Thales España, a leading technological company in signalling, security, supervision and communications systems on railway lines and critical infrastructures, has achieved ADIF’s approval for its new FieldTrac 6384 compact level crossing. This state-of-the-art equipment improves the performance of current devices to ensure optimal safety, minimal invasion of the environment and reduced maintenance and consumption costs.
The FieldTrac 6384 level crossing protection system is the result of the evolution in traditional level crossings towards a new modular concept that reduces the system’s fit-out, installation and maintenance cost.
The new compact level crossing allows remote peripherals, railway signals and detection points to be controlled via radio link with the central command. The low consumption of the peripheral devices allows for photovoltaic energy supply, with savings in the installation associated with infrastructure costs for communications and energy.
Thales has also developed the necessary modules to ensure that the technology adapts to any kind of level crossing protected with light and sound signals; with semi-barriers or double barriers; automatic in-track and interlocked crossings or exclusively pedestrian crossings.
FieldTrac 6384 incorporates a recording subsystem, accessible remotely from anywhere, which records and processes the system’s internal information in order to optimise both preventive and corrective maintenance tasks.
FieldTrac 6384 has been developed according to the CENELEC 50126, 50128, 50129 and 50159 standards to meet the SIL4 safety level.
“Thales, and specifically our railway signalling team in Spain, has been working on this R&D project since 2009, and we are convinced of its expansion in Spain and on the international market, where we are currently working for potential markets and also on projects such as Cairo-Alexandria, where Thales is going to install the FieldTrac 6384 system”, says Antonio Salazar, Head of Level Crossing Products of Thales España.
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Thales is a world leader in railway safety systems. In Spain, Thales is one of the principal suppliers of level crossing protection systems approved by ADIF, FEVE ad RENFE, with more than 650 installations located throughout the network.