Transport Minister Ketil Solvik Olsen stood for the opening when the country’s first railway line with new signaling system was opened Monday.
East line has been test-stretch for the new signaling system, called ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) and has now become the country’s most modern railway line.
Signal Fault currently accounts for about fifty percent of all train delays in Norway, but with the new system there will be improvements, according to project manager Jernbaneverket Jarle Rasmussen.
Today was the new system adopted “for real”, accompanied by brass music.
– This is a great celebration of something that means a lot for railroads . To get upgraded technology in signaling matter to travel everyday life for people, said Transport Minister Ketil Solvik Olsen (FRP).
According to Olsen, it interrupts people will notice the best. Or lack thereof. For there is a difference when you replace a system that uses more than a century old technology, says Olsen.
– The fact that lokførererne now get information into your fingertips matters for operational stability, but also we can utilize railway more effectively in the future.
The stretch on the eastern line has a price tag of 1.2 billion, and is a huge and time-consuming system to roll out. Fully developed, it is not until around the year 2030.
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