Signed new signaling system for NOK 5 billion – Dagsavisen
Large parts of today’s signal systems are based on technology from the 1960s which has expired and must be replaced. In 2019, the City Council of Oslo decided to invest in a new signaling system with CBTC technology (Communications Based Train Control) for the metro in Oslo with a control framework of NOK 5.4 billion.
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Renewal
– With this investment, we are preparing for the metro of the future, says CEO of Sporveien, Cato Hellesjø.
In mid-November, Dagsavisen wrote about Sporveien’s long-term plans. as much as DKK 70 billion will be used to upgrade the metro.
– Now that the tram program is almost finished, it’s time to look at the subway. Here we are still in an early phase, but since there are many large projects, it is natural to gather all this in the same program, says CEO of Sporveien, Cato Hellesjø, to Dagsavisen.
With this investment, we are preparing for the subway of the future,
– Cato Hellesjø, CEO of Sporveien
And the project is in line:
- Fornebubanen
- New Majorstua station
- New signal system
- New carriages
- New downtown tunnel
- New tunnel on the Baltic Sea line between Bryn and Hellerud
– Already this year, we start work on a new route between Brynseng and Hellerud, says Hellesjø.
Now the agreement on a new signaling system is in place.
– We are both proud and very happy that Sporveien gives us confidence to deliver a new digital signaling system for the subway in Oslo. Ours will contribute to increased safety, accessibility and efficiency of the subway, and combined with increased capacity will make the subway more attractive to all the passengers who travel with regularly. This is a large and important project for both us and Sporveien, and with our long experience from similar projects, I am sure that together we will succeed, says CEO Michael Peter of Siemens Mobility in a press release.
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Renewal
Also politically, there is great enthusiasm for a new signaling system to come.
– This is the biggest renewal on the subway in Oslo. In addition to the subway, you get a higher capacity and better control of traffic in the entire subway network, which is also invested in other major public transport initiatives, such as Fornebubanen, new Majorstuen subway junction and new subway trains. The tramway is now building the metro of the future, and that is the decision for both people and climate in Oslo, says City Councilor Raymond Johansen (Labor Party) in a press release.
The tramway is now building the metro of the future, and that is the decision for both people and the climate in Oslo.
– Raymond Johansen, (Labor Party), city council leader
The delivery includes design, development and installation of the new system on the entire metro network, including Fornebubanen. This also includes implementation in passenger trains, work machines and the traffic control center, as well as maintenance for 25 years after approved system delivery. The introduction will take place step by step, line by line being equipped with CBTC technology, with Fornebubanen’s progress plan as the leading premise.
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A new signaling system will be able to give the people of Oslo a better public transport service, with up to more per hour.
– I am happy that we finally get a new signal system in place for the subway. It is important to cut emissions and ensure safe wood for young and old on foot and by bicycle. To achieve Oslo’s ambitious climate goals, we must strengthen public transport, and the metro is the backbone of the transport system. In a normal year, nearly 120 million climate-friendly journeys are made by subway, says Sirin Stav (MDG), city councilor for the environment and transport.
In July 2019, City Councilor Raymond Johansen (Labor Party), then Temporary City Councilor for Environment and Transport, Arild Hermstad (MDG), and Head of Planning and Infrastructure in Ruter, Halvor Jutulstad, marked the start of work on Nybrua, where the new station on Nedre Grünerløkka must lie.
Since then, not a single sod roof has been taken, or a single salvo has gone off.
According to the plan, the new city center tunnel for the metro will help to remove bottlenecks in today’s metro network, where all lines must pass through the same tunnel under Oslo and make it possible to increase the capacity for the metro.
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Facts about new signaling system CBTC for the subway:
- The tramway will build a new signaling system with CBTC technology. CBTC stands for Communication Based Train Control, or communication based train control. It is a system for comprehensive management and security of traffic, based on wireless communication between trains and infrastructure.
- The new system makes the subway more robust, with a lower risk of errors and a higher degree of safety. The technology is today industry standard, and is already in use in New York, Paris, London, Madrid, Copenhagen and a number of other major cities.
- With the new signaling system, the metro will have a common system on all lines, designed for further development of the metro.
- Among other things, the technology makes it possible to drive with a shorter distance between the metro trains. Thus, traffic flows smoother and faster, with more and more precise departures than is possible with today’s signal systems.
- The project has a management framework of NOK 5.4 billion.