This article presents an innovative approach to a vehicle-autonomous, localisation system for railways, providing cost-efficient position information for various safety- or non-safety related systems, especially for protection systems on non-equipped secondary lines. This is the main focus of the project called DemoOrt, which is developing a platform equipped with on-board, vehicle autonomous technology, a reference measuring platform and safety analysis methodology. This approach integrates and uses available, as well as innovative, technologies, with a focus on GNSS-based positioning.
