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? […]
More introductions to the people behind Digirail! This time, we are introducing Test Engineer Tuukka Varjoranta. How long have you been working on the project? How did you end up with Digirail? I started in the Digirail project in the summer of 2021 after I began working at Proxion in the team that was then […]
A test locomotive equipped with the European Train Control System will be driven on a closed track section on the Kouvola-Kotka-Hamina line. The purpose is to test the functionality of both the onboard and trackside equipment as well as the traffic control systems. The test track provides experience on ETCS operation in an actual railway […]
In the construction planning of the EKA track section, the planning areas are divided into three different entities; Kokemäki-Rauma, Kokemäki-Mäntyluoto and Mäntyluoto-Tahkoluoto as well as Lielahti-Kokemäki. The project is unique, as a lot is being done for the very first time. An example of this is the connection of level crossings to ETCS. The […]
The intention in Digirail’s EKA track section is to use a radio network solution to communicate with trains by utilising commercial network connections. One part of this radio network project is a monitoring function that examines how traffic controllers will receive information about service interruptions and disruptions in the future in order to ensure the […]
More introductions to the people behind Digirail! Our guest is cybersecurity expert Antti Alestalo. What is your job, and what is your role in the Digirail project? I am a cybersecurity expert. My team is working on cybersecurity design for the Digirail project. This covers a wide range of areas, beginning with specification definitions for […]