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Automation started its triumphalprogress over 50 years ago. It haschanged the world – including rail traf-fic. But there are also limits to automa-tion, inter alia due to incompatibilities. With regard to railways, I think of last year‘s failure of the Rhine valley line. It was impossible to divert trains overevasion routes, some of the reasons were due to incompatible systems. Such technological and political bound-aries can be overcome by digitisation: the keyword is ’European Rail Traffic Management System‘ (ERTMS), a fieldin which railways are ahead of theother modes of transport. While auton-omous cars are being tested on test tracks, driverless metros are already operating. Railways are testing their ’Automatic Train Operation System‘ in live operations and they are pressing ahead with the introduction of predic-tive maintenance systems. Highlights include the automation of moderntunnels. Over 100 ZVEI member com-panies offer their innovations to rail-way companies. Their products andservices are making railways fit for the future: safer, more punctual, cheaper and ultimately even more comfortable.
Digitisation breaks down boundariesOlaf Zinne,Managing Director of the Electric Trac-tion Systems and Vehicles Division and Head of the Smart Mobility Platform (ZVEI).
50 years ofintelligent mobilityTrapeze Group Switzerland GmbH has been developing public transport software solutions for 50 years. They
now add integration and coordination systems for autonomous vehicles to run on-demand services.
Innovative freight carsIn a project of the Ger-man BMVI innovative wagons are devel-oped and prototypes
are built. The new vehicles should be quieter, more energy efficient and more profitable.
IncreasingavailabilityIn case of failure, the subway infrastructure must not collapse. STUVA coordinates a research project to improve the resilience of underground PT Systems.
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is in charge of planning, financing, construction and maintenance of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel, for which it has founded the state-owned pro-ject company Femern A/S, while Germany is responsible for the ex-pansion of the road and rail hin-
an mainland. Construction on the Fehmarnbelt crossing is scheduled to start in 2020 and its opening is foreseen for 2028. The basis for the construction is a German-Danish State Treaty concluded in 2008. The State Treaty stipulates that Denmark
The Fehmarnbelt tunnel
terland connections in northern Germany. The Fehmarnbelt tunnel will serve both road and rail trans-port and will include a four-lane road and a two-lane railway line. By car, the journey through the Fehmarnbelt will only take ten min-utes, whereas trains will take a mere seven minutes. Trains will take just two and a half hours to travel from Hamburg to Copenhagen.CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
With a length of 17.6 kilometres, the Fehmarnbelt tunnel between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland will become the world’s longest im-mersed tunnel. The tunnel will link Scandinavia directly to the Europe-
Once the Fehmarnbelt tunnel will be built, the classical ‚Vogelfluglinie‘ will substitutethe longer line via Odense and Flensburg Graphics: Femern A/S
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The largest infrastructure project in Northern Europe is to be completed in 2028 by the state-owned Danish project company Femern A/S when a tunnel on the bed of the Baltic Sea will directly connect Scandinavia to the European mainland.
The ‚Storstrømsbroen‘The old bridge will be replaced by a new one, which will be Denmark‘s third largest bridge.
The Ringsted-Femern RailwayThe 115 kilometres long rail line will be upgraded and expanded toa new double-track line. The line will be electrified, 100 bridges will be rebuilt. With speeds of up to 200 km/h travel time will besignificantly reduced.
The Fehmarnbelt tunnelAn 18 kilometres long immersed tunnel, the longest of its kind in the world, will enable the Fehmarnbelt to be crossed by car in10 minutes and by train in 7 minutes.The German land investments
Germany is building a new 88 kilometres long railway line. In the future it will take just 2.5 hours to get from
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The tunnel will allow the two Northern European metropolis-es to move closer together. The Fehmarnbelt tunnel will consist of a total of 89 tunnel elements, each of which will be 217 me-tres long and weigh 73,000 tons. The individual tunnel elements are produced on the mainland in Rødbyhavn, Denmark. The tun-nel will be built by lowering the individual tunnel elements into a trench to be dug on the bottom of the Fehmarnbelt.
Part of the Trans-European Transport Network TEN-T
As part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), the Fehmarnbelt tunnel is of high European importance. This net-work will consist of a total of nine transport corridors within the European Union. The Fehmarn-belt link will be part of the Scan-dinavian-Mediterranean corridor that stretches from Helsinki in Finland to the Maltese capital Valetta. The Fehmarnbelt tunnel is therefore also funded by the European Union as a major TEN-T infrastructure project.
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I M P R I N T Publisher Messe Berlin GmbH MS Mobility & Services Messedamm 22, 14055 Berlin GERMANY T +49 30 3038 2376F +49 30 3038 2190 [email protected] www.innotrans.comConcept, AdvertisingDVV Media Group / Eurailpress, HamburgAdvertisements [email protected] Messe Berlin GmbH, Berlin [email protected] in cooperation with Mechthild Seiler, [email protected] and dtp GrafoService GmbH, Norderstedt [email protected] credits Messe Berlin GmbH as well as photos from the mentioned manufacturers Print L.N. Schaffrath GmbH & Co. KG DruckMedien, Geldern
International Bus Forum The Bus Display at InnoTrans offers
an individual presentation concept vehicle to manufacturers and trade visitors: It includes an exhibition area for buses in the Static Display and a 500-metre test circuit to demonstrate the vehicles. Thanks to its position in the heart of the Berlin ExpoCenter City, it is also ideally connected to all other exhibition halls. In 2018, this exhibi-tion space will be complemented by the International Bus Forum. The content of the new format, which will be part of
When choosing railways as their means of transport, customers enjoy a fast, safe and climate-friendly trip. But the essen-tial factor of ‘comfort’ can only be achieved through an excellent onboard service, for the simple reason that cus-tomers who feel at ease will come back. InnoTrans will showcase this important customer service with a targeted exhibi-tion area: Travel Catering & Comfort Services (TCCS) in the Interiors segment. It will focus on a wide range of innovative catering equipment and services in rail travel. Five new exhibitors have registered for InnoTrans 2018. This year trade visi-tors will be able to take part in a dedicat-ed TCCS theme route that will take them along the stands of relevant companies again. Content-related support is provid-ed by this year’s Onboard Hospitality Forum where there is an opportunity for international speakers to discuss the latest trends, best practices and service concepts with like-minded catering and
Onboard Hospitality Forum
the InnoTrans Convention, will be pre-sented by the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV).
