{"id":208390,"date":"2025-04-30T18:37:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T08:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=62017"},"modified":"2025-04-30T18:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T08:37:05","slug":"ertms-implementation-costs-have-doubled-between-2018-and-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=208390","title":{"rendered":"\u2018ERTMS implementation costs have doubled between 2018 and 2022\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The deployment of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) keeps being a problem for many of the stakeholders involved. A recent study has shown that retrofitting and upgrade costs have both doubled between 2018 and 2022.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>\u201cRetrofitting costs have grown from 450,000 to 900,000 euros per vehicle, and upgrade costs have increased from 200,000 to 400,000 euros\u201d, the study claimed. The document, compiled by consultancy firms EY Consulting (formerly Ernst & Young) and INECO on behalf of the European Commission, identified the main cost drivers behind these increases.<\/p>\n

They are divided into three categories: design, deployment, and authorisation; in addition, there are drivers that affect all three categories horizontally. These horizontal costs are inflation, which in the four-year span investigated rose by 27 per cent; the energy crisis following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022; limited competition in terms of manufacturing ERTMS components; and the lack of upgradable products.<\/p>\n