Never before - at least not in my 30-odd years as a railway journalist - has a train control system aroused such passion and heated debate as ERTMS. So every time a conference is staged on the subject, you can be certain the attendance will be high and the debate lively. Global Transport Forum's launch conference on ERTMS held in Rome last month was no exception.rnERTMS is full of contradictions. The railways that have installed it are generally very happy with it, once the initial teething problems are resolved. This was confirmed during a technical visit to see the Level 2 installation on the Rome -Naples high-speed line. The system has been in service for five years without any backup system, and the Italian Rail Network (RFI) staff in the Rome control centre confirmed that the system was very reliable.
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