Project Plan

The main tasks of the ECO-RAIL project:

• requirements assessment: the application requirements are broken down in system requirements for a new autonomous positioning system.
• definition of the demonstration, equipment specification as well as specification of the algorithms in order to get a safe and reliable train position
• detailed design development and testing
• detailed demonstration plan
• integration of equipment and application demonstration
• final documentation and dissemination of results

 
The suitability of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service for use in railway control applications has been successfully demonstrated during trials held at Linz / Eferding, in Austria, in June 2005. (European Space Agency - News)

The project started in 2001 and ended in October 2005.
 

Figure 3: Characteristics of the level crossing (LX) Linz and its vicinity with respect to GPS/EGNOS visibility