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ERTMS new e-learning course

Published: 24 March 2025

Discover our new e-learning course on railway signalling and ERTMS evolution. This free course covers section blocks, interlockings, ETCS levels, and radio communication. Accessible anytime.

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The Agency, via its ERA Academy in cooperation with the ERTMS unit, has prepared a comprehensive e-learning course that provides some insights about the principles of railway signalling and its current evolution into to European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS). 

The ERTMS and its components, which specifications and legal text are managed by Agency, are now explained through this online course which is available free of charge and can be consulted any time at the leisure of the user. 

Join this self-discover journey through the basic principles of section blocks, interlockings and train detection systems all the way to the different ETCS levels and Radio communication. This course is aimed at professionals from all backgrounds mostly focused on users that are or will be working in this domain of expertise (CCS – Command Control & Signalling). 

Course Level: beginner.