CBTC World Congress

As ever-increasing urban populations put great strain on the world’s metro systems, there is a need for a fast, efficient and continuous service. Metro operators must reduce headways to increase service frequency whilst also striving to reduce operating costs.

 

CBTC (Communication-Based Train Control) has emerged as a flexible standard with the potential to meet these challenges, whilst also allowing further customisation, creating a baseline for the development of STO, DTO or UTO. However, there are immense challenges associated with the deployment of CBTC. These challenges revolve around the need for time and cost-efficient project design, delivery, operations and maintenance. 

 

We are going through a period of rapid development, with multiple CBTC projects being commissioned across the world. Senior metro signalling professionals have told us that they have a great need to meet, exchange ideas and share information in order to ensure the success of these large-scale costly projects.

 

CBTC World Congress 2010 brought together senior management, technical specialists and project leaders from the world’s foremost metro operators and suppliers to discuss system requirements, technology selection, best practice strategies for implementation and operations and maintenance for both new lines and retrofits. 

 

As the world’s only event with a dedicated focus on the technical and operational challenges facing the metro signalling industry, CBTC World Congress 2011 will build on the foundations of the hugely successful 2010 event and continue to play a central role in the development of CBTC as a global standard for the metro signalling industry.