Topic: “Electric buses in public transport: the solution for climate protection in urban transport?”Date: 20 September 2018, Time: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.Location: Hall 7.3, Room Berlin
WHAT‘SNEW service professionals. Trade visitors will
find out here how the rail transport sys-tem can turn into a host. The forum is organised by the International Rail Catering Group (IRCG) and Onboard Hospitality Magazine (OBH).
For four days, the world’s leading trade fair for transport technology will transform the Berlin Exhibition Grounds into the top address in the industry sector: for railway product manufacturers, transport companies, associations, politicians and scien-tists.
The trade fair is in an excellent position – despite an initial over-booking of more than 5,000 gross square metres, the organisers could meanwhile successfully place almost all interested exhibitors. Trade visi-tors will find many opportunities to look beyond their national borders
and to open up new sales markets in the 41 exhibition halls. Over 60 per-cent of the exhibitors will come from abroad, giving InnoTrans its usual international flair. For the first time an exhibitor from New Zealand will participate. 23 national and interna-tional associations rely on teamwork. They share common stands to show the bundled innovation and per-formance of their countries, among them Australia, Denmark, Great Britain, Romania, Sweden, Spain, the Czech Republic and the USA. The European Rail Industry Association UNIFE will represent the Europe-
Getting personalat InnoTrans 2018
an interests of 14 railway industry associations and 95 direct member companies. In Hall 4.2, international speakers will provide information on European research projects such as Shift2Rail and future investment and financing plans.
The Swiss exhibitors gather un-der the umbrella of the SWISSRAIL Industry Association. The portfolio of the 46 participating industry com-panies ranges from rolling stock and their components to services for all areas of rail-bound transport. Net-working is at the top of the InnoTrans agenda for General Manager Michaela
Stöckli: “We are looking forward to exciting and interesting discus-sions, the hectic bustle and the social gathering with many familiar and of course new faces. It goes without saying that we are also looking for-ward to see what the ‘competition’ does, be it in terms of products or innovative stand design. “
This year the ‘Japan Hall’ will again have a lot to offer for the observation of competitors. With 13 associated companies, the industry association JORSA (Japan Overseas Railway System Association) will once again occupy the entire hall 7.2a. Shinji Sayama, Director at JORSA, is looking forward to the professional exchange: “Our members include suppliers, operators and institutes, so that we can present to the trade visitors any kind of Japanese railway technolo-gy and hardware in one place and convince them of their quality.”
Content, contacts, competence – from September 18 to 21, international trade visitors will once again have the opportunity to find a comprehensive range of products, a high concentration of decision-makers and manifold innovations at InnoTrans.
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HackTrain Hackathon
Hack Partners will be hosting a ‘Hackathon’ from 18 to 21 September – a kind of technolo-gy marathon for hackers. During four days, the CityCube Berlin will bring together software developers, designers and industry experts to develop net-worked mobility solutions.
On Friday, the last day of the trade fair, the participants will present their results in the forum of the Career & Education Hall 7.1c where the most innovative solution will be awarded a prize. Trade visitors to InnoTrans can participate in the presentation and may bring in their own knowledge in advance during the opening hours of the hackathon.
The exact schedule can be found at www.innotrans.com/hacktrain. The Hackathon is organised by Hack Part-ners. The company has several years of experience in organising coding events and specialises in the rail industry.
Every two years, companies present their latest vehicles on the InnoTrans Outdoor Display. Foto: Messe Berlin
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intermodal cars. Three prototypes of each type of wagon have been built, each of which is a new design, aiming in particular at higher trans-port capacities and greater flexibility in use. Innovative components and technologies that still have a low market penetration are used for this purpose. These include, for example, innovative bogies, weight-reduced disc brakes, low-noise wheel sets, telematics and sensor applications, power and data bus cables, and an electro-pneumatic brake. At the be-ginning of 2018, noise and energy measurements were carried out. They showed highly positive effects
in terms of both energy consump-tion and the desired noise reduction. Field tests have been in progress since March – by the end of the year, the innovative freight cars will achieve a Europe-wide mileage of 150,000 kilometres. At the same time knowledge will be gained on their wear behaviour and maintenance costs. At the conclusion of the pro-ject, a comprehensive analysis will show under which conditions the use of innovative freight wagons can be economically feasible for the users.
Prototypes at InnoTrans
At InnoTrans, the German Feder-al Ministry for Transport and Digi-tal Infrastructure, together with DB Cargo AG and VTG AG, will provide information both at the exhibition stand and on 18 September 2018 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Speakers’ Corner, followed by a tour of the four prototypes in the Outdoor Display.
Further information can be found at www.innovativer-gueterwagen.de.
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In 2016, the German Federal Min-istry of Transport and Digital Infra-structure (BMVI) set up the research project contract ‘Innovative Freight Car’. The results of the project shall accelerate the use of innovative freight cars, which should be quieter, more energy efficient and at the same time more profitable than the exist-ing cars. The contractor is a consor-tium consisting of DB Cargo AG and VTG AG.
