Czech rail infrastructure manager SŽDC has launched the implementation of ETCS on Petrovice u Karviné (Polish border) – Břeclav section, on Corridor II.
Introducing the unified ETCS will require technical modifications at the Traffic Control Centre in Přerov which controls a vast area in the affected section of Czech Rail Transit Corridor II. Technical modifications will have to be made at railway stations which are not controlled from the Přerov Centre. This concerns the line section Petrovice u Karviné – Polanka nad Odrou and Přerov Station, which is being controlled as a separate unit.
”This most modern system will safeguard three line sections at once: from Petrovice u Karviné to Bohumín with a length of 14 km, from Bohumín to Přerov with a length of 92 km and from Přerov to Břeclav (outside) with a length of 98 km. Therefore, the implementation concerns a line 204 km long. Its selection was based on the fact that it is completely covered by the GSM-R mobile radio network. This constitutes together with ETCS a compact unit which will be ready for use within the whole European network“, says to this project Mr. Mojmír Nejezchleb, Deputy Director General of SŽDC for Infrastructure Modernisation.
The construction designated as ETCS Petrovice u Karviné – Ostrava – Přerov – Břeclav is co-financed by the European Union under the programme Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The total investment costs of the project amount up to CZK 707 million (EUR 26.5 million), of which EU’s support rate is 85% of eligible costs. The amount of the subsidy reaches up to EUR 20.5 million.
The general designer of the project is Sudop Praha and the supplier is AŽD Praha. The project should be completed in May 2019.
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