European Railway Agency

ERTMS
ETCS – reference specifications

Pio Guido
ERTMS Unit
European Railway Agency

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 ERTMS ?

ERTMS is a major
j European
p industrial project,
p j , started and
supported by the European Commission.

ERTMS encompasses today:

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GSM-R (GSM-for Railway): radio system based on standard

GSM tecnology used to exchange information (voice and
data)) with trains

ETCS (European Train Control System): computer based

safety
f t system
t tto control
t l the
th speed
d off the
th trains
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 GSM-R in Europe

67 % of the European
Railway network will
be covered by GSM-R

Mobile Users:

Plan: 337 483

Today: 120 088

25 889 Cab radios

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 ETCS – today

There are currently more than

17 000 km of track and 3
17,000 3,500
500
vehicles already in service or
contracted with ERTMS in
Europe *
*) Source: UNIFE

Worldwide, there are

Worldwide
more than 30,000 km of
ERTMS lines in service
or contracted *

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 The ERTMS specifications

Railway Interoperability Directives are

« new approach » directives
Directives
(EC)
with the added«layer»
y : Technical
Specifications for Interoperability TSIs
(Agency)
EN standards
ERTMS specifications (~100 documents) (CEN, CENELEC, ETSI)
are referenced in Annex A of the TSI CCS
National Standards
ERA Change Control Management
for
o ERTMS:
S
feedback from •to maintain the current version
revenue service •to develop
p the future releases

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 ETCS – the SRS of today

CR: 335 new CR: 0 new CR: 25

SRS 2.2.2
SRS 2.3.0
sub-108 v 1.00 SRS 2.3.0
SRS 2.2.2 sub-108 v 1.2.0
TSI CR update Annex A
TSI HS update Annex A
TSI HS revised

2002 2006 2007 2008

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 ETCS – maintenance of 2.3.0 version

EC Decision 2008/386/EC
2008/386/EC, of 23/4/2008 (aka “2
“2.3.0d”)
3 0d”)
• requires MS to notify date of operations in compliance
• requires test specifications to complete by 31/12/08

Work in progress to complete specifications:

DMI specifications
ifi i D 08
Dec
ERTMS Operational Rules Dec 08
System test requirements Jan 09

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 ERTMS ERA Working Groups

CCS WG work
sharing
NSA Focus Group
p

propose

Control Group interface

monthly meeting with
ERA ad-hoc
sector organizations to: ERA ad-hoc
external bodies:
WGs:
coordinate WG
WGs:
NB
limited Rail, ESO,..
in time/scope
limited in time/scope

ERA ad
ad-hochoc
ERA ad-hoc
ERA WGs: ad-hoc
WGs:
WGs:
limited in time/scope
limited in time/scope
limited in time/scope
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 ERTMS – system evolution
Maintenance of the current specifications in parallel with development of
the next version
B k
Backward d compatibility
tibilit and
d system
t version
i managementt tto protectt t
investments

GSM-R 8/16 GSM-R 8/16

Development Maintenance

ETCS Baseline 3 ETCS Baseline 3

Development Maintenance

GSM-R 7/15
Maintenance

ETCS 2.3.0
Maintenance

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 ETCS Baseline 3

The new ERTMS MoU (4/7/2008)

between Commission and Sector
Organisations

ERA not part of it, but we are

requested to meet aggressive
deadlines for development of
ETCS specifications

Final objective : ETCS Baseline 3 in 2012

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 ETCS – Baseline 3

9 September: solution for all functional change requests

published
p

9 October: training on formalisation of the specifications

‰ November: detailed planning for all baseline 3 activities: to
be endorsed by sector in ERTMS MoU
‰ December: first draft SRS 3.0.0, to be presented to MS in
Interoperability and Safety Committee
‰ 2009/10: new WP on ERTMS testing; rest of ETCS specs

‰ 2011:
2011 validation
lid i andd test; ffeedback
db k
‰ mid 2012 Recommendation for EC Decision

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 Consolidation of Baseline 3

Consolidation - a multiple approach strategy- the efficient use

of all available/practical alternatives:
• Paper validation
• Feedback from projects
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today • System
S t Tests
T t Specifications
S ifi ti (subset-076)
( b t 076)

• Si
Simulation
l ti (UNISIG can hhelp
l tterms off reference)
f )
2009
• Operational Scenarios

• Formal methods
subject to
feasibility

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 ETCS –the next baseline

By 2012 even larger installed base

compliant with 2.3.0

Backward compatibility is a must

Additional functions for broader application scope have

been defined for the next ETCS version “Baseline 3”.
The trains with ETCS B3 will be
compatible
p with infrastructure in
service with current version.
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 ERA – ERTMS - further information

Work Program, Reports on Activities, reference

specifications, meetings, ...
all can be found in the ERA website:

www.era.europa.eu

gracias por vuestra atención

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