Project Structure
The expected obsolescence of GSM-R and the need to enable digitalisation in train operations has led the European railway sector to set a global plan for the definition of a new radio system, the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS), as presented in the EU-Rail System Pillar Report on FRMCS V2 and V3 Scope and Planning.
As a sequel and historical reference to Morane (the project that created GSM-R in Europe 25 years ago), MORANE-2 is the full testing of the V2 set of specifications, amended or evolved through labs and field testing of the whole FRMCS ecosystem, leading to a solid FRMCS V3 set of specifications.
The project focuses on:
The second step is five different field tests – operated on two railway tracks from ADIF, one from DB, one from TRAFIKVERKET and one from PRORAIL. Four of these lines are conventional, the fifth, in the ADIF network, being a high-speed line.