Thales UK Ground Transportation Systems

Countries, cities and transport operators rely on Thales’ ground transportation solutions to adapt to rapid urbanisation and meet new mobility demands.

We are committed to helping you to create the digital railways of the future, with services in signalling, communications, fare collection and cybersecurity that give people and goods the connected journey they need to move safely and efficiently.

Signalling

Signalling solutions for urban rail and main lines that revitalise existing rail networks and ensure Greenfield installations start as they should. From refurbishing legacy systems, increasing the capacity of passenger and freight networks, and planning future networks to urban rail solutions that boost performance without disrupting operations.

Solutions

• Signalling solutions for Urban Line Rail.
• Signalling solutions for Main Line Rail.
• Autonomous Train.

Communications & Supervision

To ensure operational efficiency and passenger security and comfort, you need to monitor and control every area of your network in real time. We have a range of integrated communication and supervision solutions, and can integrate legacy systems and systems from third parties so that everything you operate works smoothly.

Solutions:

• Integrated Operation Control Centres (OCC) platforms.
• Traffic Management Systems (ATS/ATR).
• Telecom solutions: network backbone and radio communications.
• Passenger information and connectivity.
• Security management and video surveillance.
• SCADA solution for fixed asset and traction power systems control.
• Digital Services: Predictive Maintenance (TIRIS) and Passenger Flow Analytics (NAIA).

Fare Collection Management

City mobility is shifting from straightforward public transportation offer to a wide variety of on-demand micro mobility offers. How do we provide better access to mobility solutions in the city and urban areas?

Solutions

• Ticketing.
• Parking management.
• Voice recorder solutions.
• Fleet management.
• Road Traffic Management.
• Tolling.

Services

Driven by a passion for continuous innovation, our services support your digital transformation journey. By seamlessly integrating cutting-edge solutions into your systems, we optimize your assets to continuously increase safety and reliability. And our people are based in service centres in 26 countries, so help is always close.

Solutions:

• Lifetime support.
• Mid-life upgrades.
• Operations Support and Run.

Cybersecurity

With digitalisation, increased connectivity and automation will make our trains faster, safer, more comfortable and punctual, but also vulnerable to cyber-attacks. And this presents risks of rail services being seriously disrupted and customer data being stolen, for example. So, protecting our railways with advanced cybersecurity solutions is vital and focused on prevention and detection but also rapid response when a cyber-attack does occur. 

Solutions: 

• Standards compliance (IEC-62443 / Cenelec TS).
• Adaptable to national regulation.
• Leveraging on reference body of knowledge (NIST CSF / MITRE ATT&CK).

Railways Digitalisation

Our digital technologies serve the rail industry in all activities:

• Autonomous Train & Metro.
• Connected infrastructure for predictive maintenance.
• Data-driven decision support.
• AI-based security solutions.
• Next generation ticketing.
• Digital platform to support as-a-Service business models.

Solutions:

• Cybersecurity for the railways infrastructure.
• Smart infrastructure.
• Digital services.
• Autonomous train.
• Data driven OCC.
• Connected journeys.

Green Mobility

Railways need to expand their share of passenger and freight traffic dramatically in the coming years to achieve net-zero emissions. Innovative digital technologies play a critical role in expanding capacity, boosting performance and cutting emissions

Solutions:

• GreenSpeed™
• ARAMIS™ Traffic Management System
• Green CBTC