117 – 19 March 2008
Fast track to Sustainable Mobility
ERTMS/ETCS on Belgian High Speed Lines L3 and L4
Connection to the Netherlands HSL Zuid
Jean-Jacques Gehrenbeck Alstom Transport (Belgium)
217 – 19 March 2008
L4 : Antwerp to the Netherlands, L3 : Liège to Germany
2 new lines of 40 km
317 – 19 March 2008
Main Customer Requirements (Infrabel)
• Maximum speed of 300 km/h including border crossing (for connection L4 – HSL Zuid)
• Design headway of 3 minutes
• ERTMS/ETCS specifications SRS 2.2.2 (at the time of the contract), now updated to SRS 2.3.0 (Corridor 2007 list of CRs)
• Nominal operation in ETCS level 2, fall-back operation in ETCS level 1
• Reduced level of performance for level 1 operation (maximum speed 160 km/h, headway 6 min)
• Speed restrictions at “on-sight”, 80 km/h, 160 km/h, 220 km/h
• Mandatory interfaces
417 – 19 March 2008
Mandatory interfaces
L4 / L3
Signalling System
GSM-R
network
Adjacent Belgian
Interlocking
Adjacent Belgian ETCS
level 1
Trackside objects
(point machines, foot crossings, staff
warning devices, lamps, etc)
Adjacent Dutch Interlocking
Adjacent Dutch ETCS levels 2
and 1
Hot box detection system
Fire detection system in tunnels
(L4)
(L4)
EBP
(ATS)
517 – 19 March 2008
Scope of the project
• A turn-key signalling system on L 3 and L 4, including-ERTMS/ETCS trackside equipment for level 1 and level 2- Interlocking-Train detection systems (track circuits and axle counters)-Miscellaneous lineside equipment -Power supply for signalling-Diagnosis system-Cables-Fitment of one locomotive for test purposes
• Contract won by a consortium lead by Alstom Transport, covering -System Design, Equipment Supply- Installation, Testing & Commissioning-Warranty 24 months, Maintenance 25 years
617 – 19 March 2008
The L3 / L4 Signalling System
• Technical solution based on
-Generic ETCS Alstom developments and ATLAS projects under realisation at the time of the contract signature in othercountries, now in operation: • Italy : Rome-Naples• Switzerland : Mattstetten-Rothrist• The Netherlands : Betuwe Route
- Products already in operation on Infrabel network : SSI interlocking, TFM object controllers, fibre optics data links, Jade track circuits
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The L3 / L4 Signalling System
• With specific aspects
-Overlay of ETCS 1 and 2- Interface with HSL Zuid (at different levels : ATS, Interlocking,
ETCS)
• Including new developments
-Gateway for SSI-RBC interface-Gateway for RBC-RBC interface
817 – 19 March 2008
The L3 / L4 Signalling System
SSI Cubicles SSI-RBC Gateway
Optical Data Links Trackside Modules
INTERLOCKINGRBC
Connection to Dutch RBC
Connection to GSM-R
ETCS LEVEL 2
RBC Peripherals
Lineside Electronic Units
Eurobalises
ETCS LEVEL 1
Track Circuits
Trackside Objects
917 – 19 March 2008
Connection L4 – HSL Zuid
• Initial situation
-At the time of the contract, no European interface was specifiedfor the hand-over between RBCs (except the functional part)
-Thales (previously Alcatel) RBC and Alstom RBC did not use thesame protocols
-The border crossing was realised in two steps
1017 – 19 March 2008
Connection L4 – HSL Zuid
• First step : level 1
-No level 2 / level 2 direct transition-Transition B-NL and NL-B through a pure level 1 area (available
as part of the fall-back system) at 160 km/h -Tested successfully beginning 2007
• Second step : RBC – RBC Gateway
- In parallel of the realisation of the first step, a gateway solution was decided, for protocol translation
-Hand-over management functions remain inside each RBC-First tests in October 2007, final tests with HSL Zuid beginning
2008
1117 – 19 March 2008
Connection L4 – HSL Zuid
1217 – 19 March 2008
Tests on site with trainborne equipment from different suppliers
1317 – 19 March 2008
Conclusion
• With L3 L4 project, Alstom demonstrates its capability to
-Take advantage of the experience gained from previous projects-Offer the flexibility to solve specific issues (e.g. interfaces)-Manage projects in a multi-parties environment-Support its clients to manage evolution of specifications-Support its clients to manage system tests with trainborne systems from
different supplier
• And so to provide signalling solutions meeting customer’s requirements
1417 – 19 March 2008
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