Overview of ERTMS/ETCS Course

About the Course

This blended learning ERTMS/ETCS training course provides engineers, managers and others involved in European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) projects with a detailed understanding of the fundamentals of ERTMS supported by a competency-based structure.

ERTMS is being rolled out across Europe and Worldwide. ERTMS will require new skills and ways of operating in the rail sector. Informa’s on-line training course, ‘An Overview of ERTMS’, provides attendees with critical insight into the system, its technologies and operational requirements.

Attendees will leave with a firm knowledge of trackside and onboard systems, trackside architecture and the meaning of levels 1/2/3. The opening module provides introduction to ERTMS and an overview of the context. Functions and levels are then explained along with train-borne and track-side architecture.

The language of ERTMS and the various modes are then covered. The information is underlined with a real application case study of ERTMS and some of the learnings. Finally, the ERMS/ETCS course covers the driver machine interface followed by the review & conclusions.

Our online railway courses combine presentations from our industry experts with exercises, review sessions and explorations of any topical issues. There is a short multiple-choice examination at the end of each course part to fully reinforce learnings.

Who Should Attend

Any member of staff – decision makers, project managers, engineers, safety specialists, systems engineers, line managers, software specialists, system integrators, designers and others who are dealing with ERTMS implementation.

The course will enable attendees to have the right tools to facilitate a structured and robust approach to implementing and managing ERTMS railway projects.

Key Learning Objectives

• A full understanding of the basics of ERTMS, what it is, how it originated and why it exists
• A working appreciation of ERTMS’ architecture, including traffic management, operating rules, ETCS and GPRS
• A knowledge of the various ERTMS functions and language
• The different ERTMS levels
• A detailed knowledge of Trackside architecture Level 1/L2/L3 and Train-borne architecture Level 1/2/3
• Understand ERTMS train modes
• Gain knowledge of the driver-machine interface and how this impacts operations and training
• The issues regarding Train-focused and infrastructure-focused implementation strategies
• What Future developments might be and how they will affect design and implementations
• Appreciate the complexity of ERTMS implementation
• Understand the impact that ERTMS has on safety and operations
• Have a means to access relevant information regarding ERTMS standards
• An appreciation of safety assurance challenges

Course Information

Instructional Delivery Method: Schedule Digital
Prerequisite & Advanced Preparation: Reading material will be sent prior to the course 

Recommended Prerequisites

Participants should have a general understanding of engineering and project management principles and practice on the railway.

Delivered by Dr Howard Parkinson

Howard is a chartered engineer with over 20 years of experience in the international railway industry, more recently as an independent consultant, researcher and trainer.

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