Francesco Rispoli, manager of satellite technologies at Ansaldo STS, an Italian provider of rail-tra

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Olivier Onidi, director for Innovative and Sustainable Mobility at the EC s Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE), highlighted the role of ERTMS in achieving an interoperable Single European Railway Area. “2014 is a key year in terms of innovation for the rail sector. Major progress is expected on ERTMS, Galileo, and SHIFT2RAIL”.
SHIFT²RAIL is a European technology initiative  seeking to double the capacity of the European rail system, increase its reliability and service quality by 50 percent ,and cut lifecycle costs in half.
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