In 1991 Karel van Gils joined the railway sector and worked for Dutch Railways (NS) in operations, maintenance and commercial positions in Germany, UK and the Netherlands. Before moving to ProRail, Karel worked as a Director of Engineering for the public transport company (GVB) in Amsterdam. In 2019, after two years serving as Director of Asset Management at ProRail, Karel was appointed Director of Innovation. Since September 2023 Karel works for EU-RAIL in Brussels.

The DAC programme and interaction with ERTMS

This workshop will give a broad overview of the current state of play of the DAC programme (technical and operational design, starter package, test programme and approach to deployment). Interfaces with ERTMS will be illustrated on the basis of harmonisation of operational rules and Safe Train Length/-Integrity functionality.