A selection, not a complete register. Each entry keeps two facts apart: the status of the ETCS project, and whether operation without lineside signals is confirmed by a linked source. Level 2 with lineside signals does not count.
Last checked: 15 November 2026 · totals count confirmed entries only
3
In operation
0
Ongoing project
8
Planned
ETCS project: In operation3 confirmed without signals
UKNorthern City Line (Finsbury Park – Moorgate, London)
In operation
Without lineside signals since May 2025
Passenger services were already running with ETCS while the traditional signals remained in place. The remaining lineside signals were switched off and removed on 17–18 May 2025. Network Rail calls it the UK’s first signals-free commuter railway.
Without lineside signals
Confirmed“These signals were removed at the weekend (17/18 May).”
Listed as Level 2 without signals with the note that the existing ETCS level does not change. Planned: upgrade from ETCS system version 1.1 to 2.1. The sections in the Erfurt node and Zapfendorf – Unterleiterbach are Level 2 with signals.
Without lineside signals
ConfirmedListed as “L2oS” with the footnote “Keine Veränderung zum im Bestand vorhandenen ETCS-Level”. Legend: “L2oS: ETCS Level 2 ohne Signale (ETCS only)”.
New signalling system in use since 19 October 2026
Full closure from 3 to 19 October 2026 for the roll-out. Banedanmark reports that the new digital signalling system is now in use between Svendborg and Odense.
Without lineside signals
Not yet verifiedThe Banedanmark releases read so far do not state the ERTMS level or the removal of lineside signals.
Not yet verifiedSource for operation without lineside signals still to be linked.
Source
No source linked yet
PTLisbon ring and northern lines
In operation
Completed in June 2026
20 km of ETCS Level 2 completed.
Without lineside signals
Not yet verifiedSource still to be linked.
Source
No source linked yet
ETCS project: Ongoing project0 confirmed without signals
NOVestfoldbanen (Nykirke – Barkåker double track)
Ongoing project
Regular passenger traffic with ERTMS from 22 November 2026
On 11 November 2026 Bane NOR received permission from the Norwegian Railway Authority (SJT) to put the new ERTMS signalling system into use. Bane NOR describes a double-track high-speed line with ERTMS Level 2. Trains run without passengers from 14 November.
Without lineside signals
Not yet verifiedThe release names ERTMS Level 2. It does not mention lineside signals.
UKEast Coast Digital Programme (Welwyn Garden City – Hitchin and beyond)
Ongoing project
First multi-train ETCS test on the main line on 22–23 November 2025 with two Class 717 units and one Class 180. Network Rail expected passenger services to start using digital signalling between Welwyn and Hitchin in 2026. This is an overlay section: signals remain for now.
Without lineside signals
Not yet verifiedOverlay with lineside signals. Date for signal removal still to be sourced.
Not yet verifiedNot confirmed. Czech “exclusive ETCS operation” means trains must run under ETCS; whether lineside signals are removed on this section is still to be sourced.
Source
No source linked yet
PLWarsaw – Łódź
Ongoing project
ETCS Level 2 is being installed.
Without lineside signals
Not yet verifiedSource still to be linked.
Source
No source linked yet
FRLGV Sud-Est (Paris – Lyon)
Ongoing project
Conversion of the existing high-speed line to ETCS Level 2.
Without lineside signals
Not yet verifiedSource still to be linked.
Source
No source linked yet
DEFreiburg – Haltingen / Müllheim – Schliengen
Ongoing project
ETCS Level 2 Baseline 3.
Without lineside signals
Not yet verifiedNot part of DB InfraGO’s overview of L2oS measures until 2031 (18 August 2026).
Source
No source linked yet
ETCS project: Planned8 confirmed without signals
DELüneburg – Dannenberg
Planned
ETCS commissioning planned for June 2029
All tracks of all operating points from Wendisch Evern to Dannenberg Ost. ETCS system version 2.1.
Without lineside signals
ConfirmedListed as “L2oS”, all tracks, commissioning 2029/06.
First and second construction stage Dresden – Czech border. All tracks Level 2 without signals except Bad Schandau, where the line to and from Sebnitz stays PZB only.
Without lineside signals
ConfirmedListed as “L2oS”, commissioning 2031/12; Bad Schandau: L2oS, L2mS and PZB.
Mixed equipment at the Leipzig end: Leipzig-Engelsdorf is a transition area with Level 2 with signals, Leipzig-Engelsdorf Ost is partly equipped. From Borsdorf all tracks are Level 2 without signals.
Without lineside signals
ConfirmedListed as “L2oS”, commissioning 2031/12; Leipzig-Engelsdorf “ein Teil der Gleise, ETCS L2mS”.
E30 Legnica – Węgliniec (PL): ETCS Level 2 is in operation, but signals remain for trains that are not equipped. Mixed operation, not Level 2 without signals.
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