Customized Railway Communications Solutions
ENSURE YOUR RAILWAY COMMUNICATIONS ARE UNINTERRUPTED
In the rail industry, staying connected is everything. At Tunnel Radio, your railway communications solutions are customized to your needs to ensure you never lose control of your rail management. Dead spots? Gone. In the middle of the mountain, underground, Tunnel Radio will provide interminable clarity for your radio communications.
Tunnel Radio has three decades of experience in rail tunnel wireless systems. We understand that you rely on a stable system with constant coverage for your daily operations. Our technology for distributed power and train control will guarantee that your trains operate smoothly through every tunnel.
Rail Management Technology
IN-HOUSE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, AND DEPLOY
Tunnel Radio’s staff of in-house engineers continuously strive to develop and refine new and existing equipment to serve the rail management technology industry. We strongly believe in the value of serving our customers, which includes unrestricted 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week access to our technicians and engineers in order to deliver our products, services and support with the highest levels of quality and integrity.
Positive Train Control (PTS) / European Train Control System (ETCS)
TUNNEL LINK FOR TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEMS
Tunnel Link for Positive Train Control, or ETCS in Europe, guarantees signal coverage through any mountain pass or train tunnel. Our customized network removes dead zones and boosts signal ranges, preventing any interruption to your rail communications.
Features and Benefits:
- Corner-to-corner data communications, irrespective of distance
- Advanced software amplifier technology, including automatic tuning
- Ruggedized design – built to endure the harshest environments
- Dead-spot free
- Only one-repeater required per system
- Easy monitoring with external user interface
- Operates seamlessly with Tunnel Radio’s tunnel monitoring diagnostic system
- Used and trusted in literally every rail tunnel in the United States
Distributed Power (DPU) for Railroad Communications
TUNNEL LINK FOR DISTRIBUTED POWER
The complete end-to-end coverage that Tunnel Link DP affords railroad communications safeguards the wellbeing and operational productivity of trains travelling through mountain passes and rail tunnels. Our custom-designed network of amplifiers and distributed antennas seamlessly connect the end-of-train to head-of-train signals in order to maintain constant power to your systems from one portal to the other.
Features and Benefits:
- Extends radio signals for GE LOCOTROL Distributed Power
- Extends radio signals for UHF EOT/HOT
- Corner-to-corner data communications, irrespective of distance
- Advanced software amplifier technology, including automatic tuning
- Ruggedized design – built to endure the harshest environments
- Dead-spot free
- Only one-repeater required per system
- Easy monitoring with external user interface
- Operates seamlessly with Tunnel Radio’s tunnel monitoring diagnostic system
- Used and trusted by every major railway throughout North and South America
Rail Tunnel Wireless Systems
ON FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER SYSTEM – WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
In the remotest areas of the world where passes and tunnels go through mountain ranges, your workers still need to connect with each other at all times. Tunnel Radio can provide this consistent coverage through any length of tunnel or pass using our On Frequency Amplifier System, or OFA. In the same product family as Tunnel Link, OFA wirelessly extends beyond your existing DP or train control system provider critical communications at the site. Even without a wired power source, our OFA system can handle every possibility under the sun, including solar power-capable.
Features and Benefits:
- Flexible coverage on any frequency from 160 MHz to 900 MHz
- Compatible with distributed power and train control systems
- Solar-powered version
- Simple components and easy install
Rail Asset and Personnel Tracking
MINEAX RFID TRACKING
Tunnel Radio’s MineAx active RFID tracking system gives you the vital ability to accurately locate personnel and assets in the tunnel. Operating on the same communications backbone, Mineax offers flexibility in design and supports multiple modes of transporting data, including wireless antennas over our distributed antenna system.
With extremely long battery life and end-to-end coverage, wireless RFID tags can be located anywhere within your coverage area, overlaid on a custom-configurable software platform with a highly user-friendly user interface.
Features and Benefits:
- Web-based server for local and full-featured remote use
- Readers are wirelessly linked over radio network
- High-powered RFID tags – battery life reporting
- Compatible with UHF/VHF distributed antenna system
- Monitor multiple zones concurrently
- Tabular and map view, with simple map upload features, customizable data fields for tag definition and history
- Remote firmware updates via radio
