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 […]
The implementation phase (roll-out), the largest entity of the Digirail project, is now under way, as the project has started the production of an implementation phase plan (roll-out plan). The plan for the implementation phase is intended to cover all activities of the Digirail project outside the EKA sub-area from 2025 to 2040. The Digirail […]
What do you do for a living and what is your role in the Digirail project? I work as a project director in VR’s Digirail operations. How long have you been working on the project? How did you get involved in the Digirail project? I joined the project in spring 2021. My predecessor, who played […]
We have year 2023 just about wrapped up. And the coming year is just around the corner. What does the past year look like at this point? And what progress can be made in 2024? Jari Pylvänäinen, Project Manager of the project alliance, shares his reflections on the past year and also provides us with […]
The interoperability of the components of the European Rail Traffic Management System to be introduced in Finland will be tested in a test laboratory built for this purpose. The preparatory work for the laboratory’s system and equipment procurement is almost at the finish line, and procurement related to the construction of the laboratory will begin […]
Finland will phase out the National Train Control System (JKV) used in railway communications at the turn of the 2030s. It will be replaced by the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), for which Finland is developing the utilisation of commercial radio networks as the communications network solution. Janne Hauta, Senior Ministerial Adviser at the […]
The Digirail test locomotive is now ready, and the test runs of the test track are about to start. The Digirail Sr1 test locomotive is the first locomotive fitted with modern, radio-network-based ETCS train control equipment. The test locomotive will be operated on the ETCS test track, where the functionality of both the locomotive and […]
