GYSEV has selected Thales to Security Equipment

Thales Rail Signalling has been selected by Hungarian and Austrian joint state-owned regional railway GYSEV to supply security equipment for a €28.64m contract on a 56km section of the Sopron-Szombathely-Szentgotthárd line in western Hungary, allowing trains to reach a maximum speed of 120kmph compared to the current 60-80kmph.

October 30, 2009 12:44 pm | Last Update: August 8, 2015 12:47 pm

Hungarian and Austrian joint state-owned regional railway GYSEV has selected Thales Rail Signalling to supply security equipment for a section of Hungarian railtrack.
The contract, worth €28.64m (HUF7.63m), involves work on a 56km section of the Sopron-Szombathely-Szentgotthárd line in western Hungary. The security equipment is expected to allow trains reach a maximum speed of 120kmph, as opposed to the current 60-80kmph.

The project is funded through the HUF41.3bn of assistance funding awarded to Hungary by the EU to renovate a 116km section of the rail line. Work is planing to finish by the end of 2011.

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