Fast track to Sustainable Mobility ERTMS/ETCS on Belgian High Speed Lines L3 and L4 Connection to the Netherlands HSL Zuid Jean-Jacques Gehrenbeck Alstom Transport (Belgium) 1
L4 : Antwerp to the Netherlands, L3 : Liège to Germany 2 new lines of 40 km 2
Main Customer Requirements (Infrabel) Maximum speed of 300 km/h including border crossing (for connection L4 HSL Zuid) Design headway of 3 minutes ERTMS/ETCS specifications SRS 2.2.2 (at the time of the contract), now updated to SRS 2.3.0 (Corridor 2007 list of CRs) Nominal operation in ETCS level 2, fall-back operation in ETCS level 1 Reduced level of performance for level 1 operation (maximum speed 160 km/h, headway 6 min) Speed restrictions at on-sight, 80 km/h, 160 km/h, 220 km/h Mandatory interfaces 3
Mandatory interfaces EBP (ATS) GSM-R network Adjacent Belgian Interlocking Adjacent Belgian ETCS level 1 L4 / L3 Signalling System (L4) (L4) Adjacent Dutch Interlocking Adjacent Dutch ETCS levels 2 and 1 Hot box detection system Trackside objects (point machines, foot crossings, staff warning devices, lamps, etc) Fire detection system in tunnels 4
Scope of the project A turn-key signalling system on L 3 and L 4, including - ERTMS/ETCS trackside equipment for level 1 and level 2 - Interlocking - Train detection systems (track circuits and axle counters) - Miscellaneous lineside equipment - Power supply for signalling - Diagnosis system - Cables - Fitment of one locomotive for test purposes Contract won by a consortium lead by Alstom Transport, covering - System Design, Equipment Supply - Installation, Testing & Commissioning - Warranty 24 months, Maintenance 25 years 5
The L3 / L4 Signalling System Technical solution based on - Generic ETCS Alstom developments and ATLAS projects under realisation at the time of the contract signature in other countries, now in operation: Italy : Rome-Naples Switzerland : Mattstetten-Rothrist The Netherlands : Betuwe Route - Products already in operation on Infrabel network : SSI interlocking, TFM object controllers, fibre optics data links, Jade track circuits 6
The L3 / L4 Signalling System With specific aspects - Overlay of ETCS 1 and 2 - Interface with HSL Zuid (at different levels : ATS, Interlocking, ETCS) Including new developments - Gateway for SSI-RBC interface - Gateway for RBC-RBC interface 7
The L3 / L4 Signalling System INTERLOCKING SSI Cubicles SSI-RBC Gateway RBC ETCS LEVEL 2 Connection to Dutch RBC Connection to GSM-R RBC Peripherals Optical Data Links Trackside Modules Track Circuits Lineside Electronic Units Eurobalises Trackside Objects ETCS LEVEL 1 8
Connection L4 HSL Zuid Initial situation - At the time of the contract, no European interface was specified for the hand-over between RBCs (except the functional part) - Thales (previously Alcatel) RBC and Alstom RBC did not use the same protocols - The border crossing was realised in two steps 9
Connection L4 HSL Zuid First step : level 1 - No level 2 / level 2 direct transition - Transition B-NL and NL-B through a pure level 1 area (available as part of the fall-back system) at 160 km/h - Tested successfully beginning 2007 Second step : RBC RBC Gateway - In parallel of the realisation of the first step, a gateway solution was decided, for protocol translation - Hand-over management functions remain inside each RBC - First tests in October 2007, final tests with HSL Zuid beginning 2008 10
Connection L4 HSL Zuid 11
Tests on site with trainborne equipment from different suppliers 12
Conclusion With L3 L4 project, Alstom demonstrates its capability to - Take advantage of the experience gained from previous projects - Offer the flexibility to solve specific issues (e.g. interfaces) - Manage projects in a multi-parties environment - Support its clients to manage evolution of specifications - Support its clients to manage system tests with trainborne systems from different supplier And so to provide signalling solutions meeting customer s requirements 13
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