How can Europe deliver the system transformation needed for rail to reach its full potential? The sixth episode of the...
The European Railcast, episode 6 – A New Vision for Rail: Towards a Policy-based Public-private Partnership
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Streamlining Railway Harmonisation: Introducing the EU-Rail STIP
The Europe’s Rail (EU-Rail) Standardisation and TSI Input Plan (STIP) is a collection of all outputs from EU-Rail (Innovation and System Pillar) which contribute to the goal of harmonisation of the railway system. The harmonisation topics are categorised in...Results Published in June 2024
Pre-standardisation of energy consumption and eco-labelling of railway vehicles DOWNLOAD HERE Description: FINE-2 energy workstream aims at a horizontal coordination of these activities and thus addresses the digital and sustainable transformation of European rail...
A next generation TCMS for a new generation of trains
The Train Control and Monitoring System (TCMS) is both the brain and the backbone of a train. As such, it plays a critical role in vehicle performance. This role includes integrating and managing all on-board information and enabling communication between equipment,...MaDe4Rail – Exploring non-traditional and emerging maglev-derived systems
To benefit the rail sector and its final users, our new MaDe4Rail project, worth EUR 1.4 million with 12 partners, is ready to explore non-traditional and emerging maglev-derived systems (MDS) and to evaluate the technical feasibility and effectiveness to introduce...Results Published in May 2024
Project Results on HVAC Units with Natural Refrigerants DOWNLOAD HERE Description: On the way of introducing the future generation of passenger trains, the Shift2Rail project, PINTA3, takes the step of implementing critical structural components, placing one focal...