UEEIV President Olaf Scholtz-Knobloch repesented the Union of European Railway Engineers Associations from 19th to 22nd of September at TRAKO in Gdansk.
TRAKO is the largest and most prestigious rail industry meeting in Poland and one of the largest in Central and Eastern Europe. A presentation of the state of the art in transport systems and railway infrastructure in Poland, Europe and round the world. The Fair takes place every two years.
Introduction
The General Assembly of the Union of European Railway Engineer Associations was held on 10 Mai. 2023 week in beautiful Salzburg.
26 railway engineers from all over Europe participated including representatives from member associations, supporting members, honorary members and advisors.
During a visit to the Salzburg Local Railway participants had the opportunity to learn useful information about the fleet and traffic management, and the monitoring the ongoing operations.
There was also plenty of opportunity for networking at the lunch and the Get-Together in the evening at Stiegl Keller.
Overall it was a very productive meeting with the presentation of many future projects and the successful division of tasks among the participants. To mention some of the planned activities:
· Continue the successful Railway Talks series
· Organize a 2 day conference participate at conferences with other members
· Create a new certification for Railway Systems Engineer
· Acquisition of new member associations and supporting members
· Create a young railway engineers section