The project looks at a wide range of wagon types that are currently used in Europe. These include six- axle flat cars, articulated car-car-rying cars, four-axle tank cars and
Innovative six-axle flat car at the start of operational testing.
Photo: DB Cargo AG/VTG AG
BMVI sets innovative freight cars on track New wagons are quieter, more energy efficient and more profitable.
Railways have written an 180-year long success story in Germany, but now they are facing one of their biggest acid tests. We want to dou-ble the number of railway passen-gers by 2030 and shift even more goods to rail. That’s what the German Government’s coalition agreement says. This is a real chal-lenge – for companies, but much more for policy-makers whose pri-mary task is the creation of the right financial and legal framework conditions.
It is clear why we set ourselves this ambitious goal: travelling by rail is safe, clean, efficient, barrier- free, affordable – and thus ideally suited to combine more mobility with less emissions and better air. If there is a mode of transport that can cope with the traffic growth of the future under these premises, then it is rail. The starting position is very good. On the one hand, our traffic forecast for 2030 shows a positive development: in freight transport, rail will be growing faster than any other mode (+ 43 percent). In passenger transport it will in-crease its value twice as much as the car (+19 percent). On the other hand, our rail network is efficient and working properly. But there is still a lot to do! As proof only one fact is sufficient: A large part of the 67,000 turnouts and 2,800 inter-lockings dates back to the time of the Kaiser.
Today, railways are facing a new era. The opportunity for this is pro-vided by digitisation and network-ing of people, means of transport and infrastructure. In this field the railways have been making progress for a long time: with offers for inter-modal transport and of sharing ser-vices, with digital applications for travel planning, ticketing and with the networking of transport modes. These innovations are important for a good service – as well as (hopeful-ly very soon) Wi-Fi on all trains. But major progress will only be boosted by the Electronic Train Control Sys-tem, in short: ETCS. With this tech-nology, we can digitally monitor the
trains, control them more effi-ciently and run them at shorter intervals, allowing capacity to grow by 20 percent without any need of building even a single new track. We therefore want to introduce the system nationwide.
This is part of our much need-ed offensive for rail, which the Federal Government will launch. We will conclude a rail pact be-tween politics and business to set the framework for achieving our goal of doubling passenger numbers and shifting freight to rail. Among other things we will implement the rail freight mas-ter plan and upgrade the infra-structure so that we can use 740 metres long freight trains any-where in Germany. We also want to electrify the rail network to 70 percent by 2025. With a ‘Thou-sand Stations’ sponsorship pro-gram, we will increase the attrac-tiveness of smaller stations and their station environment. We will conclude a new performance and financing agreement with DB AG (LuFV III), setting net-work availability as an essential quality criterion. In addition, we want to create incentives for us-er-friendly railway construction site management procedures. We will push ahead with the imple-mentation of the nationwide reg-ular-interval timetable and will prioritise the related construc-tion measures to upgrade exist-ing lines and build new ones. We will extend long-distance servic-es to larger cities and regions so that more people will benefit from direct services.
In return, we expect the rail-way undertakings to make a real effort: Punctuality, good service and high quality must not be empty promises, but must be a matter of course.
One thing is certain: the rail-ways will be the unbeatable mode of transport if they combine dig-ital and analogue mobility. I want to do this – in close cooperation between business and politics.
A newera ofrailroadingIf rail combines digital and analogue mobility, it is unbeatable.
GUEST COLUMN
ANDREAS SCHEUER Member of the BundestagFederal Minister for Transportand Digital Infrastructure
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Penalty fare payment via app
Planning routes, studying time-tables, buying tickets – the use of traffic apps on smartphones is now widespread among public trans-port passengers. However, mobile applications also offer efficiency and cost advantages for internal processes of transport companies such as ticket issuing and inspec-tion. A current example is the ex-pansion of the multi-modal mo-bility assistant mytraQ, developed by the Freiburg-based IT company highQ Computerlösungen GmbH, for the levying of penalty fares. The application can be run on either Android-based ticket inspector devices (e.g. ALMEX mobile POS) or on standard tablets and smart-phones. Complemented by a mo-bile printer, the system can output penalty fare documents directly on site.
A comprehensive andfuture-proof package
The HighQ Computerlösungen GmbH delivers the new solution as a complete package, consisting
of the new mytraQ version and the corresponding background sys-tem for the accountants’ invoice as well as for penalty fare billing and administration. For this purpose another highQ development, the proven fare management system TicketOffice, is used. The mytraQ app delivers the penalty fare data via the cloud directly to TicketOf-fice, where it passes through the auditor’s inspection. The system al-ready meets all the requirements of the VDV core application for inter-operable ticketing and is therefore future-proof.
Another advantage of the An-droid platform is its ability to install multiple applications on one device. Regular tickets can be issued with the highQ ticket app and it is, for example, possible to retrieve up-to-date timetable in-formation using the mytraQ app. Both apps are already being used in the tablet-based sales system for bus drivers, which was also devel-oped by this company.
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Trapeze Group Switzerland GmbH is a leading global provider of solu-tions for personnel and vehicle ros-tering, depot and fleet management, operations control technology, pas-senger information, fare manage-ment and ticketing as well as for the
management of transport compa-nies. It offers solutions for scheduled and on-demand traffic, rail and road transport systems, passenger and freight transport as well as autono-mous vehicles. Founded in 1968 as Häni Prolectron AG in Wil (CH), the
Providing intelligent mobility for 50 years
company has been part of Trapeze Group Switzerland GmbH, a subsid-iary of Canadian Constellation Soft-ware Inc., since 2009. Its customers are primarily transport companies and associations. The Neuhausen am Rheinfall-based company offers com-prehensive solutions for any size of operations and all kinds of require-ments.
