SIGNAL+DRAHT | Ausgabe 11/2024
How ETCS Level 1 will continue to set the benchmark
The trackside solution for the European Train Control System (ETCS) Level 1 produced by Hitachi Rail has been used successfully around the world for approximately 25 years. The Lineside Electronic Unit (LEU) is the essential link between the conventional signalling system and ETCS. The availability of new technologies and the obsolescence of the original hardware has given rise to the need to subject the LEU to fundamental development and modernisation. Hitachi Rail is responding to the current requirements from train and infrastructure operators by developing new functionalities based on a highly flexible system architecture....