ERTMS in progress The evolution of ERTMS from the users perspective

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ERTMS in progressThe evolution of ERTMS from the
users perspective

• Andrea Querzè
• EEIG ERTMS Users Group

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The ERTMS Users Group

• On the 1 August 1995, three European railways
  formed an EEIG with the aim of developing the
  ERTMS specifications and testing the new system
  on pilot projects.
• Later on five other railways joined the group,
  actively supporting the overall process by means
  of technical work, trial sites and commercial
  applications.

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The ERTMS Users Group
Sweden Botnia banen Regional ERTMS Germany Berl
in-Halle/Leipzig Switzerland Matstetten-Rothrist
Lotschberg Line Italy Roma-Napoli Torino-Novara

UK Cambrian line Netherlands HSL South Betuwe
Line France LGV-est / POS Spain Madrid-Lerida
Cordoba-Malaga Madrid-Valladolid Madrid-Toledo
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2001- 2002 New base line Technical reference
for Pilot and commercial projects On Paper
SRS 1.0.0
SRS 5A
SRS 2.0.0
SRS 4.9
SRS 2.2.0
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Main role of the Users Group

• The consolidation of SRS230, technical and
  operational
• Support ERA, CER and EIM in the definition of
  SRS300
• The consolidation of SRS300, technical and
  operational
• Technical support and co-ordination of the
  corridor projects
• The co-ordination of the feedback from the
  implementation projects
• Mobilise its member states to support funding of
  its projects
• Attract funding from the EC for consolidation
  activities

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EC
C. A21
ERA
CCM
CER
EIM
ERTMS Platform
Strategic coordination
UNIFE
CR analysis, Support and advice
Information, support
GSM-R Industry group
ERIG
Operational commercial requirements
Technical work
UNISIG
ERTMS Users Goup
Support in technical operational ETCS issues
Deployment
Corridor projects
ORGANISATIONAL INTERFACES
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SRS evolution
Role of the ERTMS Users Group in the Change
Control Management process In close co-operation
with ERA, CER, EIM, UNIFE
Clarifications / bug-fixes Discuss and agree
solutions with UNISIG ERTMS Users
Group technical work Functional
changes Providing detailed explanations on the
need of the requested changes and on the
advantages/disadvantages of the solution
proposals
SRS230
SRS300
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Co-operation Agreements

• MoU with EIM for Technical Support
• MoU with CER for Technical Support
• Declaration of Common Interest with ERTMS
  Platform to provide information feedback
• The Users Group is the centre for technical and
  operational expertise on ERTMS for the railway
  sector

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Corridor Technical Co-ordination

• Corridor 2007 Amsterdam-Brussels-Paris Paris-F
  rankfurt/Luxembourg
• Corridor A Rotterdam-Genova
• Corridor C Antwerp-Basel/Lyon

With the co-ordination of the Users Group we
achieve that the corridors get a solution to
their technical problems without each of them
inventing their own individual solutions

• System version
• Operational rules
• Braking curves
• Train categories

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System Version Management
2.3.0
3.0.0
2.3.0
2.3.0

• OK

• OK

Software upgrade Could be required
2.3.0
3.0.0
3.0.0
3.0.0

• ?

• OK

Case by case analysis
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Conclusions

• SRS230 is a stable specification which can be,
  and is, implemented today
• A stable specification does not mean that it is
  100 error free. Bug-fixing will continue,
  together with the addition of new
  functionalities, in a co-ordinated way that
  provides downward compatibility
• The Users Group is ready to continue its role in
  the further evolution of ERTMS