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| Project Acronym: |
HEROE |
| Type of contract: |
Shared Cost |
| Project title: |
Harmonization of European Rail Rules for Operating ERTMS |
| Main contractor: |
EEIG ERTMS USERS GROUP |
| Type organisation: |
Other |
| Country: |
BE |
| Start date & duration: |
1998-01-01 - 24 months |
| Area: |
Rail |
| Relevant tasks: |
2.3.2 |
| Total cost in kECUs: |
3347 |
| Total EU contribution in kECUs: |
1398 |
Objectives of research
Main objectives:
Harmonising rules and regulations for the new ERTMS control-command system in nominal and degraded situations; Easing a fair competition by fixing common level of safety, particularly for degraded situations (by applying a common risk analysis method); Facilitate the transition period between existing control-command systems and ERTMS and identify legal obstacles to the harmonisation; Opening to all the European railways, involved or hoping to be involved in ERTMS, the results of this project by establishing prestandardised sets of rules and regulations in regard with each operating situation. The general approach of these complex tasks will remain very practical and closely linked with actual operating situations.
Secondary objective:
the determination of the new ERTMS rules and regulations, especially for the driver and the signalman; the ways to harmonise rules and regulations during the transition period; the study of safety problems related to rules and regulations; the tests of the results; the writing of prestandards and their dissemination. The major networks dealing with ERTMS projects are involved very early in the conception of rules and regulations in order to obtain a common agreement on them.
Demo Sites:
The new procedures will be experimented on the three ERTMS test sites (F, IT, D).
Links with other projects, tasks, areas, programmes, policy actions:
The HEROE project has a strong link with the ERTMS control-command project, completing the ERTMS technical interoperability by setting the framework of the operational interoperability. As for drawing up safety rules and regulations the human aspects cannot be ignored, the HEROE project will have some interactive work with the HUSARE project.
Participants
| Organisation |
Type |
Country |
| EEIG ERTMS USERS GROUP |
Other |
BE |
| N.V. NEDERLANDSE SPOORWEGEN |
Industry |
NL |
| RAILTRACK GROUP PLC |
Industry |
GB |
| DEUTSCHE BAHN AG - FRANKFURT |
Industry |
DE |
| RED NACIONAL DE LOS FERROCARRILES ESPAÑOLES |
Industry |
ES |
| FERROVIE DELLO STATO - SOCIETÀ DI TRASPORTI E SERVIZI PER AZIONI |
Industry |
IT |
| GEC ALSTHOM TRANSPORT S.A. |
Industry |
FR |
| INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE SUR LES TRANSPORTS ET LEUR SÉCURITÉ |
Research Organisation |
FR |
| TÜV EURO RAIL |
Industry |
DE |
| TECNOLOGIA E INVESTIGACION FERROVIARIA S.A. |
Other |
ES |
| UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "LA SAPIENZA" |
Education |
IT |
| SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER FRANÇAIS |
Industry |
FR |
| FOUNDATION EUROPEAN RAIL RESEARCH INSTITUTE |
Other |
NL |
Coordinator's name: Mr. Jacqes PELLEGRIN
Address: EEIG ERTMS USERS GROUP
Avenue de Beaulieu, 25
1160 Bruxelles
BE
Tel: +32-2-6739933
Fax: + 32-2-6734150
European Commission Contact Point
Name: Mr. Emmanuel PARENT DE CURZON
Tel: +32-2-2963635
Fax: +32-2-2966174
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