www.smartrail-project.eu
CONTACT US
Project coordinator:
Paul TilanusTNO, The [email protected]+31 (0) 88 866 72 92www.tno.nl
This project has received funding from the European
Union’sHorizon2020researchandinnovation
programme under grant agreement No 636071.
PROJECT MEMBERS
TNO Netherlands www.tno.nl
Uniresearch Netherlands www.uniresearch.com
Panteia Netherlands www.panteia.eu
Railistics Germany www.railistics.de
ZaragozaLogisticsCenter Spain www.zlc.edu.es
TOI Norway www.toi.no
BD rail services France
ProRail Netherlands www.prorail.nl
PortofRotterdam Netherlands www.portofrotterdam.com
SEACONLogistics Netherlands/Italy www.seaconlogistics.com
Ederlog Germany www.ederlog.de
TankMatch Rail Germany www.tankmatchrail.de
Ecco-Rail Austria www.ecco-rail.at
Abirail Czech Republic www.abirail.cz
H-Log France www.h-log.fr
ECG Belgium www.ecgassociation.eu
CERCargo Hungary www.cercargo.eu
ITC Bulgaria www.itcbg.eu
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Ernst VerschragenUniresearch, The [email protected]+31 (0) 15 275 40 00www.uniresearch.com
THE PROJECT
The Smart-Rail project aims at improving rail freight services offeredtoshippers,focusingonreliability,leadtime,costs,flexibilityandvisibility.
THE CHALLENGE
The aim of the European Railway Agency (ERA) is to construct a safe, modern integrated railway network. The overall target isthatrailwaysmustbecomemorecompetitivetoothertransportmodesandseekandofferhigh-quality,end-to-endserviceswithoutbeingrestrictedbynationalborders.
Toachievethenecessarymodalshiftfromroadtorailtherailsector faces an unprecedented challenge of providing the capacityforaffordableandattractiveservicesrequiredtoenablethismodalshift.ThecurrentEuropeanrailfreightmarketisacomplexsysteminvolvingagreatnumberofdifferentpublicand private stakeholders, such as infrastructure managers, rail operators, terminal operators and freight forwarders who jointly managetheoperationofrunningtrainsfromAtoB.
TheSmart-RailprojectisalignedwiththeobjectivesofSHIFT²RAIL and will ensure that the results can be used in further research in this programme.
OBJECTIVES
Tocontributetoamentalshiftoftherailsectortowardaclient oriented and supply chain focus.
Todevelopworkingbusinessmodelsforcooperationofdifferentstakeholders.
TobuildtheSmartRailnetworkoftheinnovative,flexibleandreliabletrainservices,basedontheservicesandconnectionsrunbythestakeholders,andthusexpandingthegeographicalandsynchromodalscopeoftheservicesoffered.
To develop a methodology and architecture for exchangeofdata/informationrequiredfortheoptimisationprocess,betweenstakeholders,makinguseofexistinginitiativeswhereavailable(forinstancetheEuropeanCorridorManagementandnationallogisticalinformationcenters).
ToestablishthreeContinuousImprovementTracksthateachfocusondifferentaspectsandmarketsandimplementthe developed tools, methodologies and concepts. The purpose of these Tracks is to test and improve the innovativemeasuresinareallifesituation.Specificandmorededicatedbusinessmodels,informationsystemsandnewrailservices will be tested.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TRACKS
Dedicated services; Wagonload trains. ThisContinuousImprovementTrackaimstocreateandvalidate a concept for wagon-load trains on two corridors thathasproventobemosteffectivewiththesupportofthe stakeholders involved.
Managingconnectivityofrailwithothermodes;Control tower for long distance rail freight transport. This Track aims to increase the reliability for both planned and unplanneddisruptionsandtoincreasethevisibilityofthesupply chain.
Reliabilityofrailand(unexpected)obstructionson the track; ThisContinuousImprovementTrackaimstoincreasetheflexibilityandreliabilityofrailfreighttransportwithinamultimodaltransportsystem.SolutionswillbetestedontheRotterdam-Genoacorridor.
