María José García is a railway professional with more than of 20 years’ experience. She is currently working on FRMCS and Train Positioning topics at the ERTMS Unit (ERA) and collaborating in Vehicle Authorisation and Trackside Approval activities. Her background is mostly in ERTMS/ETCS, radio communications and satellite positioning for railways, but also in transversal topics as safety and innovation management. She has held several positions in companies such as Ineco, Cetren, Telespazio and Indra, before joining the Agency in 2022.

Moderator in Workshop nº 8: How to successfully introduce FRMCS (the successor of GSM-R) on EU network and the vehicles? 

GSM-R will be officially and gradually phased out sometime in early 2030s. The deployment of FRMCS in both infrastructure and vehicles all around Europe in such short time is a big challenge that requires both a strategic approach, as well as practical arrangements to speed up the deployment. The objective is to identify challenges and share ideas which could assist in overcoming them.