SIGNAL+DRAHT | Ausgabe 12/2024
ERTMS equipment Paris–Lyon and France’s future strategy
With a four-day closure of the LGV Sud Est Paris – Lyon high-speed line from 9 to 12 November 2024, the LGV+ project is approaching its goal: the outdated TVM train control system will be replaced by ETCS Level 2. After five years of construction work on the line without any restrictions on passenger services, 1,000 people laid around 57,000 new cables in 101 hours during the closure period to prepare for the commissioning of the new control and safety technology. The changeover to ETCS Level 2 meant that 58 relay interlockings had to be replaced by digital interlocking technology, which is controlled from the new operations control centre in Lyon Jean Macé....