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Faced by challenges, such as cost and capacity constraints and the need to improve both safety and customer service, today’s railway industry is well-positioned to exploit opportunities created by Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)-enabled approaches and technologies. We’re seeing this play out in emerging train control systems, such as ETCS Level 3.
Increasingly, railway operators rely upon smart transportation systems and improved communication technologies such as GSM-R, which has been designed to provide maximum system availability for both voice communications and transmitting European Train Control System (ETCS) messages. These technologies can be leveraged over a large rail network infrastructure to reduce lifecycle costs. In addition, new services such as rail signaling, control systems, asset management, and predictive maintenance, are expected to improve timely decision-making for issues like safety, scheduling, and system capacity.
The European Commission (EC) and European Railway Agency (ERA) developed the signaling and control component of ERTMS to integrate automatic train protection (ATP) functionality across numerous European ATP systems. ERTMS has also been widely adopted in North America and elsewhere.
ETCS technology continuously monitors a safe maximum speed for each train, with cab signaling for the driver and on-board systems that take control if the permissible speed is exceeded. Acceptance of ETCS Level 3 among European rail operators has increased at a considerable rate in recent years.
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