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Equipment
Lloyd's Register Educational Trust
awards €1 million to co-finance
the rest of Chair in Railway Engineering
Railway-
The Lloyd's Register Educational Trust (LRET), an independent charity, has agreed to award
a total of €1 million to Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
In April 2008, the LRET signed an agreement with Delft University for a Chair in
Railway Engineering at its Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences.
Europe
Mr. Michael Franklin, Director of the LRET, and
Prof.ir. L. de Quelerij, Dean of the
Delft University’s Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences, signed the agreement which
involves an initial contribution of €50,000 followed by quarterly financing of the same
can envy
amount over a five-year period.
“The Lloyd's Register Educational Trust aims to deliver a structured programme of
financial support worldwide for education, training and research in the fields of science,
engineering and technology for the benefit of all”, stated Mr. Franklin.
ABB was selected by The Norwegian The Chair will be a full-time appointment and will oversee research. The Chair in
Railway Administration as its Railway Engineering will provide research and education focusing on availability and safety
preferred signalling supplier to deliver of rail and rail infrastructure. Mr. Franklin added: “The Chair will contribute to the
the technical equipment for its new professionalism of the University’s study of Civil Engineering and Geosciences and underlines
Centralised Traffic and Power Control the increasing importance of rail, its interfaces and infrastructure. In addition, the Lloyd’s
in Trondheim, Norway which controls Register Educational Trust wishes to ensure the continuous availability of exceptional
one third of the Norwegian Railway engineers by co-operating with Delft University in this field.”
network and was officially opened in The Lloyd's Register Group last year contributed £6 million GDP for the LRET to
May 2006. This modern centre steers support advances in transportation, science, engineering and technology research, education
railways in central and northern and training worldwide for the benefit of all.
Norway by remote control.
www.lrrail.com
ABB’s cost-efficient delivery covers
both the remote control steering and
power supply of 68 railway signalling
plants, including designing,
Dellner launches robust fast
programming, testing, installation,
commissioning and documentation.
“When an analogous centralised
Ethernet connection
traffic control centre was opened in
Dellner Couplers AB has developed the clear and immediate wish to run several
Sweden, there were 2,600 major and
D-REX system which makes establishing other applications, such as diagnostic
small errors registered during the
100 Mbit/s Ethernet LAN infrastructure systems, information systems and TCMS
running-in period. In Trondheim there
easy and guarantees safe transmission
signals over Ethernet. The main objective
were 6 non-compliances registered for
throughout the trains.
for Dellner has been to develop a system
the same period,” comments Arnt
For many years, the various difficult
to accommodate various applications
Rogstad. “We are very satisfied with
train operating conditions have made
which requires safe Ethernet connections,
our new traffic centre – it has worked
installation of fast Ethernet equipment
even when the trains have to be
almost faultlessly, since we moved
between auto-coupled cars impossible.
reconnected.
from Trondheim central station on the
Many of the modern applications require
“It is not acceptable for a train to be
25 March 2006. The traffic leaders at
a higher network bandwidth and a large
delayed or stationary due to the fact that
Marienborg (Trondheim) have
percentage of today’s active train fleets
the passengers have no guarantee of a safe
equipment the rest of Railway-Europe
cannot be adapted. For example high
journey,” says Product Manager Mats
can envy.”
resolution video surveillance, which
Högberg. “Costs and penalties incurred
Arnt Rogstad continues: “To get
by the train operating companies for such
sometimes requires a transmission rate up
delays or stoppages are much higher than
this high technology in order has cost to 100 Mbit/s, in order to work in real
the costs of upgrading a fleet with our
less than expected. NOK 97,7 million time. Furthermore, at many locations it is
Robust Ethernet D-REX system. With D-
was the calculated cost of the center, common that the traffic stays still during
REX we make signal transmission safe
but it stopped at ca. NOK 85 million. the most problematic hours, when the
and fast.”
The centralised traffic control at risk for crime is at its highest. The use of
D-REX is not limited to new
Marienborg is considered as one of on-board high resolution CCTV could
couplers, but can also be retrofitted on
the best in Europe, both prevent or reduce that crime potential.
most of the current operating fleets
technologically and functionally.” Besides the increased demands on world-wide.
www.abb.com/signalling video surveillance, many operators have a
www.dellner.com
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