Post #3716246
2026-07-08 05:51 UTC
To rectify this very silly situation Australian governments and the different railways that they owned collectively agreed to standardise on the National Train Communications System train radio system, originally rolled out by Federal Government-owned railway company ARTC, to replace the existing mix of analogue and digital train radios used in Australia. This consists of a set of standard radio network interfaces and a common “In Cab Equipment” (ICE) radio unit fitted to, as you might guess, every locomotive/train cab.
One radio to rule them all… and in the darkness bind them. (cont)
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@ThermiteBeGiants@aus.social 2026-07-08 05:51
NTCS, sensibly, is a multi-radio-interface solution. The ICE radios can use Satellite, GSM-R (train-only 2G mobile networks used in suburban Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide), UHF (mainly for “Local Train Radio” purposes like talking to crews while shunting) and… Telstra’s mobile phone network. (Cont.)