2009-NL-60142-P

Retrofitting of ETCS onboard equipment for locomotives to run in ERTMS Corridor A

This Action aims at retrofitting and upgrading of on-board equipment and foresees the following activities:

1. Retrofit of onboard equipment in 15 Siemens locomotives with ETCS L1/L2;

2. Retrofit of onboard equipment in 4 Vossloh locomotives with ETCS L1/L2;

3. Upgrade of software and re-homologation of 25 EVC-based ETCS L2 locomotives;

4. Upgrade of software and re-homologation of 70 IVC-based ETCS L2 locomotives.

State of progress on 31 December 2010:

All four activities of the project are ongoing. Retrofit of onboard equipment in 15 Siemens locomotives with ETCS L1/L2 was completed and authorisation procedures are ongoing.

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Member States involved:

The Netherlands

Implementation schedule:

Start date: July 2009

End date: December 2011

Beneficiary & Implementing bodies:

Mitsui Rail Capital Europe BV

Rurtalbahn GMBH

Additional information:

 Coordinator’s Report of the Priority Project

 European Commission, DG MOVE