(CercleFinance.com) – Alstom announces that it has reached an important milestone in its operations in Hungary with the completion, at the end of 2023, of the project to modernize the MÁV-START Flirt-type electric train fleet.
Alstom has equipped 59 trains with the ‘ETCS 2’ system, a system meeting the strictest safety standards in the European Union.
Thanks to this modernization, completed in December 2023, the 59 units can travel with increased safety and higher speeds where the tracks allow, underlines Alstom.
The main objective of the European Train Control System (ETCS) is to monitor the movement of trains and improve the safety of rail traffic in various operational situations. The improved ETCS level 2 also offers continuous monitoring via GSM-R (the railway version of GSM).