The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency has selected WSP Finland Oy to carry out the commissioning inspections for Digirail’s first commercial track section between Tampere–Pori/Rauma. The objective of the procurement is to ensure the high-quality and compliant commissioning of the safety equipment package to be acquired for Digirail.
As part of the Digirail project, a radio-based ETCS (European Train Control System) will be built for commercial use for the first time in Finland on the Tampere-Pori/Rauma track section. A key part of the ETCS train control system is a safety equipment package that includes a Centralised Safety System (CSS) and Object Controllers (OC).
The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency has selected WSP Finland Oy to carry out the commissioning inspection of the safety equipment for the Tampere-Pori/Rauma track section. The commissioning inspection covers not only the safety equipment as a whole, but also the interfaces to Class B systems, such as to the interlocking, the train control system, the remote control and road level crossings, as well as to the 14 integrated road level crossings, whose functionalities are included in the inspection.
The inspection work also includes analysing the SCI-CC interface description (Control Center) for the remote control interface, supporting the remote control system (Centralized Traffic Control, CTC) inspection services, and inspection runs on locomotives to verify, among other things, compliance with the requirements of the Radio Block Centre and to inspect the Driver Machine Interfaces of the On Board Unit (OBU).
The commissioning inspection utilises a laboratory environment. The laboratory will be built at the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency’s Rail Training Centre in Kouvola, where installation work will be completed for all the key subsystems: CSS, OC and CTC. This will enable systems to be checked in a controlled and efficient test environment prior to the commissioning phase.
The assignment will begin with a specification phase, which will last until 31 May 2025. During the specification phase, inspection measures are planned, in particular to demonstrate the compliance of interfaces with EULYNX requirements. The actual inspection work will be completed by 31 December 2028.
The Digirail project is making rail transport in Finland safer, smoother and more efficient. The project is reinventing the outdated train control system and introducing a shared European radio-based train control system across the entire rail network. Digirail will enable safe transport, an improved service level and growth of capacity, and it will create a long-term technical foundation for Finnish railway traffic. The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, Fintraffic and the Ministry of Transport and Communications are collaborating in the project with other actors.
Additional information: Aapo Tiilikainen
Project Manager, EKA Project