Training
General overview
Training offer, requirements and course formats
ProSig® is planning software for railway infrastructure in the field of signalling and interlocking (LST) for electronic interlockings (ESTW). Training for ProSig EPU and ProSig Classic helps participants use the software effectively in their projects:
General overview dated 12 August 2026.
Download the general training overview (PDF, in German)
Training formats
| Format | Offer |
|---|---|
| In person | In Braunschweig or at the customer's premises |
| Online | Online courses and webinars, usually combined with in-person training |
| Specialist courses | Basic, advanced and module training, as well as courses focused on specific topics |
| Individual | Tailored content, for example a workshop at the start of a project |
| Multi-day | Flexible training with self-guided exercises and support from ProSig trainers |
Available course combinations
| Course type | ProSig EPU | ProSig Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Basic training | Part 1 | Basic training |
| Basic training including CAD fundamentals | Part 1 including CAD fundamentals | Basic training including CAD fundamentals |
| Advanced training | Part 2 | Update signalling |
| Cable planning module | Cable planning | Cable planning |
| ZBS module | ZBS signalling | ZBS signalling |
| ETCS Level 2 module | ETCS Level 2 | — |
Project workshops and requirements
Project workshops can be tailored to specific requirements. Content and duration are agreed in advance. They are recommended at the start of complex planning projects, optionally in combination with a training course.
- Course dates and arrangements must be coordinated in advance.
- Current versions of AutoCAD and ProSig must be installed, working and usable on each participant's computer.
- Before the course, training projects and materials sent by Arcadis Mobility Germany GmbH with the invitation must be saved on participants' computers in a folder with read and write access.
Delivery and technical requirements
| Course format | Delivery and equipment |
|---|---|
| Mobile in-person training | Held in an Arcadis Mobility Germany GmbH training room or a room provided by the customer. A separate training/meeting room for the entire course, including a projector, flip chart, etc., and one workstation per participant are required. |
| Online training | Held at each participant's workplace. Each participant needs a workstation, a stable internet connection, a microphone and speakers or a headset, and functioning meeting software. |
| Flexible multi-day training | Delivered online, with substantial self-guided learning through exercises. The ProSig trainer supports participants through an introductory session, several training cycles (introducing topics, explaining exercises, discussing results, and answering questions), and a summary and follow-up. Session dates are agreed in advance by the trainer and participants. |
ProSig EPU
Basic training
ProSig EPU – Basic training Part 1
Description: EPU is a complex software system for planning electronic interlocking (ESTW) projects in signalling and interlocking. The course follows typical planning processes and focuses on planning and engineering relevant signalling objects (such as signals, points and track vacancy detection) in the context of PT1 plans and tables. Part 2 builds on this course and covers further technical objects and planning content within an interlocking (ESTW/DSTW).
Audience: Technical staff and planners in signalling and interlocking.
Prerequisite: Basic (Auto)CAD knowledge.
Duration: 3 days.
Version: ProSig EPU.
Course description dated 12 August 2026.
Topics:
- Preparing track layout for topology and generating topology
- Determining the planning direction and assigning route data
- Locating objects, creating gradient data and defining track designations
- Planning level crossings (basic data) and inserting platforms
- Planning signalling with gradient-dependent location determination
- Planning track vacancy detection
- Engineering intermittent train control (PZB)
ProSig EPU – Basic training Part 1 including CAD fundamentals
Description: EPU supports planning electronic interlocking projects in signalling and interlocking. The course follows typical planning processes and focuses on planning and engineering signalling objects (such as signals, points and track vacancy detection) in the context of PT1 plans and tables. The first part teaches the AutoCAD fundamentals needed and recommended for using EPU. A second part covers further technical objects and planning content for an interlocking.
Audience: Technical staff and planners in signalling and interlocking.
Prerequisites: None.
Duration: 5 days (2 days of CAD fundamentals and 3 days of ProSig EPU Part 1 basic training).
Version: ProSig EPU.
Recommended format: In-person seminar.
Course description dated 14 January 2026.
CAD fundamentals for ProSig: User interface, basic commands, user settings, modifying drawing elements, hatching and dimensioning, layers and line types, object properties, coordinate systems and scales, and plotting and utility functions.
ProSig EPU – Part 1 basic training: Preparing track layout for topology and generating topology; determining the planning direction and assigning route data; locating objects, creating gradient data and defining track designations; planning level crossings (basic data) and inserting platforms; planning signalling with gradient-dependent location determination; planning track vacancy detection; engineering PZB.
Advanced training
ProSig EPU – Advanced training Part 2
Description: Building on Part 1, this course plans and engineers more complex relationships and technical objects, such as routes and flank protection. It also introduces new concepts for construction phases and deriving schematic plans, which participants practise in hands-on exercises.
Audience: Technical staff and planners in signalling and interlocking.
Prerequisite: ProSig EPU – Part 1 basic training.
Duration: 2 days.
Version: ProSig EPU.
Course description dated 5 October 2026.
Topics:
- Interactive planning of routes, D-routes and train routes
- Automatic flank protection search
- Editing construction phases
- Deriving schematic plans from track topology
- Editing planning data with input validation
- Exporting PT1 tables and, where applicable, PlanPro and IFC files
Module training
Module training covers specific technical topics for ProSig EPU.
ProSig EPU – Cable planning module
Description: Planned signalling trackside equipment is cabled to the electronic interlocking in a separate process. ProSig provides extensive support for this technically complex task. The course focuses on the ProSig cable module and teaches its effective, systematic use in planning projects.
Audience: Technical staff and planners in signalling and interlocking.
Prerequisite: ProSig EPU – Part 1 basic training.
