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SCADE Solutions for Rail Transportation

Rail Transportation

Today's railway systems and software developers must create agile, maintainable, and energy-efficient applications while meeting stringent certification requirements. They need to increase rail and rolling stock capacity through better signalling, automated train control and improved efficiency. This is a complicated task that requires the correct rail automation tools.

Production-Proven International Success

Esterel Technologies provides production proven, model-based development solutions for critical systems and software engineers that reduce cost, risk, and time-to-certification. Esterel Technologies' industry leading products have been certified by TÜV SÜD, EBA and CERTIFER for EN 50128 to SIL 3/4.

Our rail customers include Alstom Transportation, Ansaldo STS, AREVA TA, CASCO, Hollysys, Invensys Rail, Kyosan, NIIAS, POSCON , RATP, Siemens Mobility and Thales Rail Signaling Systems, to name just a few.

SCADE Solution Benefits

  • Improves communication among system/software teams, customers, suppliers and certification authorities
  • Enables process agility
  • Improves long-term maintainability of applications
  • Ensures documentation quality and accuracy
  • Enables early detection of design flaws
  • Reduces development and verification costs
  • Ensures code quality and safety
  • Reduces risk, time, and cost of EN 50128 Certification

Rail transportation applications developed using the SCADE product family include:

  • Automatic Train Control and Protection Systems:
    • ETCS & CBTC
    • Emergency braking
    • Overspeed protection
    • Vehicle speed control
    • ATP/ATO
  • Satellite-based locomotive control
  • On-board displays (DMI)
  • Interlockings
  • Doors opening and departure interlocks
  • Train detection systems (Axle counters)
  • Level crossing protection
  • Control Centers: Fault reporting and Interlocking
  • Displays

Rail Programs Include:

  • Brazil
    • Sao Paulo subway
  • China
    • Nanjing subway Line 2
    • Beijing subway Changping Line
  • France
    • French Railways (RFF) - entire network
    • Paris subway
    • Lyon subway
    • Marseille subway
  • Hong Kong
    • Hong Kong subway
  • Portugal
    • Porto subway
  • Russia
    • Russian Railways (RZD)
  • Singapore
    • Singapore subway
  • Taiwan
    • Taipei subway
  • Turkey
    • Ankara subway
  • United Kingdom
    • British Rail (Cambrian and Ester lines)
    • Eurostar

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