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Rail research collaboration in Europe
Professor Mark RobinsonNewRail
CRC – Participant Workshop16th November 2009
Adelaide
Contents
RRUK
UIC Coordination Strategy
ERRAC and the ERRAC ROADMAP Project
ERRAC Evaluation working group and research priorities
FEAST
Future Collaborative Research Opportunities
What is RRUK?RRUK’s mission
– To support the UK railway industry by providing a focal point for world-class, university based research
A virtual centre
– Twelve research groups in eight universities
Multidisciplinary research
– Engineering, Science, Economics, Human Factors
EPSRC funding
Management Structure
AGRRI
Advisory Group for Rail Research
Innovation
Interface management UIC Research Coordination Group
(RCG)/ERRAC
The communication between ERRAC and UIC (through RCG) is developing as a continuous information exchange
1. Topic collection2. Identification of
topics suitable for EC research
Communication loop
RCG/ERRAC
6. RCG/UIC: decision on further actions 3. Communication
to ERRAC
5. Communication to RCG 4. Discussion and
decision within ERRAC
What is needed for the interface RCG/ERRAC?
Ensure a timely and well-functioning information exchange between RCG and ERRAC
Ensure that RCG interests are represented and advocated professionally in ERRAC to the benefit of the positions agreed within RCG
Ensure that ERRAC results are transferred and discussed in RCG
Ensure a mutual information transfer and avoid duplication of discussions and counterproductive overlaps
How to put life to the interface
RCG appoints an "interface manager" for each of the ERRAC WPs. This person will take the mandate to present and defend RCG's positions and interests within this WP
The mandate will be neutral, clearly representing an overall RCG position and not that of a single company/UIC member
Administration support to the "interface manager" will be provided by UIC HQ staff
Your contacts for the ERRAC/UIC (RCG) interface management
ERRAC WPs
UIC Research Coordination Group (RCG) and all relevant UIC bodies
WP 6Evaluation & rail innovation data
bank
Interface Manager:
Christophe Chéron
SNCF+33 1 53429277
christophe.cheron@sncf.fr
Andrea Lindner
DB AG+ 49 30 297 56062
andrea.lindner@deutschebahn.com
WP 5Strengthening
competitiveness
Interface Manager:
Jonathan ParagreenNetwork Rail
+44 20 7557 8611jonathan.paragreen@networkrail.co.uk
WP 4Improving safety &
security
Interface Manager:
Peter Gerhardt
UIC+33 1 444 92127gerhardt@uic.org
WP 3Ensuring
sustainable (sub-) urban transport
Interface Manager:
Dirk Oelschläger
UIC+33 1 444 92072
oelschlaeger@uic.org
WP 2Encouraging
modal shift (long distance) and decongesting
transport corridors
Interface Manager:
Malcolm LundgrenBanverket
+46 24304405474malcolm.lundgren
@banverket.se
WP 1The greening of
surface transport
Interface Manager:
Enno WiebeUIC
+33 1 444 92097wiebe@uic.org
European Railway ResearchERRAC
ERRAC – European Rail Research Advisory Council
ERRAC was set up in 2001 with the ambitious goal of creating a single European body with both the competence and capability to help revitalise the European rail sector and make it more competitive, by fostering increased innovation and guiding research efforts at European level.
The main goal of ERRAC is:Enhancing collaborative European rail research by:
–Building consensus among all rail 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
Advise the European Commission on essential Rail Research for the FP
European Railway ResearchERRAC
2001 Joint Strategy for European Rail – Strategic Railways Vision 2020 2002 Strategic Rail Research Agenda – based on the strategic Vision 2020 2002 Technical Annex of the SRRA – Roadmaps for implementation2002 Rail Business Scenario – “doubling and tripling”2007 Update of the SRRA – Strategic Rail Research Agenda
ImplementationReaching the aimsRoadmaps needed!
Re-launching ERRAC- ERRAC ROADMAPS
The ERRAC - Roadmap project
ACCEPTED!
– Submitted to the European Commission on May 2008– Evaluation received on October 2008– Very good score: 13,5 points!– No budget cut: €1,5 millions funded by the European Commission
ALREADY RUNNING!
– The ERRAC work continued even without funding with the participation in kind of ERRAC Members and associations.
– ERRAC-Roadmap process has been defined and work on the FP7 3rd call priorities done through the setup ERRAC-Roadmaps work packages
– FP7 4th call priorities and Roadmaps work started
Re-launching ERRAC, ERRAC-Roadmaps project the starting point
Openness and transparency of the work in the ERRAC-Roadmaps WPs
– Everyone welcomed if active contributor– Focus on the market uptake but openness to valuable « blue-sky»
research
Focus for the next 3 years on annual detailed and qualified sector Roadmaps that will provide
– Input for the future work programme at EU and National level– Input for interoperability at European level– Input for legislative decision inline with the R&D objectives and needs
Re-launching ERRAC, ERRAC-Roadmaps project the starting point
ERRAC associations work is fully inline with ERRAC-Roadmaps WPs activities: i.e. for all Sector Members the unique entry point for R&D priorities definition is ERRAC
Increased cooperation and interest from the transport sector!
