The contract, worth €76 million, includes the installation of Dimetronic’s FUTUR Level 1 and 2 ERTMS systems, both on board and trackside, automatic train stop system, WESTRACE electronic interlockings, FS3000 jointless track circuits, point machines, wayside signals, GSM-R radio system, voice and fixed data communications and a Centralized Control Traffic RAIL 9000 to be located in Balikesir.

The Bandirma-Menemen line, with 310 km in length, runs through the west of the country and is the main link between the Marmara and the Mediterranean seas.

Dimetronic in Turkey

Invensys Rail Dimetronic started its activity in the Turkish railway market in 2008, after being awarded the contract to supply and install the FUTUR 1300 Level 1 ERTMS system and the associated signalling on the Ankara-Konya High Speed Line.

In January 2010 the company was awarded the installation of the FUTUR 2500 Level 2 ERTMS system on the same line, and in August 2011 the 212 km line between Ankara and Konya was officially opened, with a travel time of 90 minutes and a maximum speed of 250 km/h.

Finally, in November 2011, Invensys Rail Dimetronic was awarded the contract to provide and implement railway signalling and control technologies for the Gebze-Halkali line, known as the Marmaray project, which will link the European side of Istanbul with the Asian one through a railway tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait.