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SIGNAL+DRAHT | Ausgabe 03/2022

Experience of realising level crossing systems in the Kempen–Kleve project

März 2022 | Matthias Mertens, Michael Jahnel, Thorsten Heinrich, Raimund Scheuvens, Dominik Wewers

The rail sector is facing a number of major challenges. The capacity of rail-bound transport must be significantly increased so that more traffic flows can be shifted to the railways in order to help meet climate targets. This can only be achieved with the fundamental digitalisation of all the control and safety technology. This technology class does not only include interlockings, however, but also all the level crossing (LC) systems. This digitalisation is to be implemented within the framework of an industrial rollout on the basis of a study realised by McKinsey....