– ERRAC-Roadmaps already cooperates in two WPs with ERTRAC– Openness for cooperation – wherever relevant – with other ETPs– ERRAC already cooperate with National Technology Platforms (i.e. Czech
Republic and Spanish)– ERRAC formalised its link with the Joint Programme Committee for Rail
(JPCR)– Future enhancement of alignment of MS funded research to create
synergies and to reduce duplications
ERRAC Roadmap EWG-WP06
Market uptake, Evaluation and database
The Evaluation Work Group (EWG) is part of Work Package 6 (WP06) in the ERRAC ROADMAP Project :
WP0 : Management & Support GroupWP1 : GreeningWP2 : Modal ShiftWP3 : Urban TransportWP4 : Safety & SecurityWP5 : Strengthening CompetitivenessWP 6 : Evaluation & Rail Innovation Data
BankWP 7 : Dissemination & Communication
EWG Objectives within ERRAC activityThe Objective of the EWG activity is to identify the factors that should be considered in EU Rail research to improve use of economic resources to fulfil and ensure coherence with the planned strategic agenda for the progress of rail operations in Europe to ensure successful project deployment and resultsto avoid Weak uptake of the resultsto provide intelligence for input to future FPs to focus on important objectives and gain effective use of resources.
Source: Dan Otteborn, Vice-Chairman of ERRAC, ERRAC General Presentation, Innotrans, 19.09.08.
Status update of EWG-WP06 activityUp to date 48 projects (from a total of 138 listed projects) have been analysed and 39 have been evaluated:
– 13 of them were found to have a strong market uptake, – 6 medium, and – 20 a weak market uptake.
The 13 projects with a strong market uptake are in the domains of
– Train Control and Monitoring Systems (TCMS), – Improving Safety and Security and in – Greening of Surface Transport (Design for Environment)
The 20 projects with weak market uptake are mostly in the domain of
– railway freight operation, while others relate to – signalling and research projects aimed at strengthening competitiveness
The 6 projects with medium market uptake are spread in
– Noise & Vibration monitoring,– Infrastructure and – Rail research Projects
The Roadmap EWG WP06 evaluations
Total 138 Projects 39 Projects
Level of Uptake of the results of Projects evaluated
Total projects in WPs @ July 2009
WEAK
MEDIUM
STRONG
Global cost of projects in WPs € 633.646.885
WP01 € 152.024.731
WP02 € 241.555.224WP03
€ 35.841.008
WP04 € 79.419.229
WP05 € 124.806.693
Uptake of Evaluated Projects
The Roadmap EWG WP06 evaluations
Projects aimed at solving issues of general acknowledged interest (eg. technical, of harmonisation, business cases)
Strong interaction between partners and relevant stakeholders
Clearly defined scope and objectives at the beginning
Results applied and implemented for products, or for regulatory application and made available for future revision
Capability of building on results of previous projects (systemic view)
Pilot cases or business cases developed
Lessons learnt from Strong market up-take projects
The Roadmap EWG WP06 evaluationsRecommendations
1. Clearly defined scope, inputs and deliverables of project at inception.2. To specify, at inception, goals of projects, and to develop implementation
strategy anticipating possible problems with implementation itself, identifying targeted users for dissemination of results
3. To plan for knowledge retention and dissemination at inception4. To form a steering group of experts/stakeholders familiar with context.5. To make clear that projects should search for viable solutions in terms of
applicability and cost implications, and to develop business cases.6. To clarify ownership of project results and deliverables at inception.7. To take account of implications for strategic interests of key players to
avoid strategic, commercial, technological and operational constraints8. To select committed partners really interested in finding viable solutions.9. To establish clear communication channels and frequency of exchange.10. To conduct a regular review on post-project progress (possibly electing a
project responsible/promoter).
FEAST (Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation) Building 67a, The Australian National University ACT 0200 Canberra AUSTRALIA
http://www.feast.org/
Building the European-Australian Research Community
Australia in FP7
Can I participate in FP7 if I am based in Australia?
The short answer is ‘yes’.
Can I coordinate a FP7 project if I am based in Australia?
The short answer is ‘no’.
Can I receive EU research funding if I am based in Australia?
The short answer is ‘no’, but…
Australia can participate in FP7, but with their own funding.
Get funding from the EU: limited exceptionsMarie Curie Individual Fellowships
Evaluators for FP7
Become an evaluator for FP7
The Commission draws on a wide pool of evaluators. The call for evaluators for FP7 has been launched and registration of individuals and organisations is open on CORDIS: cordis.europa.eu/emmfp7.
