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Consortium wins Polish ERTMS contract

Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded a consortium of Bombardier (ZWUS) Poland, Thales Poland, and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) a $US153 million contract for the country's first commercial European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) Level 2 installation. The project covers the 340km line E65 between Gdynia and Warsaw, which also forms the northern section of Pan-European Corridor VI from Gdynia to Katowice and Zilina in Slovakia. Bombardier and Thales will supply the ETCS Level 2 equipment,
December 21, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK has awarded a consortium of 513 Bombardier (ZWUS) Poland, 596 Thales Poland, and 183 Nokia 189 Siemens Networks (NSN) a $US153 million contract for the country's first commercial European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) Level 2 installation.

The project covers the 340km line E65 between Gdynia and Warsaw, which also forms the northern section of Pan-European Corridor VI from Gdynia to Katowice and Zilina in Slovakia.

Bombardier and Thales will supply the ETCS Level 2 equipment, and they will also provide conventional signalling equipment for eight control centres and upgrade existing signalling systems to ETCS Level 2. NSN will provide the GSM-R equipment for the project, which covers thirty-five stations and will take twenty-eight months to complete.

Bombardier's share of the contract covers the supply of the company's Interflo 450 ERTMS technology including four Ebi Com radio block centres and Ebi Link balise systems. Bombardier will also supply its Interflo 200 system for the conventional signalling.

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