A New Step to Full Safety: Multimedia Communications with Interactive Boards – ‘Best of Innotrans’
Improving safety in a complex environment with ever changing numbers of passengers – with increased expectations – and a shifting environment, is still a relevant and hot topic at Innotrans 2012. Therefore, rail operators are stopping by the Alcatel-Lucent booth (133 – hall 4.1) to discover a new generation communication dispatching platform called ICCC (Integrated [...]
Celebrating a significant milestone on the Plovdiv – Svilengrad Railway, Bulgaria
Alcatel-Lucent is providing Plovdiv and Svilengrad in Bulgaria an integrated telecommunication solution, including multiservice network, GSM-R, public address systems, and passenger information displays.
The best telecommunications for the longest railway tunnel in the world!
Demand for freight traffic in Switzerland will increase by up to 78% by 2030 according to studies conducted by the Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development and transit traffic will grow even faster. By upgrading its railway infrastructure, Switzerland can meet these increasing needs while ensuring the quality of environment and the security of goods [...]
Communicating underground – light at the end of the tunnel
By TrackTalk editors As the global population becomes increasingly urbanized, tunnels are becoming part of daily life for more and more people. As well as overcoming natural barriers, tunnels are the arteries of the modern metropolis, and megacities depend on their underground infrastructure to function efficiently. The telecommunications network of the tunnel has to reflect [...]
Guaranteeing success in the world’s longest tunnels
The huge strides made in tunneling techniques in recent decades have allowed engineers to overcome formidable natural barriers, and these mega-structures continue to push further and deeper, with a string of technically-impressive projects underway or planned around the world. “Today’s rail passengers and rail operators increasingly expect to have uninterrupted access to mobile and high [...]
With: R. Sigrist, Alcatel-Lucent’s global centre for excellence rail/tunnel - 26 Apr 2012
AlpTransit Gotthard AG: The pival role of communications in tunnels
The Gotthard base tunnel will be the longest railway tunnel in the world at 57km when commercial operations begin at the end of 2016. Tunneling work on the twin tubes was completed in 2011, and now railway infrastructure installation is in full swing. This includes laying the track, mounting the catenary lines and installing the [...]
With: J. Elmiger, Chief Engineering Officer Railway Infrastructure, AlpTransit Gotthard AG - 26 Apr 2012
Eurotunnel: Enhancing communications beneath the seafloor
May 6th marks the 18th anniversary of one of the engineering wonders of the modern age. At 50.4km, the Channel Tunnel is the longest undersea tunnel in the world, reaching depths of up to 75m below sea level. On an average, more than 49,000 people pass through the twin tunnels between France and England each [...]
With: J. Keefe, Communications Director, Eurotunnel - 26 Apr 2012
New Wi-Fi tech for the Paris underground
By Allan Swann in Computer Business Review Alcatel-Lucent has been working on the French Metro to not only integrate a driverless train system, but integrating new Wi-Fi technology to stream data on safety and security, as well as video for passengers on the Paris Metro Line 1, Paris’ busiest. Alcatel-Lucent collaborated with RATP, the French [...]
The rise of the machines
There is lot of hype, buzz, and maybe even fantasy around the subject of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology. Some consider the term M2M as the precursor to a world where internet-connected machines are able to take the control of our lives, and even worse, our thoughts. Others see M2M technologies as a fantastic opportunity to improve [...]
With: T. Sens, marketing director, Alcatel-Lucent, Strategic Industries Solutions - 07 Jul 2011
