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SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 09/2003

Availability of the World’s first ERTMS/ETCS Level 2-Line

September 2003 | Marco Liesch, Mathias Hering, Rasmus Krevet

Since several months the world’s first ERTMS/ETCS Level 2 system is in commercial operation on the Swiss pilot line Olten—Lucerne between the stations Zofingen and Sempach. The pilot line achieves practically the same punctuality as the previous conventional signalling system. Additionally, during the 14 test months the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) didn’t register any safety relevant incident.