ERRAC PROPOSALS FOR THE 4TH CALL OF FP7 –Feb 2010
Topic titlesDynamic traffic management for better energy efficiency and higher capacity
– Energy efficient operation and managing in a dynamic way the traffic flow with timetabling tools from energy management perspective including infrastructure capacity assessment and optimized passengers + freight quality on mixed lines
Saving energy in the railway system: electrified infrastructure recovery/storage potential, application and definition of recovery techniques/technologies in a sustainable way
(to be considered as preparatory research, fact finding project)
– Evaluation of the energy (quantity, duration) that can be stored – storing in fixed installations when the energy can not be used immediately
new and innovative systems (batteries, flywheels, etc.)– smart management of the electricity/smart grids? Taking in account that the railway
system is a large distributed system with several electrical loads (trains in operation, auxiliary systems, public electricity grid)
– energy for isolated signalling systems (fuel cells, batteries, solar panels, etc..)Energy consumption reduction and management in Urban Rail Systems
– Based in Modurban (subproject ModEnergy) results, it is now necessary to bring the energy consumption model to a step forward, validate technologies and provide an energy consumption decision support tool in the Urban Rail System.
Mitigation measures and good practice to reduce human fatalities and disruption of services resulting from trespasses on railways property –agreed with ERA– : Identify the practices that could be applied to introduce mitigation measures of different
kinds, analyse them and identify the most effective and cost-efficient counter actions to prevent suicides.
Rail System Interoperability (general open topic on the regulatory interoperability and on the non-legislative side with technological innovations) – Technologies and innovative train concepts for both passengers and freight transport
characterised by interoperability and cross-operation between different rail networks.The proposed solutions will be based on advanced mechatronic systems, on-board electronics, information and communication systems and services. Research results will contribute to standardisation at two main levels: 1) in the regulated domain, related to Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI's) and the ‘open points’, especially in view of the upcoming geographical scope extension, given that this will undoubtfully create ‘new open points’. 2) In the non regulated domain, innovative solutions for interoperability and standardised interfacing between mostly proprietary solutions. These measures are a necessary tool for strengthening the competitiveness of the rail sector.
Sustainable materials for the infrastructure
– It expected that this project would aim to find a viable alternative to creosoted wooden sleepers; investigate solutions to reduce the carbon impact of the rail steels currently used, concrete sleepers and slab track and also investigating the sustainability of ballast. A common methodology to calculate environmental impact and life cycle cost will be used, a performance criteria will be developed for the product specification and the alternative materials will be tested against this specification.
Urban Rail Vibrations and noise
– Some work in mitigation measures, modelling and procedure standardisation could be done; the RIVAS proposal presently in progress for the FP7 3rd call doesn’t include input from Urban rail systems operators (metro, light rail…)
Increased control and European harmonisation against unsafe freight transport conditions (inspection gates & platforms + system inspection + onboard monitoring)
Eminent IMs and Railway Undertakings are turning towards Automatic Train Examination Portals Two types of portals are currently being designed far apart one from the other depending if they are targeting train integrity (wheel sets, axles, brakepads, etc..) or infrastructure monitoring (track temperature, catenary thermal and video inspection, clearance monitoring, ). NDT supplier for railway academia and both, IM and Railway Undertakings shall gather together in a win-to-win approach for a European harmonization
Effective bridges (also road bridges, to be considered together with ERTRAC)
– The project Effective Bridges addresses both old and new bridges in three principal areas: – Life cycle cost analyses (LCCA) of existing bridges as a tool for
management and decision support – Approaches for the maintenance and strengthening of existing bridges to
increase life length to avoid or postpone the costs and environmental impact of replacement (e.g. prolonging the service of 2% of the bridges by 10 years should save more than 3 billion Euros).
– Methods and tools for new bridges to minimize, from “cradle to grave”, total ownership cost and environmental impact.
Virtual homologation for train acoustic performances
– This topic builds on the results of the Silence project and will help to specify what progress could be made in the next version of the related TSI. The idea is similar to the TrioTrain and aims to anticipate and get easier test procedures.
OTHERS:
SUPPORTED by ERRAC and to be presented together with EIRAC:
– Create an intermodal possibilities/network/facilities not only for big quantities but also for the small quantities– There may be a substantial market share if the problems of small scale
intermodality operations can be addressed in a cost efficient manner. Secondary lines especially may be more efficiently used.
SUPPORTED by ERRAC as a CSA project:
– Intermodality and new services to the customers– With an objective of improving Urban mobility, the study would aim at
identifying new information and communications services which could be proposed to the customers before entering the transport system (including multimodal information) and/or during their trip along their travel chain either on board vehicles or at interchange stations.
Contact Details
Prof Mark Robinson
Professor of Rail Systems Engineering
Director - NewRail Railway Research Centre
Associate Dean Transport
School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering
Stephenson Building
Newcastle University
NE1 7RU
newrail@ncl.ac.uk
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