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HUF 27.7 billion EU grant for development of Hungarian railway systems
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Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway (GSM-R) will be deployed along a 935 km railway network by the end of 2015, by which development the state owned MÁV (Hungarian State Railways) will join the European Rail Traffic Management System. The Hungarian HQ of the new railway system opened on Tuesday in Budapest, hvg.hu reported.
GSM-R is used for voice communication with the traffic controller, and for data communication between the train and the Radio Block Centre (RBC). This works as follows: when a train passes over a transponder, its exact speed and location are automatically transmitted to the control centre. The control centre then sends back to the train a permission to enter the next track, as well as the allowed maximum speed. This makes trackside signals redundant.
The system is used today throughout Europe, Asia, North-Africa, and Australia, replacing dozens of legacy standards. It guarantees performance at speeds up to 500 km/h, without any communication loss.