Turkish State Railways has awarded Thales a €20 million signalling contract to install the ETCS Level 2 system on the country’s first high speed rail line.
The contract also consists of GSM-R communications and automatic train protection along the 250km double-track Eskisehir-Sincan section of the Ankara-Istanbul high speed line.
Turkey’s first high speed line was brought into commercial service by Thales in 2009.
Thales is already closely involved in the project to upgrade the Ankara-Istanbul line and has been awarded ETCS Level 1 contracts for more than 400 km of double-track sections.
