Topic: ETCS

rolling stock retrofitting Freightliner goes in-house with onboard digital signalling

Freightliner in the UK has launched a partnership with Siemens Mobility to retrofit one of its Class 66 diesel locomotives with state-of-the-art European Train Control…
Rail freight misses out on German rail expansion act funding

Rail freight will not be included in the German Federal Railway Infrastructure Expansion Act (BSWAG). As a result, German rail freight will miss out on…
Emotive locomotive signals digital future

A new route for a ’66. DB Cargo UK has offered up one of its workhorses of the rail freight industry. The first “Shed” in…
Dutch government to provide 24 million in ERTMS subsidies

The Dutch government will provide subsidies amounting to 24 million euros for the adaptation of rail vehicles to level 2, baseline 3 or higher of…
Switzerland rolls out new ERTMS plan

The Swiss Federal Office of Transport (FOT) updated the country’s strategy for the deployment of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS). The new programme…
New funds for ERTMS implementation in the Netherlands, but is it enough?

The European Commission (EC) has amended the Dutch scheme to implement ERTMS on with an additional injection of 21 million euros. With these new funds,…
analysis Rhine-Alpine Corridor: what to expect with the coming upgrades

The Rhine-Alpine Corridor is one of the backbones of the European Union when it comes to transportation services. This is especially true for rail freight…
Taxing motorways to finance rail infrastructure? SNCF CEO says yes

To finance the 100-billion-euro plan announced last month by French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, SNCF CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou insists that “all accessible sources of funding…
The Netherlands and Belgium are neighbours yet so far in ERTMS rollout

Belgium prides itself that 52 per cent, or 3,333 kilometres, of its national railway network, is equipped with ETCS. Across the border in the Netherlands,…