Alstom has been commissioned by the Italian Railway network (Gruppo FS) to upgrade the Milano Centrale-Milano Smistamento–Monza–Chiasso line. Alstom’s share of this contract is worth €21 million and the total value of the contract is €34 million. The company will install Atlas 200 its European Traffic Management System (ERTMS) level 2 solution, including its latest-generation, multi-station, computerized interlocking system, Alstom’s Smartlock 400 GP system on the 51 km line.
The line forms part of corridor A (Genoa-Rotterdam) of the European network inter-operable corridors, and will be the first non-high-speed railway line in Italy to be entirely managed by a level 2 ERTMS system.
“As a result of the project, which includes the installation of a new-generation product, the line’s already high level of safety will be further increased,” declared David Cannafoglia, Vice President Alstom TIS South Europe and Director of the Bologna site. “Furthermore, the ERTMS-2 system, which is being implemented on conventional lines for the first time in Italy, will facilitate the work of train drivers. Traffic management on the whole line will be easier and more efficient for the operational center.”
The project, which will take two-and-a-half years to be completed, will allow the operator to manage the circulation of trains safely and in accordance with the latest regulations governing computerized interlocking systems. Alstom says passengers will not only benefit from the greater safety, but also from the greater punctuality of the trains. The project will be managed by Alstom’s Italian sites: the center of excellence in Bologna and the R&D center in Bari, which will collaborate with Charleroi site in Belgium.
