Bombardier Transportation has completed the world’s first tests of the latest wayside software release of the ERTMS Level 2 solution, known as Baseline 3 Release 2.
The pilot operation of the Bombardier Interflo 450 solution took place in August on Sweden’s ERTMS test track as part of the preparations for the national rail upgrade, set to safely increase speeds, reliability, and capacity as well as integration with Europe.
“This is a major step towards ERTMS roll-out in Sweden. The results of these tests with Bombardier show we are getting ready to progress from testing to implementation. The ERTMS installed base demonstrates four to six times higher reliability than the conventional systems operational today,” Project Director Anders Åkeson from Trafikverket said.
The wayside tests were conducted, in close collaboration with Swedish Transport Administration Trafikverket, between August 20-23 with an ERTMS Baseline 3-equipped Bombardier Rc6 test vehicle. Sweden’s 40-km Corridor B ERTMS test track, located in southern Sweden, is being used to test the system without disrupting existing rail services.
Initially created to enable European cross-border rail traffic, the globally-adopted digital ERTMS Level 2 standard provides accurate and continuous radio-based, automatic train protection.
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