EURAIL – FA6 FutuRe Project Innovative Solutions for G2 Regional Lines
摘要
European regional lines are an essential part of the multimodal mobility scheme. Despite their relevance, they are gradually being abandoned due to the increasing total cost of ownership (TCO). FutuRe FP6 project aims at the development of the traffic management/control/command and signalling system for low density lines that are not functionally/operationally fully connected with the mainline network (ER JU Multi Annual Work Program – [1]) – so called Group 2 Lines (G2), that are operated by passenger and/or freight services that do not usually enter mainline infrastructure. Following the analysis of the current regional railways key cost drivers, we will demonstrate less expensive and more advanced solutions for COTS-based Group 2 lines, having as funding pillars public radio communication & satellites in support to fail-safe highly accurate positioning, intelligent systems on-board, cloud-based control centre for vital fail-safe Interlocking and RBC related functionalities. Today’s available technologies are suitably mature for creating new solutions for low density railway; use of COTS products dramatically reduces the CAPEX and OPEX costs paving the way for long-term viability of these lines.