ETCS or CBTC on cross-city links?

The Institute of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE)'s International Technical Committee has been examining the choice between metro and main line train control technologies, as it is one that promoters and operations of cross-city rail links must make. Factors influencing current projects, such as the operating pattern and the interaction with other train services, play an important role in the decision making. This article takes a look at projects in London (London Thameslink and London Crossrail), Madrid (Madrid suburban), Istanbul (Istanbul Marmaray), and Paris (Paris RER Line E) to see what they have chosen - either European Train Control System (ECTS) or Communications Based Train Control (CBTC).

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• Authors:
  • Mitchell, Ian
• Publication Date: 2013-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 32-36
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 169
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic train control; Case studies; Cities; Decision making
• Identifier Terms: Communications Based Train Control; Crossrail; European Train Control System; Marmaray Rail Tunnel Project (Turkey); Thameslink
• Geographic Terms: Greater London; Istanbul (Turkey); Madrid (Spain); Paris (France)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01480891
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 8 2013 11:07AM