ALSTOM will provide ETCS control system for freight
locomotives
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ALSTOM Transport’s scope of supply comprises the
delivery of the ETCS and ATB control systems as well as the
technical approval of the control equipment in the Netherlands.
The ETCS equipment
Level 2 will be produced at ALSTOM Transport’s works
in Charleroi, Belgium. The share of the consortial leader Siemens comprises the
equipment of the locomotives. Siemens will also be responsible
for the engineering and the approval for 1.5 kV dc voltage as
common in the Dutch traction power supply and for the 25 kV ac
voltage as installed on the Betuwe route. From 2007, the ETCS equipment will allow a border-crossing
traffic on the so-called Betuwe route between the Dutch port of
Rotterdam and the industrial region of North Rhine-Westphalia
without a time-consuming loco exchange. This project, which is
part of the planned European freight traffic corridor from
Rotterdam to Genoa, aims
to simplify the crossing of borders, shorten the traveling
times and increase the operating efficiency on the
lines. Around 110 kilometers of the 160-km-long Betuwe route are
already equipped with the ETCS by ALSTOM Transport, which has
also equipped the line Mattstetten – Rothrist (Switzerland)
and Rome – Naples (Italy). For more information, please
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