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April 25, 2023

Europe’s Rail is proud to be supporting the 5th edition of the European Startup Prize for Mobility (EUSP), the European acceleration and investment programme for sustainable mobility startups. EUSP is a public-private initiative co-founded by the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee Chairwoman, Karima Delli, Boston Consulting Group and Via ID. The competition is supported by both the European Parliament and the European Commission, as well as influential partners, and invites mobility startups from around…

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April 25, 2023

On-board Train Integrity Technology Migration & Standardisation proposal of the On-Board Train Integrity Interfaces DOWNLOAD HERE Description: X2RAIL-4, one of the Members’ projects implementing the S2R Innovation Programme 2, completed the activities related to On-Board Train Integrity (OTI). The technology demonstrator completed its technical activities in December 2022. The first deliverable is addressing based on which conditions the new technology needed for OTI should be introduced. The second deliverable is making a proposal for standardisation…

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March 27, 2023

Context-driven Dynamic Human-Machine-Interface Design and Prototype DOWNLOAD HERE Description: This deliverable reports on the development of a human-machine-interface (HMI) enabling the user to access machine learning models completely by assessing their input, output, and the model itself and what is driving its decisions. This allows the user to better understand and eventually steer the model efficiently and effectively to produce overall better outcomes and improve the decision-making process. In the deliverable, the architecture and software…

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February 24, 2023

Requirements for the High-TRL Drive by Data Network Devices DOWNLOAD HERE Description: The deliverable details the requirements for the High-TRL Drive by Data (DbD) Network Devices (ND) and configurations tools developed in Safe4RAIL-3 WP1 & WP3. These requirements build on the Safe4RAIL-2 and CONNECTA-2 projects requirements.  Additionally, new requirements have been received from CONNECTA-3. The deliverable analyses these requirements and includes the feedback from Safe4RAIL-3 partners. Target audience: All rail stakeholders How it brings us closer…

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January 26, 2023

Use of MVDC transformers for railway traction DOWNLOAD HERE Description: The deliverable presents the mathematical model of two converter topologies along with the design equations of their controllers, both full-scale and small-scale (equivalent of the experimental board). The focus is to undertake a comparative evaluation of topologies for the medium voltage DC transformers, to define the optimal topology for railway traction applications including evaluation of the performance of the converter and to develop a software…

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December 20, 2022

Description of the vibration prediction tool DOWNLOAD HERE Description: The work on ground vibration within SILVARSTAR aims to provide the railway community a user-friendly prediction tool for ground vibration impact studies. This tool will be used for environmental impact assessment of new or upgraded railways on a system level. This document presents an overview of the underlying computation theory and provides support to those beginning to use the SILVARSTAR prototype software. Target audience: Noise Experts,…

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