CENTRALP ELECTRONIC BADGE READERS: ON BOARD FUTURE SNCF INTERCITÉS TRAINS

Centralp (Vénissieux) will supply CAF, the Spanish rail transport manufacturer, with its latest generation of K-Access badge readers to equip SNCF Intercités trains

CAF has ordered almost 200 latest-generation K-Access electronic badge readers from Centralp. This is the Spanish manufacturer’s first order with Centralp, which generates 70% of its activity in the rail sector, and it comes after CAP won a fixed order for Intercités equipment for 28 medium and long-distance multiple units on two SNCF lines.

Emmanuel Bertucat, Centralp CEO, reacted to the news: “We’re delighted with the trust CAF has placed in us. Everyone at Centralp is committed to ensuring that this product, which we’re relying heavily on for the future, is launched successfully. CAF and SNCF will build on our experience and expertise in a market we’ve been working in for over 20 years.

”Centralp’s K-Access system has been developed for trains, trams and subways. It’s an RFID and NFC badge reader with two modules: a central unit and the readers. These devices will have several uses: they will manage access authorisation to the driver’s cab; activate certain functions in the cab; and collect and transmit data to the train system(1).

The 168 units ordered are currently manufactured at Centralp headquarters in Vénissieux (in the Lyon metropolitan area). They will fit out SNCF’s AMLD (Medium and Long-Distance Multiple Unit) trains by the end of 2021 after they have been integrated in the CAF sites in Spain (three production units) and France (Bagnères-de-Bigorre).

SNCF’S MEDIUM AND LONG-DISTANCE MULTIPLE UNIT PROJECT
The French government asked SNCF in 2017 to launch a call for tenders for a fixed order for Intercités equipment for 28 medium and long-distance multiple-unit trains for the Paris – Clermont-Ferrand and Paris – Limoges – Toulouse lines, together with a maximum of 75 trains in optional phases, 15 of which could serve the line between Bordeaux and Marseilles. On September 17, 2019, SNCF awarded the contract to CAF. These electric railcars are specifically designed for medium and long distances on the “conventional” lines of the national rail network. They will come into circulation from 2023, when they will gradually replace the Corail trains.

CENTRALP: SUPPLYING THE RAILWAY SECTOR
Centralp has been developing railway solutions that meet the sector’s requirements (ERTMS / ETCS / CBTC, TCMS, CCTV) since 2000 by delivering high-performance, technical and reliable solutions. Trains, trams and subway are currently equipped with over 45,000 consoles. Devised in compliance with standards TS22163 and EN50155, these solutions are building the future of on-board electronics with a clear compatibility strategy to ensure that today’s Centralp solutions meet the demands of tomorrow.

(1). RFID – Radio Frequency Identification – is an ID method that uses radio frequencies via an electronic device. A reader can remotely interrogate the device and identify the object carrying it using radio communication. NFC refers to Near Field Communication – a passive, magnetic field communication technique

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