Our mission

• Assign multidisciplinary teams of technical experts to company projects to design, test, launch or provide expert advice on systems and equipment for urban and rail transport networks
• Ensure transversal system vision and technical expertise within the company through the rigorous professionalism of our staff

Skills

An overview of the system, centres of technical excellence

The Transport Equipment and Systems Department is made up of a team of over 130 engineers and technicians who are multi-skilled or specialised and who can offer solutions to all transport system problems.

Each project (network or line) is considered as a discrete "system" with its components forming "sub-systems" usually organised by technical discipline.

The department provides an overview of the System by means of :

• Transverse and multidisciplinary skills
  • System Engineers
  • FDMS Engineers
  • Interface management

• Specialised centres of technical excellence for each sub-system :
  • Train Signalling and Safety Control Systems (ATP/ATO, CBTC…)
  • Telecommunications, radio and Operation Assistance Systems
  • Power and Catenary
  • Ventilation, platform sliding doors, electro-mechanical equipment
  • Conventional and High-speed track
  • Rolling stock (urban, goods, high-speed)
  • Operational Security
  • Ticketing and payment systems

Cutting edge systems

• Safety studies, and safety software validation policies
• Design of high-speed line track systems
• Implementation of modern digital radio systems (GSM-R, TETRA)
• Definition of integrated automatic systems (driverless LRTs)
• Trials and implementation of latest generation ATC safety systems (CBTC, METEOR, etc…)
• Design of emerging transports modes (guided bus, etc…)

Services provided

• Design studies from feasibility to project implementation
• Systems integration engineering
• Expertise
• Testing and commissioning of complex systems and safety systems
• Factory inspection, delivery of materials and equipment
• Training

Tools

The department uses specific tools adapted to the needs of each study, including the following software :

SYSPOWER : software for calculating train operation, power traction and harmonics.

RAILSIM, software developed by SYSTRA Consulting, to coordinate operating schedules and AC/DC power capacity.

INRAIL and SOFTLINE for track routing.

ELBAS-WEBANET to simulate operations and calculate AC power supply for traction systems, ELBAS-IMAFEB/ELEFEB to calculate impedance and electro-magnetic and electro-static fields. These last three programs can operate under different configurations. They control and optimise existing installations and identify new railway construction projects.

AUTOCAD, COREL DRAW, MICROSTATION for computer-assisted design and graphics (CAO-CAD), MICROSOFT PROJECT, PRIMAVERA for planning and financial management of the project.