Norway is making rapid progress in the area of digitalization and will be the first country to control and monitor its approximately 4,200-km railway network and more than 350 stations from a central interlocking system. It’s one of the largest digitalization projects in the country.
With this ambitious undertaking, Norway will play a leading role in the use of digital technologies in the rail sector by deploying the most modern signaling system in Europe (see figure below, courtesy of Siemens).
Over a period of 17 years, Bane NOR SF—the state-owned company responsible for the Norwegian national railway infrastructure—will invest more than €2 billion in a digitalized and automated signaling system as part of its ERTMS initiative. In 2018, Bane NOR SF commissioned Siemens Mobility to install the interlocking systems, outdoor facilities, and ETCS Level 2 throughout the entire Norwegian railway network. The contract is worth about €800 million.
