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CASE STUDY – Wuhan- Line Higher speeds and capacity in China

Delivered in just over two years, the 1,069 km line Bombardier Transportation is working in went into service in December 2009 and operates partnership with the Chinese Ministry of 60 services per day. Initial operating speeds of up to Railways programme to expand the overall 350 kph mean it is the fastest ERTMS Level 2 capability of the Chinese rail network. Their technology in commercial operation, on the world’s focus is to shorten intercity rail travel times longest VHS. It is also the first ERTMS Level 2 and build a faster rail network spanning the communications-based Dedicated Passenger Line entire country. (DPL) system to be implemented in China.

This new ERTMS Level 2 system means that passengers In 2007 Bombardier was awarded a contract to supply are able to travel faster and in increased comfort BOMBARDIER* INTERFLO* 450 ERTMS Level 2 between Wuhan and Guangzhou. This was a vital step technology on the new Wuhan-Guangzhou Line. Today towards further raising the standard and speed of Bombardier’s ERTMS technology is now enables higher intercity traffic in China. speeds and capacity for over 87% of China’s Very High-Speed (VHS) track. Our customer The contract was awarded by the WuGuang Railway The Wuhan-Guangzhou line, developed as part of Dedicated Passenger Line Co. Ltd and signalling system China’s new high-speed dedicated passenger lines integrator (China Railway Signal and Communication (DPL), is the first to operate under the latest control Corporation, CRSC) facilitated by the commercial technology in China. This new standard (CTCS3) for agent, CMC International Tendering Corporation, and very high speed lines will greatly increase speed and sponsored by the China Ministry of Railways (MOR). capacity at which trains can travel on the network.

Rail Control Solutions Wuhan - Guangzhou Line, CHINA

Scope To support the delivery, Bombardier utilised its multiple • Delivery of onboard and wayside INTERFLO 450 global centres of expertise worldwide. In addition to the ERTMS Level 2 technology. Including BOMBARDIER* main integration laboratory in Stockholm, experts from EBI* Com 2000 radio block centre (RBC) system and Denmark, Germany, Finland, Philippines, Thailand and 120 EBI Cab 2000 automatic train control onboard the UK worked collaboratively with our signalling office systems in to coordinate the delivery in China. • 1069 km of new Dedicated Passenger Line (DPL) and 60 high-speed train sets Building on Bombardier’s ERTMS expertise • Joint development with CRSC of a CTCS2 STM Bombardier’s ERTMS balise technology was selected as (Specific Transmission Module), enabling the basis for the Eurobalise and there are estimated to interoperability with the CTCS2 national train be over half a million Eurobalises installed globally. protection system More than 2,500 vehicles and 18,000 km of track in • Partnership with CRSC to develop local manufacturing 16 countries have been equipped with our INTERFLO and delivery expertise for the new CTCS3 system, ERTMS technology. where it is based on INTERFLO 450 ERTMS technology In China, Bombardier’s INTERFLO 450 technology has now been installed on more than 10,000 km of VHS track and on 330 trains. INTERFLO 450 has been Key benefits installed on the flagship Beijing to link, and China’s MOR chose INTERFLO 450 because it offered: routes linking Shanghai to and , Heifei • Advanced implementation of ERTMS Level 2 to , to . Trains equipped with our • An efficient solution - the superior capacity of the technology have now travelled more than 300 million EBI Com RBC means that only nine RBCs need to be km, totalling over 170 years worth of operational used to control the entire line experience. • The highest safety level for railway operation (Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 4) The future • Interoperability with the previous CTCS2 signalling The MOR’s high-speed investment program has already technology, also providing a safety backup feature extended the size and average operational speed of the Chinese railway network. This reached 98,000 km of Bombardier is one of the few manufacturers to possess operating line by 2012, including 11,798 km of high both core onboard and wayside technology and is a speed track by 2014. leader for ERTMS technology worldwide. In the next decade thousands more kilometres of lines Delivery through close co-operation will be equipped with our technology. Bombardier is Delivery of the technology was performed on time and committed to being an active partner in the future in partnership with the Chinese MOR and system evolution of the CTCS3 standard. integrator (CRSC). ll rights reserved. Printed in U K/11257/RCS/05-2013/en Printed Inc. or its subsidiaries. A ll rights reserved. Bombardier © 2013,

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