ALSTOM - Signaling and Train Control Systems

ALSTOM is the leading supplier of products, services, and systems to both urban and main line rail transport providers around the world. The company offers its customers full ranges of rolling stock and equipment, and among the extensive range of products and services available, are our urban (URBALIS™) and main-line transport (ATLAS™) signaling offers.

ALSTOM in transport has more than 25,000 employees in over 60 countries world-wide and annual sales which exceed 3.5 billion Euros.

THE SIGNALING CHALLENGE

The challenge faced by the signaling business is to safely transport more and more passengers and freight, on the same tracks, while decreasing operations and maintenance costs.

Today ALSTOM has the largest and most international signaling offer in the world. It has been rationalised to provide upgradeable signaling solutions (each system is graded from the most simple to the most complex) that can be customised from standard modules.

In this way, customers benefit from economies of scale on the modules used for their signaling systems, and they are also guaranteed that their investment will last a long time. Upgrades only imply incremental costs.

URBALIS™ AND ATLAS™

ALSTOM’s signaling consists of URBALIS™ for urban transport and ATLAS™ for main-line transport. These two integrated and evolutionary solutions are suitable either for new lines or for improving existing lines. Both URBALIS™ and ATLAS™ optimise network use and reduce headway.

URBALIS™ - SIGNALING TO GROW WITH YOUR CITY

URBALIS™ is a complete integrated solution for urban transit that not only increases capacity, commercial speed, and schedule adherence, but also reduces operating costs. It has been successfully implemented on several metro systems, world-wide, including Atlanta, Paris, and Washington.

URBALIS™ consists of:

• the control centre, providing overall line management, traffic regulation, and maintenance support
• station equipment, including automatic train control subsystems and electronic interlocking
• trackside equipment, dedicated to train positioning and communications
• on-board equipment, providing automatic train protection and automatic train operation functions
• the communication network, linking all the elements

ATLAS™ - SIGNALING TO BOOST THE PERFORMANCE OF MAIN LINE NETWORKS

ATLAS™ provides all the necessary functions for railway management, covering everything from the network management centre to automatic train protection. ATLAS™ is fully compliant with ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System). The ATLAS™ package requires little or no line-side equipment, thereby reducing installation and maintenance costs.

The main benefits are:

• interoperability
• speeds up to 500 km/hr
• moving block operation,
• intelligent trains
• GSM-R radio communications

ADDITIONAL SIGNALING OFFERS

URBALIS™ and ATLAS™ integrate other products:

• SMARTLOCK™ for interlocking, reducing configuration by 50%
• SMARTWAY™ for signaling products
• ADVANTIK™ ATC main line
• MASTRIA™ ATC mass transit, reducing purchasing costs by 30% and operation and maintenance costs by 50%,
• ICONIS™ integrated control centre