Looking aheadTrapeze Group Switzerland GmbH
is working on the mobility of the future. CEO Peter Schneck: ‘Public transport will be based on proven models – on industrial procedures and on the process control of aviation’. In his opinion, modern systems make it possible to coordinate existing and future transport networks, means of transport and technologies: ‘A ‘control tower’ as in air traffic management will be at the heart of the system, con-trolling, monitoring and optimising everything’. The company provides important tools for this ‘tower’. The centrepiece is the LIO operations con-trol system. It connects all vehicles to the control centre, whether they are in regular operation or carrying out on-demand missions. Integrating all modes of transport, it enables door-to-door transport with a wide range of transport options.
In the future, autonomous self-pro-pelled vehicles will enable new and cost-efficient on-demand traffic op-tions. This is the reason why the com-petence centre ‘Swiss Transit Lab’ was opened at the company‘s European headquarters – with the aim of devel-oping and testing new technologies and services for autonomous mobility. Trapeze Switzerland GmbH Hall 2.1 | 311
The mobility of the future will be tested and brought forward closeto the Rhine Falls in Switzerland. Photo: Trapeze Group
The new mytraQ version of highQ Computer-lösungen GmbH simplifies penalty fare billing and issuing of receipts.
Trapeze Group Switzerland GmbH developssoftware solutions for public transport.
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Production plant for laser ablated railway glasses.
Glasses for railwaysand architecture
The aim of Newrest Wagons-Lits is to help rail operators in their quest for the best on-boardservice – at the right price for their customers.
Newrest Wagons-Lits offers a full range of services on-board: a bar, a dining car, integrated first class ser-vices, sales cart, online pre-ordering and on-board entertainment. Around 9 million passengers a year consume a catering service at the bar, another 7 million sip coffee and over a million guests are delighted to be waited on at their seats. Finally, more and more
of them pre-order comfortably from their homes or directly from their seat while they are on the trains.
Passenger comfort and safety being a top priority for Newrest Wagons-Lits, versatile teams are em-ployed in order to maintain and clean trains, so that travellers can enjoy a comfortable and quiet ride. The company describes itself as the only
Leading the European train service market with 750 daily trips
On-board service with at-seat catering. Daily loading and unloading of the on-board catering. Photos: Frederic Maligne
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For a good on-board cateringDirect Air Flow will be exhibiting forthe first time at InnoTrans 2018 andwill showcase its high-quality range ofcatering equipment for rail traffic. Asan industry leader, the Dutch company provides tailor-made customisedsolutions. The sister company KoritaAviation manufactures equipment that provides travellers with an optimalservice while being easy to handle bycatering staff. The product range in-cludes suitable trolleys for railway use, containers and drawers for passenger at-seat catering. The trolleys fromDirect Air Flow combine a robust andservice-friendly construction with amodern exterior design. For example,high-resolution images and customer-selected designs can provide a pleasing appearance to the catering trolleys. The more than two decades experience ofDirect Air Flow makes it possible to of-fer customers the best in products and services. The railway-specific contain-ers of the company are considered to be extremely durable. The trolleys for at-seat service enable operators to pro-vide travellers with food and drinks in a pleasant way. Many equipment options are available, including built-in cabi-nets, cash drawers and a low-mainte-nance brake system.
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The ‘Pinakothek der Moderne’ in Munich, the Audi museum mobile in Ingolstadt, the futuristic building ‘De Blob’ in Eindhoven in the Netherlands or the skyscraper ‘The Shard’ in London – all these buildings share a common feature: the elements of their impres-sive glass façades come from Wernberg- Köblitz, a tranquil village in the Upper Palatinate in northern Bavaria.
The small community with less than 6,000 inhabitants hosts the headquarters of the Flachglas Group, one of the lead-ing European glass processing compa-nies. Founded in 1938 under the name SIGLA GmbH, Flachglas has been pro-ducing innovative functional glasses for more than 80 years. The individual oper-ation has developed into an internation-al group of facilities with five locations in Europe. They deliver their products all over the world. The windows from Wernberg-Köblitz are not only found on buildings around the globe. Thanks to the ‘Railway & Schiff ’ product line, they also travel across all continents: as win-dow systems in high-speed, intercity and metro trains. The latest generation of the German ICE, the Korean high-speed train KTX, the Capital Metro in Austin in the US state of Texas or the Waratah
Founded 80 years ago in the Upper Palatinate, the Flachglas Group delivers its products all over the world – including high-speed trains and metros.
service provider to offer a compre-hensive concept that combines the tasks of railway safety and on-board service.
Newrest Wagons-Lits prepares, manages and stores all the products required for the smooth operation of on-board services and ensures pas-senger comfort. The teams offer rail operators a complete supply chain:
train in the Australian city of Sydney – all of them are equipped with windows from the Upper Palatinate.
Innovative train windows for a good mobile phone reception
So where would Flachglas Wernberg GmbH fare better than at InnoTrans, the leading trade fair for the global rail in-dustry? Because it is precisely on trains where a window is not just a window. Anyone who travels today has more re-quirements than just protection against the sun and thermal insulation – good mobile phone reception, for example.
Flachglas will present an innovative idea at InnoTrans: Flachglas Connect.In this glass, parts of the insulating metal layer are ablated by laser in a custom-specific pattern. This creates a barely visible structure that resembles a mosquito net in which the metal allows radio waves to pass while it still retains its sun and heat protection properties. This shows that the field of vehicle glass needs constant development and in-novation. In other words, what applies to a vehicle is also true for technology: There is no progress if you stand still.
