SUSTRAIL
The sustainable freight railway: Designing the freight vehicle – track system for higher delivered tonnage with improved availability at reduced cost
| Coordinatore | CONSORZIO PER LA RICERCA E LO SVILUPPO DI TECNOLOGIE PER IL TRASPORTO INNOVATIVO
Organization address
address: Centro Ricerche ENEA della Trisaia - SS 106 Km 419+500 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Totale costo | 9˙347˙579 € |
| EC contributo | 6˙599˙933 € |
| Programma | FP7-TRANSPORT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) |
| Code Call | FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-IP |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-06-01 - 2015-05-31 |
Partecipanti
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| 1 |
CONSORZIO PER LA RICERCA E LO SVILUPPO DI TECNOLOGIE PER IL TRASPORTO INNOVATIVO
Organization address
address: Centro Ricerche ENEA della Trisaia - SS 106 Km 419+500 contact info |
IT (ROTONDELLA) | coordinator | 1˙006˙435.00 |
| 2 |
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Organization address
address: Kensington Terrace 6 contact info |
UK (NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) | participant | 728˙900.00 |
| 3 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD
Organization address
address: Queensgate contact info |
UK (HUDDERSFIELD) | participant | 448˙669.00 |
| 4 |
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
Organization address
address: WOODHOUSE LANE contact info |
UK (LEEDS) | participant | 401˙975.00 |
| 5 |
NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
Organization address
address: 1 EVERSHOLT STREET contact info |
UK (LONDON) | participant | 401˙050.00 |
| 6 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
Organization address
address: FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK contact info |
UK (SHEFFIELD) | participant | 382˙480.00 |
| 7 |
SOCIETATEA COMERCIALA DE INTRETINERE SI REPARATII VAGOANE DE CALATORI CFR-SIRV BRASOV SA
Organization address
address: STR. FDT. HARMANULUI - DEPOUL LOCOMOTIVE 2 contact info |
RO (BRASOV) | participant | 377˙642.00 |
| 8 |
LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET
Organization address
address: University Campus, Porsoen contact info |
SE (LULEA) | participant | 339˙283.00 |
| 9 |
KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN
Organization address
address: Valhallavaegen 79 contact info |
SE (STOCKHOLM) | participant | 333˙619.00 |
| 10 |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO
Organization address
address: PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI 32 contact info |
IT (MILANO) | participant | 272˙093.00 |
| 11 |
MER MEC SPA
Organization address
address: VIA OBERDAN 70 contact info |
IT (MONOPOLI) | participant | 255˙200.00 |
| 12 |
UNION INTERNATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER
Organization address
address: RUE JEAN REY 16 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 212˙700.00 |
| 13 |
KES KESCHWARI ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS GMBH & CO KG
Organization address
address: REIHEKAMP 16 contact info |
DE (BARSINGHAUSEN) | participant | 185˙900.00 |
| 14 |
UNION DES INDUSTRIES FERROVIAIRES EUROPEENNES - UNIFE
Organization address
address: Avenue Louise 221 - bte11 contact info |
BE (BRUXELLES) | participant | 163˙600.00 |
| 15 |
GRUPPO CLAS SRL
Organization address
address: Via Serviliano Lattuada 20 contact info |
IT (Milan) | participant | 120˙675.00 |
| 16 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT BERLIN
Organization address
address: STRASSE DES 17 JUNI 135 contact info |
DE (BERLIN) | participant | 118˙800.00 |
| 17 |
TATA STEEL UK LIMITED
Organization address
address: Millbank 30 contact info |
UK (London) | participant | 110˙002.00 |
| 18 |
UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
Organization address
address: Calle Ramiro de Maeztu 7 contact info |
ES (MADRID) | participant | 106˙186.00 |
| 19 |
LUCCHINI RS SPA
Organization address
address: Via Oberdan 6/a contact info |
IT (Brescia) | participant | 92˙757.00 |
| 20 |
ADMINISTRADOR DE INFRAESTRUCTURAS FERROVIARIAS
Organization address
address: C/ SOR ANGELA DE LA CRUZ 3 10 PLANTA contact info |
ES (MADRID) | participant | 91˙799.00 |
| 21 |
AUTORITATEA FEROVIARA ROMANA
Organization address
address: CALEA GRIVITEI 393 SECTOR 1 contact info |
RO (BUCURESTI) | participant | 80˙173.00 |
| 22 |
MARLO AS
Organization address
address: Tryms vei 6 contact info |
NO (Heer) | participant | 79˙800.00 |
| 23 |
Damill AB
Organization address
address: Storgatan 11 contact info |
SE (Lulea) | participant | 77˙804.00 |
| 24 |
"Ecoplan Mueller, Neuenschwander, Sommer, Suter & Walter"
Organization address
address: Thunstrasse 22 contact info |
CH (Bern) | participant | 59˙643.00 |
| 25 |
HIGHER SCHOOL OF TRANSPORT - TODOR KABLESHKOV
Organization address
address: Geo Milev Street 158 contact info |
BG (SOFIA) | participant | 38˙100.00 |
| 26 |
NATIONAL RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY
Organization address
