TRA VISIONS project is organising a competition for young transport researchers: they are looking for students in their final year of Master or first years of PhD. The competition covers 5 modes of transport, namely Road, Rail, Waterborne, Airborne and Cross-modality. Single students or groups can submit their project to one of these categories and win up to
EC, UIC, rail infra owners to debate deployment of 5G-enabled FRMCS Many railway infrastructure owners are now preparing to implement theFuture Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS), the sector’s new 5G-enabled communications standard. FRMCS is due to launch in 2025 and will replace the current GSM-R standard, which is expected to be phased out around 2030.
Rail leaders will gather to determine the future of rail at IRS10 The 10th International Railway Summit (IRS10) in association with International Union of Railways (UIC) will bring together senior figures who help to determine the future of rail. World-class speakers will debate the most pressing issues facing the sector: the journey to recovery from COVID, how
Shortly before the beginning of the new year, the European Commission launched the website of the European Year of Rail 2021. The initiative places the train in the spotlight as a smart and sustainable means of transport. In the Year of Rail, milestones are set for increasing the market share of rail transport, and contributing
On January 3, the first female metro driver since several decades ran a metro train on the Filyovskaya line in Moscow. For women, it was impossible to get hired as a metro driver since the 80’s. A controversial governmental resolution prohibited it along with 355 other professions, and that resolution has been replaced by one
Liberalization of long-distance railway passenger services in the European Union was scheduled for December 2020. The Spanish infrastructure manager decided that the Spanish high-speed network was congested so an optimization plan would be needed to accommodate newcomers and ensure an ‘orderly’ transition to competition. The infrastructure manager defined a full schedule for cadenced train paths
The International Union of Railways (UIC) has released two important specifications related to the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS), the successor of GSM-R. They are about the requirements for the on-board equipment and its migration to the FRMCS. UIC plans to make the first edition of the FRMCS ecosystem available for procurement by the
Discover the science and complexity of railway systems, including how their efficiency depends on the alignment of all their components About this course Skip About this courseHave you ever wondered what it takes to get your train on the right platform at the scheduled time every day? Journey with us into the world of rail
RailTech is currently launching a series of webinars to help railway professionals to keep on developing their knowledge and skills during the COVID-19 crisis. The railway sector is a knowledge based industry where networking and sharing ideas plays an important part in keeping infrastructure and rolling stock future proof. On the 8th of April, RailTech
Fully ture Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) is the future worldwide telecommunication system designed by UIC, in close cooperation with the different stakeholders from the rail sector, as the successor of GSM-R but also as a key enabler for rail transport digitalisation. THE FIRST GLOBAL FRMCS CONFERENCE The first Global FRMCS Conference took place on 14-15
