Programme


Status July 2024

Sunday, 13.4.2025

19:00Welcome Reception

Monday, 14.4.2025

08:30Registration
09:00Opening Speeches
Operating
09:20J.-E. Galdiks, M. Thiele (SBB AG)
Opportunities and challenges with ERTMS in rail technology change
- A Swiss perspective
09:50R. Dällenbach, P. Zanchetta (Schweizerische Südostbahn AG)
Results of the ATO pilot GoA2 over ETCS L1LS and the future development of automation
10:20Coffee & Tea
Freight-traffic
10:50R. Christeller
The innovative and competitive freight train
11:20F. Feitsch, M. Meier (SBB Cargo AG)
From Test Operation to Fleet: Hybrid Battery-Pantograph Shunting Locomotives at SBB Cargo
11:50G. Petschner, H. Brantner, J. Pieringer (SSC-Railtec GmbH)
Modern rail freight transport solutions from development to operation
12:20C. Radewagen (Voith Turbo)
DAC development to series maturity
12:50Lunch Break
Alternative Drives
14:00T. Wichmann (TÜV SÜD Rail GmbH)
Hydrogen for rolling stock - Status and outlook on the development of railway specific standards
14:30J. Heyn (TÜV SÜD Rail GmbH)
Alternative drive systems - energy supply (HEMU refuelling and BEMU charging)
15:00B. Kurzeck, T. Janke (Prose GmbH)
Concept for alternative drive systems for BVG underground construction vehicles
15:30Coffee & Tea
Approval, Special Vehicles, Diagnostics
16:00M. Eigenstetter, F. Schmid (CERTIFER Deutschland GmbH, ERC)
Homologation for track building machines
16:30J. Fratzl (ÖBB Rail Equipment GmbH & Co KG)
The new rail vehicle fleet with triple hybrid drive for the operation and maintenance of ÖBB-infrastructure
17:00E. Andreeva-Moschen (ÖBB Holding AG), J. Bisang (SBB AG), M. Urban (Voestalpine Signaling Siershahn)
Harmonised European Railway Diagnostics – the new way to gain cross-border condition information for integrated asset management
17:30U. Kramer, M. Meier, F. Feitsch (SBB AG)
(Em)Powering: The electrification of a track construction vehicle
18:00M. Krammer, O. Urspruch, N. Schmitz, C. Schwarz, K. Sepahvand, S. Pitzing (Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH)
Virtual brake performance testing of rail vehicles during authorization
18:45Get-Together

Tuesday, 15.4.2025

Wheel/Rail
08:30P. Mittermayr (Dr. Mittermayr Scientific GmbH & Co KG)
Multimodal analysis of vehicle-track interaction by measurement and simulation
09:00H. Blaha (Siemens Mobility Austria GmbH)
Wheelset of the future
09:30M. Sanchez Lozano, M. Garcia Troya, D. Abellan Lopez, J. de Priego, J. Lopez Gomez (University Miguel Hernandez of Elche)
Advances in the optimization of the wheel-rail contact of the rolling gear of independent guided wheels
10:00Coffee & Tea
Refurbishment, New Vehicles
10:30J. Eichhorn (DB Systemtechnik GmbH)
Modernization of existing fleets for digitalized operations and maintenance processes
11:00P. Kukla, H. Culik (Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH)
Modernization of existing passenger coaches fleets attention to conserving resources
11:30M. Perz, L. Meyer (Holding Graz, Alstom Transport Austria GmbH)
Further development of the tram system in the city of Graz
12:00M. Rivas (Stadler Rail Valencia S.A.U.)
CITYLINK Universal - The new light rail vehicles for the "TramTrain" project
12:30U. Sorgalla, R. Enzinger (RTA Rail Tec Arsenal Fahrzeugversuchsanlage GmbH)
Recent developments of climatic tests for climate-friendly rail vehicles
13:00Lunch Break
Test-Approval
14:00A. Fussi (Siemens Mobility Austria GmbH)
Fire safety in rail vehicles - challenges of Italian operation shown using the example of the new ÖBB day and night trains
14:30C. Madritsch, B. Kager, B. Dumböck (Engenium GmbH)
Smart primary springs for rail vehicles
15:00L. Stössel-Vogel, J. Spreckels (Alstom Schweiz AG, Trelleborg Antivibration Solutions Germany)
The hydraulic axle guide element Flexx® Curve
15:30Coffee & Tea
Components
16:00R. Jäger (Knorr-Bremse Merak)
Efficient rail air conditioning systems in the spotlight of the energy transition
16:30F. Höfling, F. Bähr (Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG)
Optimization of friction losses in railway axlebox bearings - experimental & computational evidence and outlook
17:00J. Lichterfeld (Siemens Mobility GmbH)
Operating experience of the Air Free Siemens Brake and outlook on the mainline application
17:30S.Y. Cetin; M. Leitern, P. Brunnhofer (TUGraz)
Design and stress dynamics of high rotational speed brake disc
18:00C. Gruböck (ÖBB Technische Services GmbH)
Technological leap in brake force measurement on rail vehicles: economic potential and safeguarding of verification in the context of maintenance
18:00Closing Speech and End of Conference

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