address: MARIA LUIZA BOULEVARD 110 contact info |
BG (SOFIA) | participant | 27˙150.00 |
| 27 |
GEORGIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: KOSTAVA 77 contact info |
GE (TBILISI) | participant | 26˙370.00 |
| 28 |
Petersburg State Transport University
Organization address
address: Moscovsky prospect 9 contact info |
RU (Saint Petersburg) | participant | 22˙500.00 |
| 29 |
THE MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Organization address
address: All Saints Building Oxford Road contact info |
UK (MANCHESTER) | participant | 22˙308.00 |
| 30 |
BDZ - TOVARNI PREVOZI EOOD
Organization address
address: UL IVAN VAZOV 3 contact info |
BG (SOFIA) | participant | 16˙320.00 |
| 31 |
HOLDING BULGARIAN STATE RAILWAYS EAD
Organization address
address: UL IVAN VAZOV 3 contact info |
BG (SOFIA) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'A sustainable and efficient freight transport in Europe plays a vital role in having a successful and competitive economy. Freight transport is expected to grow by some 50 % (in tonne-kilometres) by 2020. However rail has, in many areas, been displaced from a dominant position as road transport services have grown and developed in capability and levels of sophistication that have not been matched by rail service providers. SUSTRAIL aims to contribute to the rail freight system to allow it to regain position and market and the proposed solution is based on a combined improvement in both freight vehicle and track components in a holistic approach aimed at achieving a higher reliability and increased performance of the rail freight system as a whole and profitability for all the stakeholders. The SUSTRAIL integrated approach is based on innovations in rolling stock and freight vehicles (with a targeted increased in speed and axle-load) combined with innovations in the track components (for higher reliability and reduced maintenance), whose benefits to freight and passenger users (since mixed routes are considered) are quantified through the development of an appropriate business case with estimation of cost savings on a life cycle basis. In fact, a holistic approach to vehicle and track sustainability has to be taken, since improvements in track design and materials alone are not enough as demands on the rail system increase. Contributions from the different topic areas (vehicles, track, operations) will be demonstrated on real routes, offering geographic dispersion as well as differences in type, speed, and frequency of traffic. A strong multidisciplinary consortium committed to concrete actions aligned toward a common outcome has been grouped for the achievement of the challenging objectives of the project with a balanced combination of Infrastructure managers, freight operators and Industry, including Large and Small enterprises, with support from Academia.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
An EU team has contributed to modernising Europe's rail freight system via efficient new designs for tracks and vehicles. Four sets of candidate lightweight train technologies have been considered, plus the project designed new low-maintenance tracks.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Europe's economy depends on an efficient rail freight system. However, in recent years, usage of transportation has overtaken rail, thus rail must evolve to regain its former dominance.
The EU-funded http://www.sustrail.eu (SUSTRAIL) project aimed to initiate a new rail era by designing novel freight vehicles that utilise lightweight materials. Secondly, the project planned to develop new track infrastructure, involving optimised track geometry plus ground stabilisation and innovative monitoring techniques. The developments should improve rail freight efficiency and reliability, while reducing maintenance frequency and costs. The 31-member consortium ran over 4 years, concluding in May 2015.
Work to the end of the project's third year focused on identification and assessment of the proposed innovations. Initially, researchers benchmarked the technical and economic state of the current system. Furthermore, the team prepared new track design specifications that match requirements and address the performance of future vehicles. The resulting description supported key decisions regarding future systems.
The consortium reviewed four key train technology sectors. The candidate solutions were assessed and compared with reference to potential implementation in the SUSTRAIL prototype.
Group members also investigated a sustainable track design, intended to yield a low-maintenance track concept. The project defined a set of critical parameters to help determine the track modifications necessary for new freight vehicles and increased freight traffic. Following a Failure Mode and Effects analysis, a set of track innovations have been selected. The costs and benefits were being evaluated as of year four.
The SUSTRAIL project yielded innovative concepts for rail freight vehicles and tracks. The developments were expected to improve rail efficiency and lower costs.