Women continue to be significantly underrepresented in the railway workforce, accounting for only around 23% of the...
Commission and EU rail sector open nominations for Women in Rail Award 2026
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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...
Improving Rail’s Energy Supply and Consumption
Rail infrastructure and rolling stock requires a complex electrical network – one that can transform energy from public power supply networks and then distribute this energy along the track to the rail vehicles. Within today’s railway infrastructure, system energy...Results Published in April 2024
Report on the Optimisation Tool for Multi-functional Design Solutions DOWNLOAD HERE Description: Multifunctional designs can optimise the overall vehicle system, including its subsystems, by incorporating all functional requirements from the outset. However,...