Digirail is a large-scale project involving a historical system reform that will modernise the entire railway control and safety system infrastructure in Finland. The reform will boost capacity, improve accuracy, minimise malfunctions, and improve safety and sustainable development in the rail network. The project aims to transition to a globally unique automatic train control system […]
Finland’s train control system (JKV) — which enables train traffic — is approaching the end of its life cycle. At the same time, environmentally friendly train travel is growing in popularity and the amount of goods transported by rail is on the rise. The outdated system is in desperate need of modernisation — and that’s […]
The Digirail project is bringing changes to the railway sector, with requirements for new kinds of expertise. The EKA track section to be built on the Lielahti-Rauma/Pori track is the first ETCS track section to be implemented in Finland for commercial train traffic. EKA will be introduced in 2027 and it will be the first […]
The intention in Digirail’s EKA track section is to use a radio network solution to communicate with trains by utilising commercial network connections. Digirail is in the process of collaboration with Finnish telecom operators to design a common disturbance map view that enables efficient train traffic. Digirail has investigated the possibility of receiving disturbance information […]