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1 Dino Alfaré Head of Railway Systems Execution AlpTransit Gotthard AG 1

2 June 1st,

3 Contents 1. The Project 2. Project Management 3. Geology 4. Costs and Financing Requirements 5. Railway Infrastructure 6. Telecommunication and tunnel control systems 3

4 1. The Project 4

5 Rail Freight Corridor 1 Rotterdam - Genoa 5

6 Connections to the European high-speed rail network 6

7 Overview Zurich-Lugano 7

8 A flat railway route through the Alps 8

9 Key features of the only flat railway route through the Alps Newly constructed twin-track route Mixed operation Maximum speed passenger trains: 250 km/h Maximum speed goods trains: 160 km/h passenger trains per day goods trains per day Loaded vehicles: max. height 4.2 m Max. Gradient: 12.5 Min. Radius: 5,000 metres Useful life: 100 years Max. temperature: 40 C 9

10 Journey times Zurich - Lugano / Zurich - Milan 10

11 Safety concept in the 11

12 2. Project Management 12

13 Challenge implementation organization Direct management, simple control Transparency through direct parliamentary control Clear allocation of responsibilities, best governance Efficiency thanks to lean organization (short paths, simple decision processes) 13

14 Interest partners 14

15 3. The Geology 15

16 Longitudinal Geological Profile 16

17 Challenge for example the Piora Syncline 17

18 October 15, final breakthrough 18

19 4. Cost Development and Financing Requirements 19

20 Allocation of Public Transport Financial Fund (FinöV) Heavy road vehicle tax (64%) NRLA (45%) New Rail Link through the Alps Oil tax (23%) Fund for the financing of public transport Rail 2000 Phase 1 and ZEB (44%) ZEB: Future Development of the Railway Infrastructure HSR (4%) European High-Speed Rail Network Value added tax (VAT) (13%) Noise mitigation (7%) 20

21 Development of cost and risk potential 21

22 5. Railway Infrastructure 22

23 Permanent and temporary railway infrastructure systems Permanent systems Railway track Power supply infrastructure and cable systems 16.7 Hz power supply to catenary and trains Telecomms Safety systems Temporary systems Infrastructure for installation and logistics Construction power supply Construction communications Construction ventilation and cooling 23

24 General Contractor LZ Principal Builder Railway infrastructure contract Scope of railway infrastructure systems LP10 project management, overall coordination LP2x logistics and temporary systems LP3x railway track LP4x electrical system (50Hz + cabling) LP5x traction power supply (16,7Hz) LP60/61 telecommunication (control system, data network, telephone) LP70 tunnel radio system LP8x railway control systems and signaling 24

25 Nokia's contribution in the project Nokia member of Transtec Gotthard consortium Transtec Gotthard is the general contractor for railway infrastructure system contract value CHF 2 Billion contract signed in April 2008 successful commissioning and handover in June 2016 Nokia (Alcatel-Lucent Switzerland) responsible for 3 main work package Tunnel control system Data network and communication Tunnel radio system 25

26 5. Telecommunication and tunnel control systems Scope of supply Nokia (Alcatel-Lucent Switzerland) 26

27 LP60 tunnel control systems 27

28 LP60 tunnel control systems Operator level: Railway control system Tunnel control system Operation center Pollegio: Tunnel control center for the Gotthard base tunnel and Ceneri base tunnel Railway operation from Chiasso to Art-Goldau 28

29 LP61 data network BTG Erstfeld Tunnel Controll Center North MFS Sedrun MFS Faido BTG Bodio CEP/BEZP (Pollegio) Tunnel Controll Center South OST TCC-LAN MFSS MFSF WEST IP/MPLS data network for the Gotthard- Basetunnel (fiber optics) E1: Switch E2: Switch E3: Switch E4: Switch KD31: Hyrarchial 4-layer concept: High availability IP Network Layers E1 and E2: Backbone Availability % Layers E3 und E4: Distribution und Access Without cooling in the tunnel 29

30 LP61 communication systems Erstfeld Bodio Public announcement system landline telephony 30

31 LP61 CCTV Erstfeld Bodio Quelle: TTG Quelle: TTG 31

32 Tunnel radio system Tunnelröhre Funkdienste Leckkabel... GSM-R Kopfstation POLYCOM KS TS TS TS Tunnelstation Public (GSM, UMTS, LTE,...) Glasfasern Basisstationen 32

33 Koppelfeld LZ GSM-R 31 radio communication units 17 main systems 14 parallel systems Nordportal Erstfeld Zugangsstollen Sedrun Zugangsstollen Amsteg Ost-Röhre East Tube MFS Sedrun West-Röhre Tube MFS Faido Zugangsstollen Faido Südportal Biasca Biasca Gustizia Strahlungskabelsegmente leaky cable segment von of 1 ca. km1km Ost-Röhre East Tube radio supply principle Querschlag intersection Tunnelstation HS + PS Tunnelstation HS West-Röhre Tube Signalstärke SBB CFF FFS tunnel services main systems parallel systems GSM-R + POLYCOM GSM-R + Public Tunnel radio system Feed in for GSM-R / PMR Feed in for public GSM/UMTS/LTE Availability % 136 km leaking cable 33

34 GSM-R 34

35 Polycom (TETRA) 35

36 Mobile Communication GSM UMTS LTE Mobile communication generations in use in both tubes each 57km in length 2G, GSM 3G, UMTS 4G, LTE With all Swiss public mobile operators on air Salt Sunrise Swisscom 36

37 Through the within 57 seconds 37

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