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purchasing and inventory manage-ment, synchronised loading and unloading of products, containers and materials, as well as pre-depar-ture diagnostic and control services. The Rail Service teams track all loading processes and guarantee the most efficient installation for rail operators. The expertise of the Newrest Group Services in complex logistics processes makes it possible to develop specific logistics facilities and equipment for the railway envi-ronment. Its subsidiary Facilit’rail has positioned itself as the leader in this field.
The range of servicesof Newrest
Newrest Wagons-Lits covers each part of the journey: reception, assistance, information, sales and ticket checks, access control, lug-gage assistance, hotel and taxi reser-vations. Employees also accompany passengers with special needs: chil-dren, the elderly and people with reduced mobility.
In addition, the company offers railway operators advice and tech-nical support. This includes the definition of innovative concepts for on-board sales and service, design, choice of product ranges in line with customer expectations and op-timal organisation of on-board ser-vices and logistic operations.
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The tunnel challengeA high level of safety as well as reliable and cost-efficient operations are getting increasinglyimportant for railway tunnel constructors and operators. This applies to the long transalpine basetunnels as well as to modern metro systems and opens a wide field of chances for innovative companies.
ZAPP-ZIMMERMANN GmbH produces innovative fire protection productsfor rolling stock manufacturers.
Rail vehicles have to comply with a high level of fire protection require-ments that are aimed at protecting
and safely evacuating persons who find themselves in a rail vehicle in the event of a fire. ZAPP-ZIMMER-
ZAPP-ZIMMERMANN offers a wide variety of fire protection system geometries to be used in rail vehiclesand tunnel constructions. Graphic: ZAPP-ZIMMERMANN GmbH
MANN GmbH has offered innovative fire protection systems for more than 25 years. It specialises in the areas
of cable, pipe and combination pen-etration seals as well as in fire safe-ty joints, which are already used in many national and international rail transport projects. The wide range includes the right practice-oriented product for installation and use in every application. Existing fire pro-tection products can be specially adapted to the intended area of ap-plication and manufactured even in small series at a consistently high lev-el of quality. The two-component fire protection foams from ZAPP-ZIM-MERMANN GmbH for fire safety sealings also allow to quickly and easily close openings between com-ponents, even if they are difficult to access and their shape is irregular. Fire barriers can be created to suit the specific design and to ensure the adequate fire resistance class.
Products qualified accord-ing to EN 45545
ZAPP-ZIMMERMANN GmbH manufactures moulded three-dimen-sional parts in a wide variety of ge-ometries to be used in rail vehicles: The individual fire barriers for wall and ceiling construction inside the vehicle are particularly suitable for the series production of prefabricat-
ed system seals. The mouldings are accurately manufactured to the re-quired dimensions and therefore en-sure a high reliability in application as well as a rapid installation. Elastic fire-barrier joints guarantee smoke-tight connection joints, for example, between externally manufactured technical components or partitions of passenger areas to the outer skin of the rail vehicle. In addition, fire-re-sistant casings with fire protection serve to maintain the functional in-tegrity of safety-relevant electronic components or sensor components (such as vehicle and brake control as well as doors and emergency exits).
The fire resistance classes of all products to be used in rail transport have been qualified by an independ-ent test institute. They meet the high requirements of EN 45545 part 2 for the intended use. Many products for international projects, have al-ready been certified according to the American ‘Standard NFPA 130 for Fixed Guided Transit and Passenger Rail Systems’. Customers can rely on competent ZAPP-ZIMMERMANN GmbH employees who are always at their disposal with their specialist knowledge for individual advice and training.
ZAPP-ZIMMERMANN GmbH Hall 5.2 | 410
Well protected in the event of a fire
Amberg Technologies setsnew standards for 3D modelling in tunnelling
at the end of 2020, the existing tun-nel will be converted and the five cross-connections will be broken through. The tunnel lies in sophis-ticated geology at the transition be-tween the Swiss Folded Jura and the Table Jura. A geotechnical special challenge is the crossing of expand-able rock formations. A particular hydro-geological issue is the fact that the tunnel will cross layers that are demonstrably part of the catchment area of the thermal springs of Schin-znach Bad.
Geological 3D modelling
Amberg Technologies – on behalf of Implenia Schweiz AG, the sole ex-ecuting enterprise – worked with the geological 3D modelling tool Leap-frog Geo to model the course of the layer boundaries between loose and hard rock in the area of the south portal, which were then linked to the
shell construction model in the ‘Re-vit’ software. The geological model al-lowed regular data updates based on working face surveys and core drill-ings. In addition, 3D models for the planning of the five cross connections are made, especially for the crossing area between new tunnel and the connecting galleries. Parametric 3D models were used to define the opti-mal routing of cables and cable con-duits and to identify and eliminate collisions with the shell construction or other elements. The 3D presenta-tion also helped the executive team to better understand the tasks.
The support of the planning and execution with the help of 3D models has proven itself in the Bözberg pro-ject. The parametric models provide support in the planning of complex geometries, allow a clear representa-tion of the interfaces and can be used for precise calculations.
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As of 2020 the 4-metre corridor of Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) via the Gotthard axis will allow to convey all transshipment containers that are 4 metres high and up to 2.6 metres wide at their upper corners. Such containers are now commonly used throughout Europe. The new, approx-imately 2.7 kilometres long twin-track Bözberg tunnel will replace the exist-ing tunnel tube which will henceforth be used as a service and rescue tun-nel. Five connecting galleries – one every 500 metres will link the new tunnel to the existing one. Should an incident occur the connecting galler-ies will allow a rapid evacuation of people from the new tunnel.
