ertms.net: ERTMS in brief Citat: "...ERTMS has two basic components: * ETCS, the European Train Control System, is an automatic train protection system (ATP) to replace the existing national ATP-systems; * GSM-R, a radio system for providing voice and data communication between the track and the train, based on standard GSM using frequencies specifically reserved for rail application with certain specific and advanced functions. For more information on GSM-R, please click here. ERTMS aims at replacing the different national train control and command systems in Europe. The deployment of ERTMS will enable the creation of a seamless European railway system and increase European railway's competitiveness......"
Archive backup 2010: railjournal.com: Yet more ERTMS challenges ahead Citat: "...NEVER before – at least not in my 30-odd years as a railway journalist – has a train control system aroused such passion and heated debate as ERTMS...ERTMS is full of contradictions...Hase also raised the subject of Open ETCS, a DB initiative backed by operators in Britain, France, Italy and the Netherlands to adopt open-source software to reduce the cost of on-board equipment. Hase said DB has set itself a very tough unit target cost of [euro]60,000...Hase said that it took 15 years for Germany to get back to having one signalling handbook following German reunification, so it is an illusion to try to have one set of operating rules for the whole of Europe..."
