“Capacity4Rail – Towards an affordable, resilient, innovative and high-capacity European Railway System for 2030/2050”
Launched in October 2013, Capacity4Rail is a four year collaborative research project funded by the European Commission under its 7th Framework programme. Placed under the coordination of UIC, it brings together a wide range of stakeholders, in an ambitious partnership.
Following the White Paper on European Transports published in 2011 [1], Capacity4Rail proposes to bring a system vision of the railways looking towards 2030/2050, by developing new concepts in the fields of infrastructure, freight, operation and monitoring, towards an affordable, resilient, innovative and high-capacity railway system.
The crucial research and development benefit of Capacity4Rail lays in the systemic and holistic approach to the development of new concepts for future infrastructure, vehicles, communication, and operation technologies.
The capacity issue is addressed in three different ways:
A more efficient use of existing resources, by optimising operating strategies, enhancing traffic planning, improving transhipment procedures and improving automation and operational procedures to reduce the time needed to recover from traffic disruption
A reduction of the non-operational capacity-consumers, through the design of resilient, reliable and low-maintenance infrastructure and vehicles, non-intrusive inspection, fast renewal and construction processes
An increase of the performance of existing resources, through significant improvements of wagons manoeuvrability and equipment to answer freight customers’ needs for higher reliability and performance
To be held on 10 & 11 June, this first dissemination workshop will be the opportunity to promote the project’s objectives, take stock of the achievements to date and look into future activities and discuss the expected potential improvements from the project’s results.
Workshop highlights:
Building a vision for the 2030 and 2050 railway
Requirements for an efficient freight system
Capacity4Rail roadmap and key aspects
Current progress in developing the railway track of the future
Next steps and perspectives …
Ample time will be reserved for discussion and exchange with the project partners.
The workshop will start on 10 June at 2pm and finish on 11 June with a networking lunch. The draft programme will be published in the next few days on the online registration page here http://www.capacity4rail.eu/spip.php?article15
Online registration and useful information:
Register online in order to secure your place at this event and find out more information on how to access the venue by clicking here http://www.capacity4rail.eu/spip.php?article15