Tunnelling began in autumn 2016 at the south portal. Subsequently, the main tunnel drive was done by a sin-gle shield tunnel boring machine. In early 2018, the connecting galleries were started to be broken out. When the new tunnel will be completed
The construction of the new Bözberg railway tunnel is SBB‘s largest single project on the 4-metre corridor between Basel and Chiasso to shift transalpine freight traffic from road to rail.
The TBM is waiting to be deployed. Photo: SBB
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The new transalpine rail links bring the north and the south of Europe closer together. The longest base tunnel is 57 kilometres long and trains are re-quired to travel at speeds of up to 250 kilometres per hour in short intervals. There is therefore a need for sophisti-cated and extremely reliable technical equipment. However, the high-quality
dust even through the smallest cracks. Large deposits of dirt accumulate above all in the ancillary rooms such as connecting galleries, niches and access galleries which are ventilated from the main tunnel tube. The experi-ence gained from the Lötschberg base tunnel, which has been operating since 2007, shows that within a few weeks
components must be protected against the harsh conditions in the tunnel. At ambient temperatures of up to 40 de-grees Celsius relative humidity may reach as much as 98 percent. Added to this is the dirt load with fine, con-ductive brake dust. The fast-moving trains generate pressure waves of up to +/- 10 kilopascals, which force the
there is a thick black layer of deposits in the technical rooms (connecting galleries).
The cabinet system developed and patented by Swibox AG ensures a perfect separation between the harsh tunnel environment and the sensi-tive technical equipment and ensures their reliable and long-lasting opera-tion. The control cabinets are resist-ant against alternating pressures and can absorb pressure fluctuations of up to +/- 10 kilopascals, while main-taining their tightness with at least protection class IP65. The air condi-tioning units have been tested under alternating pressure and are designed as additional modules. They provide up to 2,400 watts and thus ensure a constant interior temperature of the cabin – sometimes lower than the ambient temperature – even in cases when there are high power losses.
Cost-effective operation over a long service life
Further advantages of the system include the modular design and the possibility of exchanging a cabinet from a row of cabinets without open-ing the tightly closed cable entry. The cabinets of Swibox AG are designed for a service life of 25 years. In order to guarantee safe operation over this long period of time without major maintenance operations, all moving parts are equipped with runtime monitoring and connected to the tunnel control system via in-cabinet evaluation electronics. This ensures that action on-site is only taken when it is actually needed and parts are only replaced when they are about to expire. This allows the operator to efficiently run the system at low cost.
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Thanks to its innovative strength, Swibox AG, a medium-sized Swiss company,was able to win important contracts for the major projects Lötschberg,Gotthard and Ceneri base tunnels.
Tunnel installationsprotected to ensure safety
Connecting gallery with Swibox cabinets in the Gotthard Base Tunnel. Photo: Swibox AG
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The Gotthard Base Tunnel project was awarded the prestigious ‘European Railway Award’ by the European Railway Industry Association (UNIFE) and the Community of European Railways (CER). The Swiss Tunnel project received the ‘European Railway Award’ for its key contribution to the improvement of transalpine rail transport and its significant impor-tance for the European transport policy. With its 57 kilometres, the Gotthard Base Tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the world. Peter Jedelhauser, former head of the ‘Gotthard North South Corridor Project’ at SBB, and Renzo Simoni, former CEO of the AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd., accepted the award on behalf of all employees who realised the project. The ceremony with more than 500 guests from all over Europe at the Square Meeting Centre in Brussels followed the joint CER-UNIFE annual reception. UNIFE Hall 4.2 | 302
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Gotthard Base Tunnel project receives European Railway Award 2018
Photo: European Railway Award
From left to right: Philippe Citroën (UNIFEDirector-General), Renzo Simoni (former CEO of AlpTransit Gotthard Ltd.), PeterJedelhauser (former head of the ’Gotthard North South Corridor Project‘ at SBB) and Libor Lochman (CER Executive Director).
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The ’InREAKT‘ project that was coordinated by STUVA has been awarded the German Mobility prize by theinitiative ’Germany – Land of Ideas‘ and the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI). The jury considered ’InREAKT – Integrated Reaction Chains for Assistance to Increase the Security of Public Transport‘ as an outstanding digital innovation for secure mobility.
‚InREAKT‘ awardedthe German Mobility Prize
of the incident. The project is exclu-sively based on digital technology: an optical sensor system detects the situation, a software-based incident management system recommends appropriate actions, supports the transport company’s control centre and links to a specially programmed employee app.
All technical tasks within ‘In-REAKT’ were carried out in an in-terdisciplinary cooperation with psychologists and data protection ex-perts. Among other things, the false alarm rate of the sensors could be re-duced and the level of acceptance by passengers and transport company employees could be improved.
The functionality of all significant technical innovations was impres-sively demonstrated by means of a so-called demonstrator. However, the
‘InREAKT’ system is not yet ready for the market. More partners from prac-tice are now needed to implement a pilot application and to further de-
Violence, damage to property and vandalism may make passengers feel uncomfortable or even completely avoid public transport, especially at night. But employees of transport companies may also experience safety-critical situations or medical emergencies. An effective emergency management is therefore highly im-portant in order to strengthen confi-dence in public transport. This is the aim of the ‘InREAKT’ system, which was developed in a project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. At the core of the project is the idea to use an IT-supported process for an integrat-ed help response chain consisting of the following elements: identification of a person in need, reporting a de-tected situation, informing emergen-cy forces and intervening at the site
In suburban cities and metropoli-tan areas, the transport networks of underground railways are of particu-lar importance, as congestion on the roads does not hinder underground railway operations. The advantage of
a reliable mobility offered by these transport systems, leads to an in-crease in their popularity among populations. In Berlin, for example, between 2008 and 2015 the number of passengers increased by almost 20
percent to more than half a billion passengers per year.
