digital transport & intelligent infrastructure ... · railway operators hardly earn money...

Maria Leenen / Vienna / 18th March 2019

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DIGITAL TRANSPORT & INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE: DIGITALIZATION, STANDARDIZATION & SCALING

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DIGITAL TRANSPORT & INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE:DIGITALIZATION, STANDARDIZATION & SCALING


STRATEGIC SESSION 3

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• Open data platforms

• Block chain

• Big data

• Artificial intelligence

• Digital business transformation

Key topics in digitalization and automation

• Mechanical, manual processes

• No power supply in freight wagons

• Very limited data on wagons recorded

• Average asset life of 23 years

• Maximum asset life up to 40 years

• Slow innovation processes

Daily railway operation Age distribution of freight wagons in Europe

The railway has to catch up

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STRONG RAIL FREIGHT TRANSPORT IS CRUCIAL IN ORDER TO TACKLE CLIMATE AND TRANSPORT CHALLENGES SUCCESSFULLY


RAIL FREIGHT TRANSPORT

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Degree of railway electrification

Western Europe

Asia

Eastern Europe

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Africa/Middle East

Australia

America

0% 20% 40% 60%

• Climate change

• Reduction of CO2 emissions

• Gridlock in growing cities

Changes in transport policies required Best e-mobility exists in railway

• Governments discover importance of railway

• Shipping has to improve its carbon footprint

The railway is forced to be the backbone of the transport network

A COMBINATION OF INNOVATIONS REGARDING RAILWAY VEHICLES AND PROCESSES AS WELL AS THE DIGITALIZATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE WILL LEAD TO A MODERN FREIGHT TRANSPORT


EXAMPLES OF DIGITALIZATION

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The railway family knows its homework

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LARGE INVESTMENTS ARE REQUIRED IN THE RAILWAY SECTOR, HOWEVER ONLY RELATIVELY FEW RESOURCES HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE


INVESTMENTS

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Railway operators hardly earn money Digitalization of European infrastructure and vehicles requires massive investments

40-50 bnEuro

10-15 bnEuro

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ETCS Autocoupling

• Turnout monitoring system• Fully automated terminals• Digital driver assistance• fully digitized cockpit• and more…

Development of rail freight profit/loss of European operators in 2017 [in EURm]

Railway companies are not able to cover the costs on their own

DB Cargo AG

Rail Cargo Group

SNCF*

PKP Cargo SA

SBB Cargo**

LDZ Cargo

ČD Cargo

Green Cargo

Lineas

TCDD

-0,015

-0,010

-0,005

0,000

0,005

0,010

Financial result per transport performance[2015 - 2017, EUR/tkm]

2015 2016 2017* TFMM division (incl. Captrain, Naviland, VFLI)** incl. impairment charge of -173 mEUR for single wagon transport

Renfe

MercanciasMercitaliaGroup

ZSSKCargo

RDZ 2017: 4.78 bn Euro EBITDA and 2,492 bn tkm transport performance

ALL STAKEHOLDERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING THE RAILWAY INTO A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE


STAKEHOLDER

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CONTACT


Maria Leenen

SCI Verkehr GmbH

Schanzenstrasse 117

20357 Hamburg

Tel +49 (40) 50 71 97 0

Fax +49 (40) 50 71 97 20

[email protected]

www.sci.de

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