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SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 10/2018

ETCS Level 2 without GSM-R

October 2018 | Lionel Arend, Laurent Pott, Nico Hoffmann, Ronny Schanck

Line 1 of the Luxembourg railway network connects the capital Luxembourg with the northern part of the country along the Alzette and Sûre rivers and through the Ardennes Mountains to the Belgian border. Currently the stations and block sections are operated using relay-based signalling boxes. A new signalling concept is to be introduced to the line as part of a technology upgrade. The design of the planned simplified lineside signalling is based on CFL cabin signalling with ETCS Level 1 Full Supervision and it reduces the number of trackside signals....