HAROP - Harmonized Radio Operations Procedures for GSM-R
Overview
Background & policy context:
The objective of the HAROP project is to create harmonised radio operating procedures in order to achieve uniform GSM-R usage in the EU 27. The Functional Description of the system and the technical complements of the rules have been produced by the HAROP’s members in 2006.
Due to limitations in harmonising rules between the different railways involved in the process, the project has been closed in 2007 but contact is being made between experts as part of the “Operations Network of Knowledge”.
Objectives:
ERTMS, the European Rail Traffic Management System, is the new rail management system for Europe which combines the European Train Control System (ETCS) with GSM-R. The first high speed line using ERTMS, enabling interoperability throughout the European rail network, went into use between Naples and Rome, and is already being extended to Florence. By the end of 2007, as well as Italy, Spain, Germany and Switzerland, there were projects operating for high speed lines in France, the Netherlands and Belgium.
Methodology:
GSM-R uses the GSM technology, but the specialised requirements for harmonised railway operation, in particular for high-speed trains, means that applications have to use the GSM system in a specific way.
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