Public sector

Railway signalling installation

Vibration and a 40-year installation lifetime set the requirements, not the data rate.

Area
Fiber & OT
Architecture patterns
2
Products used
1

The problem

What makes it hard

The 15 kV 16.7 Hz contact line and the return current in the rails create an electromagnetic environment and earth potential differences along the track that make copper between interlockings and objects unsuitable. Fiber in the containment along the track is the standard carrier.

How it is built

Galvanic barrier and cross-connect inside the site

Where the isolation boundary sits is a design decision, not an installation detail.

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Where the isolation boundary sits is a design decision, not a workmanship detail.InterlockingTracksideSignalling systemFiber transceiverFiber transceiverTrackside objectcopperfiber: noconducting pathcopper
Where the isolation boundary sits is a design decision, not a workmanship detail.InterlockingTracksideSignalling systemFiber transceiverFiber transceiverTrackside objectcopperfiber: no conducting pathcopper
Where the isolation boundary sits is a design decision, not a workmanship detail.

In the catalogue

Equipment from the catalogue

Built from: Fiber Optical Transceiver RS-232/422 D-sub 60-00-7753 (21-215).

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