FRENCH Rail Network (RFF) and Synerail, the PPP consortium appointed by RFF in 2010 to install, operate and maintain GSM-R, have selected Kapsch CarrierCom to install an all-IP core solution based on the supplier's new R4 architecture.
CZECH infrastructure manager SŽDC has awarded Kapsch CarrierCom, Austria, two contracts to install GSM-R covering 330 route-km of lines in the central Czech Republic.
The availability of advanced telemetry looks set to transform operators' understanding of how energy is used on rail vehicles and how power consumption can be optimised.
HUNGARY's state holding company, NISZ, has awarded a €46m contract to a consortium of Kapsch CarrierCom and MVM Ovit, a Hungarian transmission network specialist, to install GSM-R on a 900km section of the rail network.
POLAND's infrastructure manger PKP PLK has awarded a €41.5m contract to Kapsch CarrierCom and Torpol, Poland to install GSM-R radio communications on the main line linking Kunowice on the German border with Poznan, Warsaw and Terespol on the Belarus border.
SAUDI Railways Organisation (SRO) and Indra, Spain, have chosen Kapsch CarrierCom to install GSM-R on the 450km Haramain high-speed line under construction between Mecca, Jeddah, and Medina.
POLISH infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded Kapsch CarrierCom a €9.2m contract to design and install GSM-R equipment on the 148km Legnica – Wroclaw – Opole section of Line E30.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has awarded a consortium of Siemens and Kapsch CarrierCom a €93m contract to equip 230km of the under construction high-speed line from Halle and Leipzig to Ebensfed via Erfurt with ERTMS Level 2.