Happy Birthday to Hitachi Rail's TAS Platform!
30 Years – Powered by People. Driven by Ideas. Built for the Future.
What does it take to create a technology that transforms rail signaling across products, projects and countries? A bold idea. A lot of courage. And a team that never stops innovating.
Three decades ago, TAS Platform began as a visionary concept. Today, it is the digital backbone behind safety‑critical rail systems around the world – enabling operators to deliver safe, secure and cloud‑ready performance at scale.
And the real secret behind this success? Our people. Their expertise. Their passion. Their teamwork.
30 years of TAS Platform means not just technology, but above all teamwork, innovation, and trust. Let’s look to the future together – with new ideas, new challenges and the same passion that has driven us for 30 years.
Reinhard Hametner
Head of Global Development Competence Centre TAS Platform & TransVital
Let’s celebrate!
Want to meet the faces behind the platform? Curious about what keeps this team moving? Watch personal messages and milestones from the TAS Platform journey:
30 Years. Many highlights. One unifying platform.
How do you evolve from a niche innovation to a global technology layer? By constantly raising the bar.
- From early electronic interlockings
- To Linux‑based generations
- To formal cybersecurity integration
- To containerization and virtualization
- To SIL4 clustering on COTS hardware enabling cloud signaling.
TAS Platform has never stopped pushing boundaries while consistently meeting the highest safety and security standards. And the impact speaks for itself.
- 55,000+ installations worldwide
- In use across ~25 different Hitachi Rail applications
- Developed for 30 years, proven in the field for over 25 years
One idea. One shared foundation. For many safe and secure solutions.
Ready for the Next Era: Signaling in the Cloud
What’s next? A big leap forward.
As rail systems evolve, TAS Platform evolves with them – bringing cloud technologies into safety‑critical environments.
How?
By enabling virtualization of signaling functions
By powering cluster technology for SIL4‑grade availability
By allowing deployments on COTS hardware, increasing flexibility and eliminating proprietary dependencies
This is what makes TAS Platform the enabler for Signaling in the Cloud. A unified, future‑proof technology foundation – built for the next 30 years and beyond.
Great technology starts with great people
From the very first visionaries who shaped the initial architecture – to today’s global experts who certify, code, test, support, imagine and reinvent. TAS Platform exists because of its amazing team.
Thank you to everyone who contributed ideas, validated safety, supported customers and pushed boundaries – project by project, country by country.
A team accelerating into the future at high-speed.
30 Years of innovation and collaboration – and more to come
The spirit that brought TAS Platform to life—teamwork, innovation, trust—is the same spirit that will carry us into the cloud era.