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2/2/2001
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Train Control: Alcatel nets NYCTA pact
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York (NYCTA) has awarded Alcatel Transport Automation Systems a $13 million contract to adapt its train-control technology for use on the 700-mile subway, which is trying to establish a communications-based train control (CBTC) standard.
Alcatel’s charge over the next five years is to develop an "operating proof" of the interoperability specification among a variety of wayside and on-board systems, according to an Alcatel statement. Matra Transport/Siemens Transportation Systems Inc. will supply the radio/RF subsystem.
In December 1999, NYCTA gave Matra/Siemens the go-ahead to resignal its Carnasie line and equip 160 subway cars to operate under CBTC.
Alcatel’s charge over the next five years is to develop an "operating proof" of the interoperability specification among a variety of wayside and on-board systems, according to an Alcatel statement. Matra Transport/Siemens Transportation Systems Inc. will supply the radio/RF subsystem.
In December 1999, NYCTA gave Matra/Siemens the go-ahead to resignal its Carnasie line and equip 160 subway cars to operate under CBTC.
