Dutch telecommunications company KPN has won a tender to supply and maintain GSM-R cab radios for Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).
KPN and Funkwerk will supply 1,400 radio systems to support the Netherlands’ plans to roll out ERTMS Level 2 signalling across the country’s core network by 2028.
Dutch drivers were “extensively” involved in the testing of the systems throughout the procurement process, KPN has said.
The radios will be installed by NS subsidiary NedTrain – a process that is expected to be completed by mid-2016.
Currently only the Hanzelijn line, Betuweroute freight line, HSL-Zuid and Amsterdam-Utrecht line use ERTMS. Level 2 will be commissioned across the Randstad region and on routes connecting the cities of Arnhem, Almelo and Vlissingen from 2016.
