Alstom will install its ETCS signalling technology onboard one of DB Cargo’s freight locomotives. Credit: Nicky Boogaard via Flickr.

Alstom has signed a contract to install its European Train Control System (ETCS) signalling technology onboard one of DB Cargo’s DE6400 freight locomotives.

This project has been co-financed by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (IenW) and the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility.

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Under the contract, Alstom will equip the DB Cargo freight locomotive with its Atlas ETCS Baseline 3 Release 2 solution.

This technology will support Belgian-Dutch freight traffic after the conversion of the lines to ETCS for the 2024/2025 and 2026/2027 timetable change in Belgium and the Netherlands, respectively.

The contract involves the integration of the ETCS system with the Belgian national system (TBL1+) and the current Dutch ATB-EG and ATB-NG systems.

Dutch rolling stock maintenance services provider Shunter will be responsible for executing the retrofitting work for the first prototype.

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This March, Alstom signed a purchase agreement to acquire Shunter, allowing it to expand its presence in the Benelux nations.

Alstom Germany, Austria and Switzerland Digital and Integrated Systems head Michael Konias said: “Alstom is the first company to be fully certified in the latest rolling stock and trackside ETCS standards and our state-of-the-art signalling solutions adapt to the specific requirements of each operating environment, ensuring the highest standards for safe, trans-European freight transport.”

In January 2020, Alstom and DB Cargo announced a project to retrofit 13 EG3100 freight locomotives with the ETCS signalling technology for trans-European freight traffic between Denmark, Sweden and Germany.