JAPAN: Testing, certification and auditing specialist TÜV Süd has issued SIL4 certification for the latest version of Mitsubishi Electric Corp’s communication-based train control system.
Version 1.0 of the CBTC had been certified by TÜV Süd in 2014, and version 1.5 offers an improved design and additional functionality.
‘We are glad that we were able to contribute to this SIL4 certification, which grants access to the global marke’, said Jürgen Apitzsch, Technical Manager at TÜV Süd Rail Japan.
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