by Salvatore Sabina, Program Manager, Ansaldo STS

1. X2RAIL-2 and other S2R Projects
18 – 19 March 2019, Vienna
PALAIS WERTHEIM / SPACE FOR INNOVATION IN RAIL
Salvatore Sabina (salvatore.sabina@ansaldo-sts.com)

2. While some activities among competitors are both legal and beneficial to the industry, group activities of competitors are inherently suspect under the antitrust/ competition laws of the countries in which our companies do
business. Agreements between or among competitors need not be formal to raise questions under antitrust laws. They may include any kind of understanding, formal or informal, secretive or public, under which
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appearance of an agreement that would violate the antitrust laws are not discussed. It is the responsibility of each participant in the first instance to avoid raising improper subjects for discussion, notably such as
those identifiedbelow.
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competition, or in any way impairs or tends to impair the ability of members to exercise independent business judgment regarding matters affecting competition.
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 group boycotts; validity of patents; ongoing litigations.
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Antitrust Statement

3. Some Market Needs
Market
Needs
(All transport
part of a
modes
Single
become
Unified
Integrated Transport System)
Single Shared Transport
System
(Reduction of fixed Infrastructure Costs, Shift from Fixed to Variable Costs)
Cost Effective Solution, More
Attractive for Users
Safety and Performance
Improvement
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(Safe Solutions, higher
capacity, higher availability,
better punctuality, ...)

4. S2R-TD2.4: Objectives vs. Market Needs
TD 2.4 Fail-
Safe Train
Positioning
Introduction of new Technology
Capabilities by “Combination of
Innovative Technologies”
(Location and Train Position principles
preserved; Use of the Virtual Balise concept;
Detection of Virtual Balises by means of a
combined use of GNSS, IMU, Radio Localization,
Digital Map, Odometry; Localization info to
other CCS components in other coordinates;
Cybersecurity)
Moving Signaling Intelligence
from Trackside to On-Board
Migration Strategy
(Technical, Operational and Regulatory Aspects;
Categories of Trains vs. Categories of
Infrastructure Capabilities)
THR Apportionment for
avoiding over specification
faults
(SIL 4 only when necessary)
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5. S2R - TD2.4 Overview
Collaborations with GSA,
ESA, and ERA have been
foreseen.
AREA SCOPE
TD2.4: Fail-
Safe Train
Positioning
(including
satellite
technologies)
 Development of a fail-safe, multi-sensor train positioning system by applying GNSS technology to the current
ERTMS/ETCS core and by using new technologies (e.g. Inertial Measurement Units, Radio Localization and Digital
Map) or of other on-board existing sensors (e.g. accelerometers, odometer sensors). This Fail-Safe Train Positioning
will be specified, developed and verified to guarantee the backward compatibility, compatibility, and
interoperability;
 Definition of the System Requirement Specification and the System Architecture in the context of the ERTMS
evolutions;
 Execution of System Hazard Analysis;
 Identification of different possible technological solutions, develop proof of concepts based also on modeling and
simulators;
 Identification of enhancements to the Railway V&V Processes to also include the new technologies and their
impacts at the level of interoperable constituents and Command & Control Subsystems;
 Development of Technology Demonstrators to be verified both in Laboratory and on the Field;
 Analysis of a Business Model for the application of the TD 2.4 solutions in Railway;
TD = Technology
Demonstrator
Adaptable
Communicati
onSystem
Automatic
Train
Operation
Moving
Block
Fail-SafeTrain
Positioning
Train Zero On- Formal
(Incl. Satellite)
Integrity site Testing Methods
Virtual
Coupling nt
Evolution
Manageme Connected
All-in-all
Wayside
Objects
TD2.1 TD2.2 TD2.3
Shift2Rail – Innovation Programme2
TD2.4 TD2.5 TD2.6 TD2.7 TD2.8 TD2.9
Traffic
TD2.10
Smart
Radio
TD2.1
1
Cyber
Security
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6. S2R-TD2.4: Where do we stand?
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Task 3.2 – General Specification
• Analysis of the State-of-Art radio localisation and GNSS technologies;
• Definition and delivery of the System Requirement Specifications (i.e. functional and non-functional
requirements) (Deliverable D3.1);
• Definition of the System Architecture. During the architectural design phase, a preliminary System Functional
Hazard Analysis was performed (Deliverable D3.2);
Task 3.3 – On site GNSS performance tests
• Data collection activities were planned and executed in the following locations: Sardinia, Italy; the Brno – Tisnov
line, Czech Republic; Stuttgart – Berlin, Germany
• The following measurements were collected:
 Kinematic Sensor and IMU raw measurements, along with Ground Truth;
 Further GNSS measurements for specific local effects analysis;
 Radio localisation measurements;
Task 3.4 – Analysis of the results of the GNSS Performance test activities
• Analysis of recorded measurements (Deliverable D3.4).
• This deliverable also includes the description of the main properties of different GNSS performance analysis tools
(proprietary or open source).

7. S2R-TD2.4: The Backbone for Train Positioning Initiatives
CRs for next TSI and market
uptaking for the innovative
Train Positioning
Previous R&D Projects:
3InSat, ERSAT-EAV, NGTC, RHINOS, STARS
S2R OC Projects:
ASTRail and the new Gate4Rail
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Other Projects such ESA STEMS, ESA CAPRESE, and GSA
ERSAT-GGC requested the Collaboration Agreements with
TD 2.4

8. Conclusions
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• Upgrade of the Fail-Safe Train Positioning Specifications and the Functional
Architecture are expected by the middle of 2019 to include the results of other on-
going analysis;
• TD 2.4 is the framework where (a) the investigations of innovative technologies
are expected to be executed and (b) the results of other R&D initiatives have to be
harmonized;
• Three Technology Demonstrators have been planned since the TD 2.4 concept
phase; their implementations are schedule in 2021 and 2022.

9. X2Rail-2 Beneficiaries: ANSALDO STS S.p.A., Alstom Transport S.A. AZD Praha s.r.o, Bombardier Transportation Sweden
AB, CAF Signalling S.L., Asociación Centro Tecnológico Ceit-IK4, Deutsche Bahn AG, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und
Raumfahrt e.V.,SCHWEIZERISCHE BUNDESBAHNEN SBB AG, Hacon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Indra Sistemas S.A., Mer
Mec SPA, Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, Nottingham Scientific LTD, Railenium, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, SNCF
RESEAU, Thales Transportation Systems GmbH, Trafikverket