SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 05/2020
The challenges of ETCS realisation and strategies to optimise it
The Digital Rail for Germany (Digitale Schiene Deutschland) program intends to ensure that the entire DB AG (Deutsche Bahn AG) rail network will be equipped with digital signalling technology and European Train Control System (ETCS) within about 20 years. This represents a major challenge for the entire German rail sector due to the scale of investment, the continued shortage of specialist employees and the fact that the required specifications have yet to be sufficiently specified. This will only be possible with the help of extensive strategies to optimise the design, realisation and implementation...