Harmonization of European Rail Rules for Operating ERTMS

Objective

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.
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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.

The new procedures will be experimented on the three ERTMS test sites (F, IT, D).
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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.

Programme(s)

• FP4-TRANSPORT - Specific research, technological development and demonstration programme in the field of transport, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 2.3 - Interoperability

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

EEIG ERTMS USERS GROUP

Address

Avenue De Beaulieu 25
1160 Bruxelles
Belgium

Participants (13)

DEUTSCHE BAHN AG - FRANKFURT

Germany

Address

Stephensonstrasse 1
60326 Frankfurt Am Main

FERROVIE DELLO STATO - SOCIETA DI TRASPORTI E SERVIZI PER AZIONI

Italy

Address

Piazzale Di Porta San Lorenzo 1
00100 Roma

FOUNDATION EUROPEAN RAIL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Netherlands

Address

Arthur Van Schendelstraat 754
3511MK Utrecht

GEC ALSTHOM TRANSPORT S.A.

France

Address

48 Rue Albert Dhalenne
93482 Saint-ouen

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE SUR LES TRANSPORTS ET LEUR S_CURIT_

France

Address

Avenue Du G,n,ral Malleret-joinville 2
94114 Arcueil

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF RAILWAYS

France

Address

Rue Jean Rey 16
75015 Paris

NV Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Netherlands

Address

Moreelsepark 1
3511 EP Utrecht

RAILTRACK GROUP PLC

United Kingdom

Address

Melton Street 40
NW1 3EE London

RED NACIONAL DE LOS FERROCARRILES ESPAOLES

Spain

Address

Estacion De Chamartin - Agustin De Foxa S/n - Edificio Comercial 2O Pl Despacho 212
28036 Madrid

SOCI_T_ NATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER FRAN_AIS

France

Address

Rue De Londres 45
75379 Paris

TECNOLOGÍA E INVESTIGACIÓN FERROVIARIA S.A.

Spain

Address

Capitan Haya 1
28020 Madrid

TsV EURO RAIL

Germany

Address

Am Grauen Stein
51105 K"ln

UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "LA SAPIENZA"

Italy

Address

Via Eudossiana, 18
00184 Roma