We are looking to hire two thesis workers in the ‘technical entity’ area of responsibility within the Digirail project. Fintraffic employs more than 1,100 top professionals across four modes of transport. We wish to contribute to Finland having the safest, smoothest and most environmentally friendly traffic in the world. We actively develop digital solutions 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 […]
The tendering process for the procurement of the Command and Signalling system for the EKA track section of Digirail is currently ongoing. The reform will provide increased capacity and many additional opportunities. The train control system and the Radio Block Centre form the most important part of equipment procurement. During week 37, Digirail published a […]
In September, the drivers selected for the test driving of the Digirail project were familiarising themselves with the secrets of the new train control system in Kouvola. Traffic on the Kouvola–Kotka–Hamina test section will start towards the end of the year. At the same time, driving in the virtual world will switch to operation in […]
När sommaren övergår till höst tuffar projektet Digispår på i snabb takt. På hösten sysselsätter i synnerhet upphandlingarna för EKA-banavsnittet fram till slutet av året. Avsikten är också att få klarhet gällande lösningarna för användningen av radionätet. Hösten blir en hektisk tid för Digispår. Det största jobbet är hela upphandlingen för EKA-banavsnittet Lielax–Björneborg/Raumo. Det är […]