Thales will Upgrade Brussels Metro Systems

STIB, Belgium’s public transport authority, will upgrade its traffic control systems on two metro lines using a modernised platform developed by international electronics group Thales.

April 18, 2008 11:59 pm | Last Update: August 2, 2015 12:01 am

Belgium’s Brussels public transport authority STIB is to upgrade traffic control systems used on two of the capital’s metro lines.

The STIB has awarded a two-year contract to international electronics and systems group Thales to modernise the existing system and provide identical functionalities, the company has announced.

The proposed traffic control system is built around the Thales SCADASoft platform and commissioning is scheduled for February 2009.

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