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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...
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THE FUTURE OF RAILWAY INTEROPERABILITY: 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES WITH TSI TOPICS next steps of optimization of ECTS, optimization of radio communication Interoperability throughout different countries night trains, train operation how to meet the expectation for sustainability solutions to increase capacity: build new lines add a second track double decker trains improve signalling systems ERTMS, ECTS Night trains We...
Southeastern European countries in the focus of the rail industry
Traditionally, Europe's rail industry generates a large proportion of its sales in the "old" member states of the European Union. But recently the industry's interest has also shifted more and more towards southeastern European countries, including those outside the EU. Marie Vopálenská is CEO of ACRI, the umbrella association of Czech railway industry companies. "They employ 22,000 people and together contribute one and a half percent to the...
PORR Slab Track Austria implemented in Romania – new oPORRtunities for ballastless track technology in the context of enabling interoperability of trans-European railway network
In June 2024 PORR has successfully completed the modernization of one of the most important railway sections connecting the capital Bucharest to the Bulgarian border, passing also through a major Danube harbour city-Giurgiu. The North Bucharest - Jilava - North Giurgiu - North Giurgiu - North Giurgiu Border railway line is part of the TEN-T central network and has been identified as a conventional railway line in need of modernization. The...
VDEI parliamentary evening discussing rising demand for skilled workers and railway engineers
German Association VDEI: 75 years of concentrated railway engineering expertise The beginning was hearty: The founding of the Association of German Railway Engineers VDEI on December 10, 1949 took place in the station pub of Hamm station in Westphalia. The railway engineers in the GDR had their engineering home in the "Chamber of Technology of the GDR". With the collapse of the East German state, the VDEI Dresden district was founded on April...
Plasser & Theurer – fit for the future with intelligent tamping machines
Plasser & Theurer has had a symbiotic relationship with the rail for 70 years. As a family-run company, it is driven by the desire to achieve sustainable, long-term success alongside the railway. In the early 1950s, Plasser & Theurer recognized that the mechanization of track work would be a decisive factor in the development of the railway system. With the invention of hydraulic tamping machines, the company developed a tamping...