Sites Countries Brands & Products Solutions & Markets Service Where2buy Contact Company GreenChoice™ Markets and Solutions News Machine Building Oil & Gas Broadcast Power Data Centers Transportation Mass Transit Systems Traffic Systems Rail Systems Railway Signaling Wayside Signaling System Communication Onboard Signaling System Communication Control Center Communication Train Stations Tunnels Other Markets New Products Automotive Manufacturing More Markets Customized Solutions Solutions & Markets Transportation Rail Systems Railway Signaling Railway Signaling Challenges Supporting Info FAQs Safety is the railway signaling objective Railway signaling is used to control railway traffic, to prevent trains from colliding and to adjust distance and the speed for proper braking time and management of tracks. Today, ERTMS/ETCS is the most advanced management, control and protection system of rail traffic and related signaling on board. The future trend will be the introduction of ever greater dynamic systems that require increasingly faster responses, real-time communication and a growing availability of wireless and wired technologies. Increase the operational efficiency of the infrastructure Over the next years there will be an increasing number of inhabitants and a flow of people in transit in big cities. At the same time fuel costs will rise. Therefore, it is expected that the number of passenger trains will rise by 70%. To support this increase, the infrastructure needs to develop more capacity and systems need to become faster, embracing an Ethernet and IP architecture able to replace the old networking technologies. Internationally recognized network standards for ERTMS-ECTS By 2015, most of the incompatible national train control systems will be replaced by a single European Control Train System. This implies a willingness to use standards to unify the infrastructure at a European level and enable the interoperability of the vectors. This leads to reliance on high-tech and high quality products based on recognized international standards - even better if these are guaranteed by IRIS Certification. Renewing the infrastructure reducing costs of maintenance and network management There is a need to simplify the processes of activation and to reduce maintenance costs, by decreasing the number of operations in the field, increasing efficiency, ensuring operational safety, with every possible element of risk calculated, and to reduce any service interruptions, a source of huge economic losses for railway companies. This is leading to a renewal of railway networks exclusively based on the highest experience, reliability and flexibility criteria. Highlights IRIS Certification Railway industry‘s stringent quality requirements A network architecture in railway signaling Format: PDF, 19 KB Electrification Effective Communication Solutions for Trackside Sub Stations Copyright 2016, Belden Inc. | all rights reserved HomeSitemapLegal InformationImprint