11/08/2026
Across Europe, railway communication is being rebuilt from the ground up. GSM-R, the radio system that has carried safety-critical signals for years, is being replaced by a new standard called FRMCS.
The shift is already underway. Germany, Sweden, Spain, and the Netherlands have started testing the new infrastructure, and full migration is expected to be completed by the mid-2030s. It's one of the largest network-wide technology changes European rail has seen in years, touching operators and cross-border lines across the continent 📡
For companies working in railway signalling, this is not a distant deadline. It's a shift happening now, country by country, project by project. At BELAM, we see it as a reminder that infrastructure work is never finished. It keeps evolving alongside the technology running through it.