Siemens is to equip 9,000 of the total 11,000 automatic train control elements in the route network of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) with the European Train Control System (ETCS) type Trainguard 100. The order is worth a total value of around 125 million euros. The contract covers the conversion of the existing train control system to ETCS Level 1 Limited Supervision and the maintenance of the existing signaling system for 25 years. The system will be delivered in eight geographically defined implementation phases in the period between 2012 and 2017. Read More
