Kapsch TrafficCom wins ETC order in Portugal

Kapsch TrafficCom has won an important order for an electronic toll collection (ETC) system for multi-lane free-flow traffic on 520 kilometres of Portugal’s primary road network. The company will install a total of 38 toll stations for the new system – doing away with the need for manual toll collection. When the system is fully deployed, tolls will be collected from all vehicles using this newly created ETC system. Kapsch will subsequently provide technical operation and maintenance of the system for the P
April 17, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
4984 Kapsch TrafficCom has won an important order for an electronic toll collection (ETC) system for multi-lane free-flow traffic on 520 kilometres of Portugal’s primary road network. The company will install a total of 38 toll stations for the new system – doing away with the need for manual toll collection. When the system is fully deployed, tolls will be collected from all vehicles using this newly created ETC system. Kapsch will subsequently provide technical operation and maintenance of the system for the Portuguese operator Ascendi for five years.

“Portugal has been an interesting market for us for a very long time. Many years ago, for example, Kapsch made the existing toll collection system in Portugal compatible with the rest of Europe. There are now about 450,000 on-board units in use on Portuguese roads. They guarantee smooth interoperability with other systems,” says Michael Gschnitzer, sales director of Kapsch TrafficCom.

Ascendi currently manages seven road concessions in Portugal, most of them over affiliated operation companies of the Ascendi Group. Together, they are account for more than 1,370 kms of the primary road network in Portugal.
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