Article | REF: D5503 V2

Electric rail traction - Future prospects

Author: Pierre CHAPAS

Publication date: November 10, 2015

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


4. Conclusion

The prospects that are emerging in these three areas are likely to boost interoperability in Europe, an evolution that is hampered by different electrification systems and control equipment. Although ERTMS is the current benchmark for control systems, its deployment is progressing slowly, as it comes up against severe economic constraints.

It should also be pointed out that, despite significant procedural improvements, the approval of electric traction motors on the various European infrastructures still involves a lengthy and costly appraisal process, particularly for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) issues between the three areas described above

You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

Electricity networks and applications

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
Conclusion