UITP Rome 2005

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56th UITP World Congress
ERRAC and the Rail Research Priorities for Europe
Manuel Seabra Pereira, Professor, IST
Lisbon Deputy Chairman of ERRAC, Chairman of
EURNEX Council
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Plan of the presentation

• ERRAC and its research priorities
• Strategic Rail Research Agenda 2020
• ERRACs recent activities
• The role of urban and regional transport
• The 7th FP and the transport sector
• The EURNEX Network of Excellence
• European Railway University (EURail) in a
  changing railway sector

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ERRAC - Terms of reference

• Long standing commitment by
• all stakeholders
• rail industry,
• rail operators,
• infrastructure managers,
• public authorities and regulators,
• research institutes and academia
• To work in closer partnership
• with the aim
• strengthening and
• reorganising RD efforts in Europe
• Revitalizing the Railway sector.

ERRAC would optimise the rail research
potential within EU, materialising the concept
of a European Research Area in this industrial
sector.
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SRRA 1 in brief

• Research effort optimised,
• better focussed,
• effectively implemented
• Need for step changes in technology
• Increase co-ordinated investment from
• Rail sector
• European Union
• Member States

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SRRA 1 in brief
In 2020 40 increase in passenger traffic, 70
increase in freight traffic 15 market share for
freight, 12 market share for passengers meaning
tripling and doubling todays rail volumes
2- The business environment RBS (2020) 4
1- Forecasting and assessment future of the rail
(2020) 3
3- 6 Strategic research priorities (1) Seamless
passenger service, (2) Door to door Freight
services, (3) Integrated mass transit services,
(4) Interoperable infra (5) Modular
interoperable RS, (6) Environmental impact and
sustainability
4- 5 Key research priorities in
Interoperability, Inteligent Mobility, Safety,
Environment, Inno. Materials prod. Methods 5
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Enhancing collaborative European rail research

• Building consensus among stakeholders
• Improving synergies between EU, national and
  private rail research
• Strengthening and re-organizing research and
  development efforts
• Facilitating effective pooling of human and
  material resources
• Launching ambitious co-operative research
  schemes

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ERRACs recent activities

• Ensuring widespread awareness of the SRRA
• Updating the ERRAC Rail Business Scenario
• Assessing how current RD programmes align with
  the SRRA
• Examining the research implications of
  investment in rail infrastructure
• Reviewing the light rail and metro system market
  sector in the 25 EU Member States (regional
  rail study under preparation)
• Analysing future research needs
• Proposing input for the EUs Seventh RTD
  Framework Programme (FP7)

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The 7th Framework Programme (FP7) and the
Transport sector

• Importance of the urban rail sector
• FP7 areas refer to rolling stock,
  infrastructure, mobility and intermodality
• Attractiveness and performance improvements

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FP7 - Surface Transport five areas

• The greening of surface transport
• Encouraging modal shift and decongesting
  transport corridors
• Ensuring sustainable urban mobility
• Improving safety and security
• Strengthening competitiveness

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Context (sector)

• ERRAC Position Paper (30.12.2004) consultation
• EPTR (European Platform for Co-operation and
  Co-ordination in Transport Research), 03.02.2005
• ECTRI (European Conference of transport research
  institutes), 22.11.2004
• Industry RU/IM via UNIFE, UIC/CER
• UITP
• EURNEX contribution

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Green Clean Quite
Competitice Innovative Efficient
Safe secure accessible Customer
responsive
Rail 21 Sustainable Rail Systems for a connected
Europe
EC Objectives Greening Modal Shift Sustainability
Safety Security Competitiveness
Cost challenges Increased capacity Enhanced
performance
Track Friendly Trains
Train Friendly Track
Provision of safe, efficient and interoperable
services
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The role of urban and regional transport

• Rail product suppliers reckon that trams, light
  rail and metro systems as well as regional and
  suburban railways make up around 50 of their
  total turnover
• SRRA priority for the Public Transport sector
• Two studies developed by UITP within ERRAC
  metro and light rail / regional and suburban rail
  (under preparation)

