Westermo Trackside and On-Board Data Communication Systems

BEIJER GROUP’s business entity Westermo has today acquired 100% of the Swiss company Neratec Solutions, a technology company specialised in WLAN products with a high focus on reliable and robust wireless communication solutions for the train and trackside sector.

Westermo has launched a range of compact data networking products for on-board and trackside applications to meet the need for secure and reliable data connection to support railway digitisation.

To meet the growing need for more capacity in train communications networks, Westermo has introduced a new generation of Ethernet train switches that provide highly robust networks to support many end devices and high data rates.

Westermo has many years' experience of successfully providing data communication technologies in mission-critical railway applications and was chosen to support a major railway project in Croatia by supplying robust and reliable trackside devices.

Toshiba International Corporation has awarded Westermo a 4.2 MUSD order for the supply of communication network equipment.

Westermo will bring its innovative and robust industrial data communications products alive at the RAIL2015 exhibition later this month. The company will have its Mobile Training and Technology Centre (MTTC) at the two-day event, enabling the company to demonstrate its resilient networking solutions for both trackside and on-board rolling stock applications.

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Westermo is supplying 60 Lynx 110-F2 managed ethernet switches to Schneider Electric for use as critical components in its automatic supply restoration (ASR) systems.

Stadler Pankow GmbH, Berlin has chosen to use Viper EN50155 vehicle switches from Westermo in next generation FLIRT trains. Westermo has been selected as a supplier of data communications equipment for Stadler Pankow's new FLIRT trains (Fast Light Innovative Regional Train).

Thales has awarded Westermo Data Communications a contract to supply the company with industrial networking technology for its project at Hong Kong International Airport. The project involves incorporating Westermo's Viper Ethernet switches into Thales' SelTrac CBTC (communications-based train control) system.

Highly-reliable Ethernet switches to be the backbone of the vehicle monitoring system.Quester Tangent has awarded Westermo Data Communications a contract to supply the company with industrial networking technology for its PATCO Speedline project.

Westermo has been awarded a $4m contract by Toshiba to provide industrial networking technology for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Series 7000 Rail car project. Extremely robust ethernet switches will support on-board communication and management systems for 364 new rail cars that will replace some of the existing fleet and be used on the new Dulles Airport Metro Line.

To meet the growing demand for communication networks on board railway rolling stock, Westermo has introduced two compact and rugged power-over-Ethernet (PoE) switches that support video, LCDs and wireless LAN access points.

To meet the growing demand for reliable onboard railway communications networks, Westermo has introduced a new generation of industrial Ethernet switches that provide highly robust networks and long-term field operation.

Westermo Singapore has won a contract with ST Electronics worth about €80,000. Westermo will supply Viper Ethernet switches that will manage the data communications on-board the new subway cars that will traffic line 2 in Rio De Janeiro. The modernisation of line 2 is part of the g

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The Viper series of rugged Ethernet switches from Westermo have been installed in the driverless trains operating on Singapore's new subway line. This year, the first phase of Singapore's massive underground project will be complete. The expansion of the underground network is built in

Banverket, the Swedish rail operator, required a solution that would allow Internet Protocol (IP) traffic to be transmitted on long stretches of existing telecoms grade twisted pair cables running along the trackside. The Westermo Wolverine products were the perfect fit for this application and a