Duration: 1 day.
Version: ProSig EPU.
Course description dated 12 February 2026.
Topics: Creating a cable overview plan; positioning cable cabinets; transferring elements to be cabled; cabling elements or selecting suitable cable combinations; quantity calculation; special features of different interlocking types; creating a cable layout plan; inserting cable flags; automatically populating cable flag attributes.
ProSig EPU – ZBS signalling module
Description: The course focuses on compliant planning of train protection for the Berlin S-Bahn (ZBS) using EPU. Based on EPU, participants create the required ZBS planning deliverables with specialized drawing and calculation functions.
Audience: Technical staff and planners in signalling and interlocking.
Prerequisites: ProSig EPU – Part 1 basic training and practical experience, preferably on a ProSig project.
Duration: 1 day.
Version: ProSig EPU.
Recommended format: In-person seminar some time after ProSig EPU basic training.
Topics:
- Creating a ZBS project
- Importing the required data point addresses
- Inserting data points and assigning DP addresses automatically
- Creating ZBS chains and ZBS telegrams
- Defining LF areas
- Explaining supporting calculations
- Editing and exporting data point tables
ProSig EPU – ETCS Level 2 module
Description: ETCS (European Train Control System) has become the standard technology for European train control. Deutsche Bahn has established a set of rules for ETCS Level 2 planning based on national requirements and guidelines. This course presents the relevant EPU functions and their planning workflows. Because ETCS Level 2 planning support requires a complex system foundation, including track topology, this module and course are available only for EPU.
Audience: Technical staff and planners in signalling and interlocking.
Prerequisite: ProSig EPU – Part 1 basic training.
Duration: 1 day.
Version: ProSig EPU.
Topics:
- Importing ETCS data point addresses
- Entering speed data
- Inserting ETCS trackside equipment (data points)
- Deriving the ETCS overview plan
- Automatically creating ETCS track edges
- Visualizing speed and gradient bands
- Creating and exporting data (ETCS Level 2 tables)
Recommended formats: In-person seminar some time after the basic course; in-person seminar combined with ProSig EPU basic training; or a separate web course some time after the basic course.
ProSig Classic
Basic training
ProSig Classic – Basic training
Description: This basic course introduces ProSig Classic, with a focus on creating CAD plans and the associated PT1 planning deliverables.
Audience: Technical staff and planners in signalling and interlocking.
Prerequisites: None.
Duration: 3 days.
Version: ProSig Classic.
Topics: Scope and fundamentals; setting up and initializing a ProSig drawing; importing and preparing track network data; creating signalling plans; editing construction phases; creating plot frames; system-supported project work; deriving and comparing layout and overview plans; introduction to ProSig Engineer; cable planning fundamentals and cable plans.
ProSig Classic – Basic training including CAD fundamentals
Description: The course first teaches the AutoCAD fundamentals required for ProSig, followed by ProSig Classic functions. It focuses on the drawing aspects of CAD plan creation.
Audience: Technical staff and planners in signalling and interlocking.
Prerequisites: None.
Duration: 5 days (2 days of CAD fundamentals and 3 days of ProSig Classic).
Version: ProSig Classic.
CAD fundamentals: User interface, basic commands, user settings, modifying drawing elements, hatching and dimensioning, layers and line types, object properties, coordinate systems and scales, and plotting and utility functions.
ProSig Classic: Scope and fundamentals; setting up a drawing; preparing track network data; creating signalling plans; editing construction phases; creating plot frames; project work; deriving and comparing layout and overview plans; cable planning fundamentals and plans.
Advanced training
ProSig Classic – Update signalling
Description: This course refreshes the fundamentals and expands on them with details, tips and tricks that could not be covered in the basic training.
Audience: Technical staff and planners in signalling and interlocking.
Prerequisite: Classic basic training.
Duration: 1 day.
Version: Classic.
Topics:
- Problems and solutions using real-world existing data
- Types of signalling plans and their specific requirements
- Handling changes to construction phases
- Object-based and system-supported project work
- Derivation and comparison mechanisms for layout and overview plans
- Editing object properties: ProSig CAD vs. ProSig Engineer
Recommended formats: In-person seminar combined with Classic basic training, or a separate online course some time after the basic training.
Module training
ProSig Classic – Cable planning module
Description: Planned signalling trackside equipment is cabled to the electronic interlocking in a separate process. ProSig provides extensive support for this technically complex task. The course teaches the effective and systematic use of the ProSig cable module in planning projects.
Audience: Technical staff and planners in signalling and interlocking.
Prerequisite: ProSig Classic basic training.
Duration: 1 day.
Version: ProSig Classic.
Topics: Creating a cable overview plan; positioning cable cabinets; transferring elements to be cabled; cabling elements or selecting suitable cable combinations; quantity calculation; special features of different interlocking types; creating a cable layout plan; inserting cable flags; automatically populating cable flag attributes.
ProSig Classic – ZBS signalling module
Description: This course focuses on compliant planning of train protection for the Berlin S-Bahn (ZBS) with Classic. Participants create the required ZBS planning deliverables using specialized drawing and calculation functions.
Audience: Technical staff and planners in signalling and interlocking.
Prerequisites: Classic basic training and practical experience, preferably on a Classic project.
Duration: 1 day.
Version: Classic.
Topics:
- Creating a ZBS project
- Importing the required data point addresses
- Inserting data points with automatic assignment of DP addresses
- Creating ZBS chains
- Creating ZBS telegrams
- Defining LF areas
- Explaining supporting calculations
- Editing and exporting data point tables
Recommended format: In-person seminar some time after Classic basic training.