The D1.1 “Energy Management & Pre-Standardisation for Alternative drive trains and related railway system intermediate report n°1” reports the status of the SP3-WP1 of Rail4EARTH after 16 months of work on the different subtasks:

• Pre-standardisation of battery interfaces: ongoing, battery interfaces are identified and discussed between partners to propose standardised ones,
• Pre-standardisation of interfaces between train and operation: preliminary, state of the art of range operation calculation and first description of needs for operators to supervise alternative drives trains,
• Pre-standardisation of interfaces between train and infrastructure: ongoing, identification of standards impacts and requirements for battery train charging, parking energy supply, and hydrogen train refuelling,
• Pre-standardisation of energy management functions: ongoing, state of the art build commonly with RAIL4EARTH WP5 for energy management functions + definition of different strategies for charging of battery trains,
• Optimization of energy management at railway system level: ongoing, description of a methodology to compare use cases and scenarios from railway system view. Definition of a first use case in France and scenario with a 1st generation battery train, with the application of the methodology and the analysis of the results,
• Identification of standards to be adopted for the interfaces and components of trains with alternative drives and related infrastructure,
• Integration of the standards identified into the “Standardisation and TSI input plan”.

As this Report is the first intermediate WP1 progress report, some chapters are not fully completed because the work will be continued until end 2026.

The present document constitutes the Deliverable D24.1 “ Sustainable Interiors, knowledge and opportunities intermediate report n°1 ” in the Subproject 6 Attractiveness, Work Package 24 Sustainable Interiors, Knowledge and Opportunities, as described in the EU-RAIL MAWP and contributes as well to the Flagship Project 4 – Rail4Earth.

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