The CSS is software-driven and enables us to move away from analog and toward digital. The CSS controls the railway’s security centrally from ProRail’s Data Centres. Today this activity is still carried out via signals along the track, but moving to a digital solution will drastically improve the railway network maintainability and scalability. The system will be continuously improved during the implementation to continue meeting the changing market requirements and taking advantage of new possibilities.
ProRail selected Thales almost two years after the publication of the CSS tender. The CSS plays a central role in carrying out the objectives of ERTMS. Consequently, the new CSS will increase the safety and capacity of trains in order to accommodate the future growth of freight and passenger transport. Traveling within Europe by train will also become a lot easier and therefore more attractive.
“Contributing to a safer world is at the heart of our business. We are therefore proud that we are achieving safer and more sustainable train transport with our Central Safety System. Being a part of Thales, we are doing similar projects across Europe and it is great to work together to build a European rail network for goods and passengers.” Gerben Edelijn, CEO Thales Nederland. “We are very happy and proud to become ProRail’s long-term trusted partner by supporting them in the execution of their clear vision to build an efficient and more sustainable railway network. All of that will be boosted by our advanced digital technology portfolio and highly experienced people” Dr. Yves Joannic, Managing Director of Thales Main Line Signalling. In the Netherlands, ProRail’s work covers 7,000 kilometers of track, building and managing train stations, and regulating train traffic (1.4 million journeys every working day).
