Ansaldo STS pioneered the High Speed Railway Transportation era by commissioning the very first High Speed Signalling System (TVM) for the first
LGV line in revenue service in 1981 in France (LGV Paris - Lyon). More recently, Ansaldo STS set another landmark putting into service the first High Speed line running on an ERTMS level 2 signalling system in 2005 (AV Rome - Naples) in Italy.
These milestones confirm two facts: Ansaldo STS is present today in over 50% of all High Speed lines built around world (Japan excluded) and remains unquestioned leader in ERTMS level 2, the most advance railway control system to date.
Recent achievements further consolidate Ansaldo STS leadership in the High Speed line market segment:
- First section of the East European High Speed Line (Paris - Strasbourg) inaugurated in June 2007. This line provides the link between France and Germany, the largest railway networks in Europe. Ansaldo STS supplied a dual High Speed Signalling system combining the new ERTMS level 2 with its cutting-edge TVM 430 (deployed all along the TGV network). This solution, the so-called Bi-Standard, is unique in the railway industry and is only offered by Ansaldo STS
- Channel Tunnel Rail Link High Speed connection (CTRL), now known as HS 1, completed and inaugurated in November 2007. The TVM 430 signalling system provided by Ansaldo STS now places Paris and London closer than ever before, linking Gare du Nord and St. Pancras station in slightly more than 2 hours via the Channel Tunnel.
- Ansaldo STS first ever contract for a High Speed Signalling System in Germany. The line, Saarbrücken - Mannheim, links to the French East European High Speed Line to form the Paris – Strasbourg – Frankfurt route,. The company has proved that it can win contracts in each of the most demanding European markets against fierce competition from local rivals. That is technology leadership..
Ansaldo STS has equipped over 3,500 km of High Speed lines worldwide and has fitted hundreds of locos from different providers.
To date, Ansaldo STS has commissioned or is working on High Speed Lines in the following countries:
- Belgium
- China
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- South Korea
- Spain
- UK
