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Review Railway Forum Napoli 2025 – Slab Track
Review: Railway Forum Napoli – Slab Track Expertise in a Welcoming Setting The Railway Forum Napoli 2025, held at the historic Pietrarsa Railway Museum, brought together railway professionals from across Europe for two days of focused discussion on slab track systems. Surrounded by historic locomotives and the Bay of Naples, the venue offered a relaxed and inspiring backdrop that helped shape the event’s friendly and familiar atmosphere. Strong...
Review 10th Railway Talk on: Track Maintenance
Highlights from the 10th Railway Talk: The Future of Track Maintenance On 25 June 2025, UEEIV hosted the 10th edition of its Railway Talk series, this time focused on one of the biggest challenges facing Europe’s rail networks: how to maintain track infrastructure efficiently as traffic continues to grow and maintenance windows shrink. Two expert perspectives The webinar featured two presentations that looked at how automation and robotics are...
Review: 9th Railway Talk on: Solutions for Switches
Review: 9th Railway Talk – “Solutions for Switches” On 11 March 2025, UEEIV held its 9th Railway Talk, centered on a critical yet often under-appreciated part of rail infrastructure: switches (turnouts). UEEIV+2UEEIV+2 What was discussed The webinar brought together two insightful presentations that offered practical and innovative maintenance ideas for switches: Improving Asset Reliability and Asset LifeRob Taylor (Interflon UK) introduced...
New member: Demuhder – Turkish, Railway Engineers’ Association
Demuhder - Turkish, Railway Engineers’ AssociationWe are very happy to announce that in the beginning of 2025 the Turkish, Railway Engineers’ Association Demuhder has joined the UEEIV network as a new member. We are looking forward to opening new horizons beyond European borders with this brandnew cooperation. Demuhder's Mission Support engineers in development of their occupational skills and know how, who are settled in the Turkish railway...
E³: From pioneering achievement to innovative standard
E³: From pioneering achievement to innovative standard The greening of track maintenance emphasizes the ecofriendly image of the railway. Alternative drive systems in track construction must fulfil stringent requirements as they are now a key criterion in tenders issued by infrastructure managers. However, time-tested previous generations based on combustion engines set the standard in terms of reliability and performance. The potential for...
Plasser & Theurer – Review of InnoTrans 2024: a visit from the future
Review of InnoTrans 2024: a visit from the future “The future of mobility”. This was the motto of InnoTrans 2024, the international trade fair for transport technology. “Future track technology NOW” could be seen at Plasser & Theurer, both in Hall 26 and among the exhibits on the extensive tracks of the exhibition grounds in Berlin. There was a great deal of variety here and there, where the future was also visiting alongside countless...
Video 8th Railway Talk online
The video archive and the presentations are available on: https://ueeiv.eu/events/8th-railway-talk/ The 8th Railway Talk was held on 4 December 2024 Topic: Managing weather & other hazards in the Railway Programme: Presentations & Speakers:air: Marco Corradini (CIFI) FIRST PRESENTATION Influence of climate change on the railway infrastructure – Risk Management from a reinsurance perspective Thomas Walter, Risk Management Partners,...
Review Railway Forum Sofia
Review Railway Forum 2024 Last week the Railway Forum 2024 was held in Sofia with around 170 participants to the topic:The Future of Railway Interoperability: 25 Years of Experience and Innovative Strategies. On the first day, the conference started with an...
UEEIV at Innotrans
UEEIV at InnoTrans 2024: Expanding Partnerships and Promoting Upcoming Events The UEEIV was proudly represented at this year’s InnoTrans, held in September in Berlin. Leading the delegation were Presidium members Olaf Scholtz-Knobloch, Daniel Wirth, Mario Galabo, and Marco...
Video 7th Railway Talk online
The video archive and the presentations are available on: https://ueeiv.eu/events/7th-railway-talk/ The 7th Railway Talk was held on 11 September 2024 TOPIC: SLAB TRACK – BALLASTLESS TRACK TECHNOLOGY Programme: Presentations & Speakers: Chair: Madeleine Coyle, (PWI), Senior Technical Officer (Track), Network Rail FIRST PRESENTATION Slab track explained through recent application projects Dipl.-Ing. Vlad Metaxa, Porr Bau GmbH SECOND...