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Flagship Area 2
Digital & Automated up to Autonomous Train Operations
New technological and operational solutions resulting from the increasing digitalisation and automation of the railways offer a solution to the capacity problems already visible today on Europe’s main lines. The benefits of such systems, such as Automatic Train Control, should be better utilized in the future to precisely control trains operation and traffic flows and ensure scalable solutions fitting for high- and low-density lines.
FP2 lays the foundation by defining technical enablers for automation processes in Europe, further developing digital technologies in the context of connectivity, modular IT platforms and a Digital Register, and validating their benefits with the help of demonstrations. The basis for a Europe-wide implementation will be created by defining migration and deployment guidelines.
Projects in this Flagship Area
Flagship Area 2 Project - MORANE-2
Validation of the FRMCS V2 Specifications with precommercial FRMCS system components in realistic operational conditions and to feed-back the result to the railway eco-system in order to timely start the migration to FRMCS across the European railway system. The project is co-funded by the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-RAIL) and the European Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU).
Flagship Area 2 Project - R2DATO
To meet the increasing demand for transportation of both passengers and freight, FP2-R2DATO will take the advantages of digitalisation and automation to develop the next generation ATC and deliver scalable digital and automatic (up to autonomous) train operation (DATO) capabilities in order to enhance the capacity of the existing rail networks.