We continue our series introducing the people behind Digirail. Now, it is the turn of Anu Ylä-Pietilä, Enterprise Architect. How long have you worked on the project? How did you get involved in Digirail? I started working on the project in October 2021. I have extensive experience in architecture tasks, so I was asked to […]
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 The outdated system is in desperate need of modernisation — and that’s […]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 […]
More introductions to the people behind Digirail! This time, we are introducing Pekka Mäkinen, a specialist in requirements engineering. How long have you been working on the project? How did you end up with Digirail? I joined Fintraffic Railway in August 2023 as a specialist in requirements engineering. I currently split my time between developing […]
The implementation plan of the implementation phase of the Digirail project is a description of how a modern radio-network-based train control system will be implemented for the Finnish rail network in 2025–2040. The work for the implementation plan of the implementation phase was started in project format in January 2024. What has been accomplished in […]
More introductions to the people behind Digirail! This time, we are introducing enterprise architect Oskari Forsblom. How long have you been working on the project? How did you end up with Digirail? I joined the project in October 2021, in the early stages of the development and verification phase. I’m a qualified IT architect. Before […]
How to achieve the maximum social benefit from Digirail, and what types of actions or decisions are required? Among other things, these questions will be addressed and resolved by the new Digirail development and monitoring group, which includes representatives from several different railway industry actors. Digirail is a necessary replacement investment that will renew train […]
Digirail’s working group for infrastructure information handles and resolves issues related to infrastructure information. There are currently several entities in process, including matters regarding ATO and ETCS. How are infrastructure information issues dealt with in practice? How has the work been progressing so far? Into what kind of subsets has the infrastructure information been divided? […]