Thales to upgrade Norwegian railway

Thales has announced that it has been awarded a framework contract by the Norwegian rail administrator, Jernbaneverket (JBV), to supply a new railway signal interlocking system. The first three projects in the contract, worth over US$41,400,000, are for new signalling systems for the Sandnes-Stavanger line, the Ganddal cargo terminal and Høvik station.
September 6, 2012 Read time: 1 min
596 Thales has announced that it has been awarded a framework contract by the Norwegian rail administrator, 6523 Jernbaneverket (JBV), to supply a new railway signal interlocking system. The first three projects in the contract, worth over US$41,400,000, are for new signalling systems for the Sandnes-Stavanger line, the Ganddal cargo terminal and Høvik station.

This contract will secure JBV’s need for conventional signalling systems until the next generation of digital signalling solutions and automatic traffic control, as required by the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) is in place. Thales has already successfully installed the interlocking system on a number of critical lines in Finland and is currently implementing the new ERTMS standard for digital signalling in Denmark.

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