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Main line rail

Transport authorities and operators are meeting today's challenges with Thales’ advanced, high-value solutions. One example is our intelligent signalling system that makes rail faster and safer, while removing the cross-border barriers to long-distance and multi-modal business.

The more intelligence we build into the infrastructure, the more effectively it performs, keeps pace with growing demand and responds to the environmental challenges facing every form of transport.
Smart, information-driven signalling technology significantly increases capacity, safety and security. By benefiting operators, passengers and freight delivery, increasingly interactive solutions build greater return on investment from start to finish.

Urban transport

With one in two of the world’s population living in cities, the need for non-stop urban and inter-city transport has never been greater. Integration and interoperability at every level of the transport system are key to smooth, continuous metro operations and enhanced safety and security.

Thanks to Thales' integrated, secured and safe solutions, all critical data can be centralised on one system and accessed through a single user interface. Thales delivers on-board and on-platform communications; automatic train control technologies to supervise automatic trains and equipment; and integrated operation control centres for advanced applications such as video surveillance and real-time passenger information.

Road

Alongside longer-term solutions such as upgrading public transport systems and introducing city centre road toll systems, high-performance traffic management systems can be crucial to the success of a city planning and transportation policy.

By removing the need to stop and pay, electronic ticketing and contactless technology beats the bottlenecks on highways, tunnels and bridges. With interoperable systems, Thales also enables closer co-operation between rail, tram, bus and other service operators for multi-mode transport. The result is seamless travel for countless millions of users, and endless opportunities for tighter integration through forward-looking initiatives such as urban park-and-ride.