@Cosys_Ifsttar Video-based classification of railway track areas for GNSS-based virtual balise solutions in the ERSAT GGC project

@Cosys_Ifsttar Video-based classification of railway track areas for GNSS-based virtual balise solutions in the ERSAT GGC project: Train location is of main use in railway signaling applications, today with the help of equipment on tracks. This equipment's role is to detect the train presence on a track section. In the European standard ERTMS/ETCS (European Rail Traffic Management System/European Train Control System) for the signaling, control and train protection this is performed thanks to a balise or a group of balises installed on tracks to give a passing train a position reference. The balise initializes the odometer, and the train position is computed by the odometer as a distance run since the last relevant balise group. In level 3 of ETCS, the train location shall be sent by the train itself to the ground. It will allow reducing the number of trackside equipment on the one hand, and on the other hand allow implementing moving block circulation in order to reduce the train spacing thus improve line capacity. Mainly driven by economic reasons and thus, acceleration of ERTMS penetration into the networks, the use of GNSS-based systems and, in particular, their introduction in signaling systems is seriously investigated today as a positioning opportunity included in ETCS and tested all around the world. Most of the past projects focused on the development of localization unit and their performance evaluation or more globally on the demonstration of operational signaling solutions based on a GNSS-receiver. As the suitability will be strongly linked to local GNSS quality determination, impact of mu...

Juliette Marais, Rihab Hmida, Amaury Flancquart, Salvatore Sabina, Massimiliano Ciaffi. Video-based classification of railway track areas for GNSS-based virtual balise solutions in the ERSAT GGC project. ION 2018, PPTI - Precise Time and Time Interval Meeting, Jan 2018, Reston, United States. ION 2018, PPTI - Precise Time and Time Interval Meeting, 10p, 2018. 〈hal-01709482〉

Call for applications for posts of Project Officers in the field of Safety, Interoperability and ERTMS

Call for applications for posts of Project Officers in the field of Safety, Interoperability and ERTMS

GNSS for ERTMS Train Localization | Inside GNSS - Linkis.com

GNSS for ERTMS Train Localization | Inside GNSS - Linkis.com

La Commission européenne relance le déploiement de l'ERTMS

La Commission européenne relance le déploiement de l'ERTMS

La Commission européenne a adopté, le 5 janvier 2017, un nouveau plan de déploiement de l'ERTMS destiné à faciliter la circulation transfrontalière des trains en Europe en mettant en place un standard européen amené à remplacer près de 30 systèmes existants. L'ERTMS doit assurer à l'espace ferroviaire européen une plus grande sécurité, fiabilité, ponctualité, et une réduction de l'intervalle entre deux rames qui permettront de faire circuler davantage de trains.
ERTMS - European Rail Traffic Management System

Revised ERTMS Deployment Plan adopted

Revised ERTMS Deployment Plan adopted:

EUROPE: A new timetable for the roll-out of the European Rail Traffic Management System has been put in place by the European Commission, with the adoption on January 5 of an implementing regulation.

The revised ERTMS European Deployment Plan has been drawn up over the past two years by ERTMS Co-ordinator Karel Vinck, in consultation with EU member states, after it became apparent that the timescales set out in the previous plan adopted in 2009 were not achievable. The Commission had recognised that the original deadlines for equipping the six designated ERTMS Corridors had become ‘unrealistic’, citing a shortage of financing, the limited number of qualified experts and technical problems.