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Caledonian Rolling Stock Cables

CABLE CONSTRUCTION

Conductors:
Tinned fine copper strands according to VDE 0295 / IEC 60228 class 5 are generally used for railway cables. For nominal cross section of over 50mmsq, 0.41mm strand wire may be used instead of 0.51mm as stipulated in IEC 60228. The IEC 60228 class 5 enhances flexibility and the ease of handling, thus lengthening the product life of the cable. These class 5
conductors are extremely flexible, and easy-to-install in the compact rolling stock environment.
Insulation and Outer Sheath:
Crosslinked polyolefine copolymer or EPR will generally be used for insulation whereas electron-beam cross-linked elastomer is employed for sheathing. Cross-linked elastomer compounds offer very good durability that can resist heat, oil, vibration, chemical aggression, etc.

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

As an OEM, Caledonian rolling stock cables provide our railway customers with future headroom by meeting the following European Norms (EN) and international standards :

EN 50264

EN 50306

EN 50382

NF F 63808

NF F 63826

NF F 63827

BS 6853

DIN 5510-2

NF F 16 101

UIC 895

Thales wins Network Rail Traffic Management System contracts

UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail has formally confirmed Thales UK as the winner of the first two contracts for the deployment of the national Traffic Management System.

Network Rail is planning to consolidate control of Great Britain’s rail network from more than 800 signalboxes into 12 rail operating centres over the next 15-30 years, and believes this will save up to £250m/year. It had selected Thales, the Signalling Solutions Ltd joint venture of Alstom Transport and Balfour Beatty Rail and Hitachi Rail Europe to develop prototype TMS offices based on their existing systems for testing.

Under the contracts worth a total of £28∙8m which were announced on May 29, Thales is to install its ARAMIS Traffic Management System at two Regional Operating Centres in Romford and Cardiff by December 2015. Thales said ARAMIS is already used to control more than 60 000 trains/day in 11 countries with ‘complex mixed traffic networks similar to the UK’.

Under a separate £3∙4m contract, SSL will develop, supply and support the interface between TMS and external systems.

Network Rail said contracts for the national roll-out of TMS will be the subject of separate competitions which will involve ‘all current traffic management framework holders’.