ETCS specific implementation rules regarding trackside installations

1. Railway infrastructure managers shall equip the core network corridors with ERTMS and put ERTMS into operation in those corridors at the latest by the dates specified in Annex I to this Regulation, including in railway stations and junctions. The railway link to the elements listed in Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 and to the infrastructure components as referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 that are located on the core network corridor shall be equipped and put into operation at the date specified for the respective core network corridor section.

Deployment shall be in compliance with Articles 1(4), 7(2c) and 39(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013.

2. A core network corridor shall be considered equipped with ERTMS when ERTMS is authorised for the placing in service in accordance with Article 15 of Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 6 ) or Article 18 of Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 7 ) , allowing passenger and freight traffic in both directions in particular in case of works or disturbances, and, to the extent necessary for operations of ERTMS-only equipped vehicles, sidings.

3. Railway infrastructure managers, acting in cooperation, shall make an effort to equip and put into operation ERTMS on cross-border sections simultaneously, in a technically consistent manner. The railway infrastructure managers shall, after having consulted the railway undertakings affected, sign an agreement on technical and operational aspects of the deployment for each cross-border section. The railway infrastructure managers shall conclude such an agreement not later than one year before the earlier of the deployment dates for the given cross-border section. This agreement shall provide transitional provisions for taking into account the needs of the railway undertakings' cross-border operations. In case of a disagreement, the Member States concerned shall initiate an active dialogue in order to find common convergent solutions. They may request support from the Commission. The Member States shall notify such agreements to the Commission not later than one month after the conclusion.

4. The completion dates set out in agreements for projects co-funded by the Union which are earlier than the dates set out in Annex I shall prevail over those dates.

5. Member States may decide to keep the existing Class B systems, as defined in point 2.2 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2016/919. However, by the dates set out in Annex I, the vehicles referred to in point 1.1 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2016/919 which are equipped with ERTMS in a version compatible with the track-side equipment, shall be given access to those lines and to the infrastructure components as referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 without requiring them to be equipped with a Class B system.

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/6 of 5 January 2017 on the European Rail Traffic Management System European deployment plan ANNEX I ANNEX II