Current position: Signalling has traditionally been set at the national level, which is hard to integrate when trains cross borders. It is expensive and harder to make interoperable.
- EULYNX is the digitalisation of the railway signalling industry.
- The aim is to create open, standardised interfaces between signalling system components.
- Modular approach to signalling, offering standard interfaces for interaction.
- Reduces vendor lock-in and allows for modular replacement.
- EULYNX publish documents on the architecture and interface specifications.
- Covers architecture, components and interfaces.
EULYNX specifications cover the following subsystems:
- Signals & Object Controllers (SCI LS)
- Points and point machines (SCI-P), Points and Switches
- Axle counters and train detection (SCI TDS), train block vacancy
- Level crossings (SCI LC/LX)
- IP-based communications (including RaSTA) (SCI IO) Interfaces
- Cybersecurity and networking interfaces (Core)
- Maintenance and Data Mgmt (MDM) (Core)
- Electronic Interlocking (Core)
Adjacent EULYNX systems communicate with:
- Radio Block Centre (SCI RBC),
- Traffic Management (SCI CC),
- Adjacent Interlocking (SCI ILS).
15 key partners are: DB InfraGO (Germany), Network Rail/GBR (UK), SNCF (France), RFI (Rete Ferroviaria Italiana), ÖBB (Austria), ProRail (Netherlands), Infrabel(Belgium), Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Luxembourg, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, and Switzerland.
Understanding Railways Series:
UK Railway Industry for Dummies, focusing on Rail Infrastructure
Railway Infrastructure - Signalling
EULYNX Signalling (this post)
