Eddy Current Brakes (ECB) have been used in a certain amount of high speed railway lines during the last 10 years. Nevertheless, their use is not extended to other lines because the interoperability with some systems of the infrastructure is not accomplished. ECUC project, a European EU-funded project focuses its efforts in proving that Eddy Current Brakes are a highly effective and applicable solution for new high speed trains.

Jon del Portillo, Daniel Valderas, Nere Gil-Negrete - CEIT and Tecnun (University of Navarra)