As part of the STUVA-coordinated research project ‘U-THREAT – Resil-ience of Underground Public Trans-port Systems to Ensure Availability’,
concepts and technical solutions are developed in order to be able to quickly resume operations after an incident in an initially restricted mode and then return to normal op-eration. The basis for this is an evalu-
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ation scheme with which the vulner-ability of individual sections can be determined. Subsequently, measures will be developed to increase the re-silience in the relevant areas of oper-ations, structures and users.
Tests in existing publictransport systems
In order to be able to maintain train operations in the event of a threat or an incident at least to a lim-ited extent, contingency plans with alternative routings must be provid-ed in advance. For this purpose, soft-ware solutions to automatically find efficient alternative lines via simu-lation calculations are developed. They use artificial intelligence to de-termine the functional principles of the network from large quantities of operating data. Structures of under-ground railway stations and tunnels are to be designed in such a way that, in the event of an incident, no signifi-cant support structures fail. As an ex-ample, special materials or coatings which are particularly robust against impacts can be used for this purpose.
In particular the passengers, i.e. the users of the public transport system must be able to leave the sub-terranean space quickly and safely in case of an incident. For this purpose, adapted concepts are to be created which take into account the special conditions in the tunnels between the stations. These include, among other things, the poorer lighting and the narrower escape routes. In addition, new communication concepts ensure that passengers are quickly informed about changed mobility offers.
The evaluation scheme and the simulation tool, which have to be worked out by German and French partners, will be demonstrated and evaluated on real traffic systems in Germany and France. U-THREAT is a research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Educa-tion and Research (BMBF) and the French National Agency Research (ANR) within the framework of a bilateral cooperation in the field of ‘Research for Civil Security’.
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Even small incidents may cause major disruptions in underground railways. These systems must therefore be better protected against catastrophic breakdowns in cases of a partial failure. The STUVA-coordinated research project ’U-THREAT – Resilience of Underground Public Transport Systems to Ensure Availability‘ develops concepts and technical solutions.
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Digital technologies are key to maximising track availability, planning forward-looking maintenance and staying on schedule. The ability to check the line at any time thanks to networked data capture in real time with innovative products, reliable materials and optimised maintenance concepts for every aspect of rail infrastructure. That’s what we mean by “The Smart Rail Track by Vossloh”.
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Most modern ICE plant in Europe inaugurated
The construction of the track area lighting and of the electrical point heating systems was added during the course of the project. All participants had to meet a high level of require-ments, ensuring, for example, a coor-dinated planning across all disciplines and an integrated scheduling with third-party trades. All this had to be re-alised on a 23-hectare construction site that underwent constant change.
DB Energie supplies the ICE plant with a 10 kilovolts high voltage ring. The 50 hertz unit built the internal ring with six transformer stations, including a 10 kilovolts transfer station linked to the interconnected network of RheinEnergie AG (REAG) and five ring stations. Six concrete switching stations were erect-ed on the construction site, and nine oil transformers, five dry-type transformers, four gas-insulated medium-voltage switchgears, a TAA switchgear, frequency converters, UPS systems and a telecon-trol were put into operation. 214 tippable
pendulum masts fitted with 267 LED lights were set up to illuminate the track field. Four stations were built to power the 47 turnout heatings.
The rail energy supply unit set up the control system for the automation of the process sequences ‘overhead line power on’, ‘overhead line earthing’ and ‘emergency earthing’ for fire brigade emergency services. The overhead line sections are monitored and controlled by eleven control cabinets. Furthermore, the system ensures the exchange with the neighbouring systems in the hall as well as with the systems for external cleaning and de-icing and the underfloor lathe. Two emergency control panels are installed for central disconnection and earthing by the fire department. For the overhead line 24 kilometres of catenary on 256 masts were erected, over 60 mast circuit-breakers and 1,600 metres of over-head conductor rail were installed in the main hall.
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On 23 February 2018, the most mod-ern maintenance facility for ICE trains was commissioned. The energy balance of the Cologne-Nippes plant is such that it produces no additional CO2. Geother-mal systems provide heating in winter and cooling in summer. The solar sys-tem on the roof of the over 400 metres long, four-track main building supplies the electricity for the 230 volt systems.
In 2015, Rail Power Systems GmbH was awarded a contract to plan, design, and carry out the following systems:
Electrical equipment:10 kilovolts distribution systems and low-voltage supply for the 50 hertz systemsRail power supply:Control and process control system as well as emergency power system16.7 hertz overhead line:Complete overhead line system in the plant area, connection of the feeder line to the Cologne switching post.
Rail Power Systems GmbH built the power supplysystems of the completely CO2-neutral maintenance centre in Cologne-Nippes.
The new Cologne ICE factory. Photo: Jan Asshauer
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Rolls-Royce will manufacture 57 high-performance drive systems for intercity trains in northern England and Scotland for the railway undertakingTransPennine Express.
Hitachi Rail Europe builds onMTU PowerPacks
Rolls-Royce will again supply MTU drive systems to Hitachi Rail Europe: A total of 57 series 1600 MTU PowerPacks will energise 19 new Class 802 intercity trains. These trains are foreseen to be
used from December 2019 on the routes along the Pennine hills in the Northwest of England and in Scotland. The trains are operated by the British railway undertaking TransPennine Express (FirstGroup)
The MTU 12V 1600 R80L PowerPacksdeliver a power of 700 kilowatts.
