series installation will take place close to Stuttgart or in
Hennigsdorf.
Worldwide, Alstom has over 13,000 employees
working on digitalisation in the rail sector in the areas of
signalling technology, smart mobility and cybersecurity with many
of them based in Germany.
About the
Stuttgart Digital Node
Stuttgart's S-Bahn main line is already reaching
its capacity limits. Added to this is the large increase in the
city's population. The digitalization of the railway junction, as
part of the major Stuttgart 21 project, is intended to increase the
performance of the infrastructure, ensure increased and improved
public transport and create the basis for future improvements, such
as dynamic traffic management systems or automatic incident
management. In addition, 57 km of new, mainly underground lines and
a new underground central station are being built.
1 Booked in Alstom’s 1st financial quarter 2021/22Alstom™ is a
protected trademark of the Alstom Group
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proforma revenue amounts to €14 billion for the 12-month period
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