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URBAN TRANSPORT

• UT backbone of social and economical life in
  urban areas
• Land use, dispersion of activities, shape and
  topology of urban areas. Car ownership and income
• Attractiveness of UT is complex
• Involves attitudes and emotional feelings
• Factors for attractiveness
• Travel time, frequency of service, security
• Comfort availability of seats, temperature,
  walking distance, information provision
• Land trip structure
• Sucession of journeys, transport modes, modal
  continuity and coordination physical, services,
  information

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ERRAC proposals for FP7 area 1

• 1. Greening of surface transport
• Products
• Sustainability, incl. Energy savings and
  environmental
• legislation (noise, pollution)
• Hybrid technologies
• European networks
• Design for the environment (e.g. recycling)
• Deployment of emerging technologies, energy
  regeneration
• Urban public transport
• Reducing energy consumption
• Eco-procurement specifications
• Eco-friendly design of subsystems and interfaces
• New funding rules for environmentally friendly
  applications

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ERRAC proposals for FP7 area 1

• 1. Greening of surface transport
• Products
• Sustainability, incl. Energy savings and
  environmental
• legislation (noise, pollution)
• Hybrid technologies
• European networks
• Design for the environment (e.g. recycling)
• Deployment of emerging technologies, energy
  regeneration
• Urban public transport
• Reducing energy consumption
• Eco-procurement specifications
• Eco-friendly design of subsystems and interfaces
• New funding rules for environmentally friendly
  applications

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ERRAC proposals for FP7 area 2

• 2. Encouraging modal shift and decongesting
  transport corridors
• Products
• Interoperability (multi-system interfaces between
  RS and infrastructure)
• Intelligent transport systems
• European networks
• Common operational rules
• Harmonisation (open standards to implement TSIs)
• Intermodality long-distance/short-distance
  (cross-sector)
• Urban public transport
• Intermodality short-distance/long-distance
  (cross-sector)

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ERRAC proposals for FP7 area 3

• 3. Ensuring sustainable urban mobility
• Products
• Integrated mass transit products (multi-sector
  and multi-modal)
• Intelligent transport systems
• European networks
• Unified tram-train service concepts
• Innovative re-use of regional rail infrastructure
• Integrated seamless services (incl. clock-faced
  and rendez-vous principle)
• Urban public transport
• Co-ordinated town- and transport-planning
• Innovative funding and financing schemes
• New services combining passenger rail transport
  with other sectors (e.g. and package deliveries)
• Innovative rail operation methods, tools and
  facilities (incl. ITS solutions)
• New customised services for integrated
  inter-modal operation
• Innovative fare and ticketing concepts and tools

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ERRAC proposals for FP7 area 4

• 4. Improving safety and security
• Products
• Safety and security-oriented products and
  services
• Intelligent transport systems (eg.
  video-surveillance)
• European networks
• Monitoring of the RS from the infrastructure
• Safety and security of the transport of hazardous
  materials
• Human factors in the management of the risk
  situations
• Common methods for evaluation and consideration
  of risks
• Urban public transport
• Improved co-ordination between stakeholders with
  regard to safety, security and anti-terrorist
  measures
• Improve specifications for products and services
  related to safety and security measures
• Human factors in the management of the risk
  situations

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ERRAC proposals for FP7 area 5

• 5. Strengthening competitiveness
• Products
• Railway economic competitiveness
• Modularity and standardised interfaces
• Rolling stock and infrastructure maintenance
• Intelligent transport systems
• European networks
• Increasing capacity while reducing costs
  (increasing axle loads, speed, traffic volume,
  loading gauge without expensive investments)
• Urban public transport
• Functional and technical harmonisation of
  installations
• Innovative design of systems and constituents
• Improved quality management
• Customer-oriented PT system design and fare
  policy

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The European Railway Research Network of
Excellence - EURNEX

• EURNEX,
• coordination of FAV,
• gathers a community of more than 600 researchers
  from more than 60 universities, and
• stakeholders such as UITP
• Close interaction between ERRAC and EURNEX, in
  line with the SRRA, to
• promote integration and rationalization of
  projects, and
• optimum allocation of resources and competencies

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European Railway University (EURail) in a
changing railway sector

• The development of the European Railway sector
  requires well managed and collaborative research,
  and targeted education
• Goal of EURail to provide training and
  education for the railway community of tomorrow
• Proposal in line with the SRRA of ERRAC
• Virtual in nature but fostering excellence among
  existing institutions

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Thank you for your attention!

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