Photo: Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG
and financed by the leasing compa-ny Angel Trains.
The MTU PowerPacks are tai-lor-made for the special challeng-es of the route, which partly leads through low mountain ranges. At its core is the most powerful MTU rail engine in the 1600 series. The twelve-cylinder diesel engine generates 700 kilowatts and allows speeds of 200 kilometres per hour, even on sections with gradients. The trains are bi-mode vehicles, which can run both in purely elec-tric mode under catenary and with a diesel-electric drive on non-elec-trified routes. Jürgen Blassmann, head of MTU’s rail business, said: “It is a great vote of confidence that Hitachi Rail Europe is once again building on MTU’s reliable drive systems in the wake of the Intercity Express Programme and the trains that are operated in the West of England.”
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TSA traction motors for Silicon ValleyTraktionssysteme Austria (TSA) has been commissioned by Stadler Rail with thedevelopment and production of traction motors for the renowned Caltrain project in the USA. As of the end of next year, the trains will travel from San Francisco through the Silicon Valley to San Jose, connecting major technology locations such as Palo Alto and Menlo Park. The new drives will be used in 16 new bi-level multiple units. The order value for TSA is over 6 million US dollars. Caltrain is a transit system in the US state of California. TSA is currently delivering various orders for tram and light rail systems as well as for diesel-electric rail vehicles for commuter trains to the USA.
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CAF, whose full name is Con-strucciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocar-riles, S.A., will deliver two different types totalling ten metro trains to Barcelona: four 6000 series trains are scheduled for line 1, two series 5000 for line 3 and four additional S/5000 for line 5. They will comple-ment the over 100 units that CAF has previously built for Barcelona. Each five-part S/5000 and S/6000 train consists of two power cars with a driver’s cab, two powered and one non-powered middle car. TMB, the urban transport compa-ny of the Catalan capital Barcelona is spending a total volume of over 75 million euros for the ten CAF trains.
In 2017, the use of public trans-port in the Barcelona commuter belt reached record levels, both for the metro and the whole trans-CAF received its first order for series 5000 trains for Barcelona in 2003. Photo: CAF
Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) hasawarded the Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF acontract to deliver ten trains for the metro network.
CAF to deliver more trains for the Barcelona Metro port network. The new trains will
serve the increasing demand in the urban transport network and should increase peak hour capac-ity by about 20 percent. For the year 2020, TMB aims at achieving the simultaneous operation of 144 trains – which would be 17 more trains than currently deployed and 24 trains more than in 2017.
CAF trains are currently in ser-vice in some of the major cities in the world. These include Washing-ton, Mexico City, Rome, Brussels, Hong Kong, Algiers, São Paulo, Santiago de Chile, Medellín, Istan-bul, Bucharest and Helsinki. CAF’s order book at the end of fiscal year 2017 was approximately 6.265 bil-lion Euro – a historic record for the Spanish company.
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Digitisation – this is the concept no one can afford to ignore in the mobility sector, be it by rail or by road. The electrical engineering in-dustry goes hand in hand with this topic that is considered to be one of the key industries for the digital development of mobility. From 5 to 7 November 2019, the Mobili-ty Electronics Suppliers Expo – in short: MES – will create its own B2B
vehicle manufacturers as well as rep-resentatives from politics, business, science and research.
“In the context of the omnipres-ent topic of digitisation, which is playing an increasingly important role in all areas of life, the topics of autonomous driving, electrification and connectivity in the mobility sector will dominate the next dec-ades. The main protagonists of this development are the companies in the electronics supply industry. Offering a transport system-spanning trade fair therefore makes sense for this industry sector of mobility” says Matthias Steckmann, responsible Executive Director at Messe Berlin.
MES is supported by the central association of the German electri-cal and electronics industry (ZVEI, Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V.), which covers the entire range of services offered by the electronics industry. It is a strong partner with over 200 mo-bility-related member companies. “We support the concept because, in contrast to other digitisation event formats, it focuses on an industry that will significantly shape the fu-ture of mobility and will continue to do so,” said Olaf Zinne, head of the
marketing platform for this market for the first time. At its Berlin fair-grounds Messe Berlin GmbH will bring together specialists from the electronics supply industry in the automotive, commercial vehicle and rail transport mobility sectors. The trade fair is planned to be held every two years. It will be accompanied by short and concentrated dialogue fo-rums. Specialist visitors will include
MES: New trade fair to focus on ’Mobility Electronics‘
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Smart Mobility Platform at the ZVEI. “A trade fair with such a high density of offers opens the possibility of very specialised exchanges. We will take the opportunity to contribute to this through the dialogue forums,” con-tinues Zinne.
Also involved is Wolfsburg AG, which is already very successfully organising the IZB – International Trade Fair for the Automotive Suppliers Industry – in Wolfsburg and in close cooperation with Messe Berlin. “The concept of MES is a meaningful addition to the offer of an exhibition in the odd-num-bered years, especially as it provides a very specialised platform to the electronics suppliers of the mobility industry. This is the core industry for digital development in the sector. Our ‘fairs and congresses’ team sup-ports the topic with the implemen-tation of a dialogue forum,” reports Stephan Böddeker, Head of Mobility Economics at Wolfsburg AG.
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MES Expo 2019:Event date: 5 – 7 November 2019Opening hours: Tue to Thu: 10 am – 6 pmVenue: Berlin ExpoCenter City(South Entrance)Further information at www.mobility-electronics.com
