The case for ETCS

摘要

'If ETCS doesn't help capacity in a fast line, it's the stations, the junctions and everywhere else that it starts to be relevant', DfT National Rail Projects Director Stuart Baker told the REF seminar on October 29. As a 'straightforward example', he provided 'the ECML and Newark crossing, and this is where ETCS is helpful if you manage it correctly as a new system. For goodness sake, don't treat it as an overlay on the existing system'.