Wheel/Rail Interface 18 March 2014n A sustainable system in 2050

n Optimising opposite demands

n Inspection, data and standardisation

n The challenge: efficient solutions

Noise & Vibrations 19 March 2014n Rail and its direct surroundings - regulations & design

n Rail and its direct surroundings - experiences & best practices

n Sound-management by material choice

n Vibration

Switches 20 March 2014 n Strategy & Technology

n Maintenance & Renewal

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18-20 March - Düsseldorf, Germany

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wheel/rail interface

18 March 2014

One of the challenges in wheel/rail contact is the optimisation of contradicting requirements. Not only do ill-

maintained or damaged wheels and rails influence each other, but the different use of shared track for heavy

or light rail and high speed or conventional speed offers challenges to infrastructure managers, operators,

suppliers and maintenance contractors.

Measuring & inspection systems enable early maintenance corrections or prevention plans and will

lower overall maintenance costs in combination with new maintenance techniques. Standardisation of

maintenance criteria in Europe will improve and facilitate international operations.

Session 1: A sustainable system in 2050Maintenance optimization is one of the key challenges in realizing a sustainable rail system in every way: durable, reliable, eco-friendly and efficient. This session will give an outlook towards 2050 as well as address current challenges such as the difference between the original design of rail lines and the actual use.

Session 2: Optimising opposite demands (+design)The demands for optimal wheel and rail maintenance are contradicting, especially when track is shared by different types of transportation (e.g. freight, high speed, commuter). This session will discuss how opposite demands can be optimised and how stakeholders (should) deal with the influence of one ill-maintained subsystem on the other subsystem.

Session 3: Inspection, data and standardisationAccurate rail inspection is a key element for optimising maintenance (costs). With the current technological develop ments, we are able to gather abundant data from which we should filter the right information to evaluate and define the right maintenance need. With an open market and an increase of international operations it has become crucial to share monitoring data between infra-structure managers to avoid unnecessary damage. Which level of standardization is the most efficient to facilitate these processes?

Session 4: The challenge: efficient solutions Technological developments offer many innovative and efficient solutions for rail & track maintenance. This session will address the maintenance criteria based on vehicle dynamics and new techniques for track maintenance. This is extremely important in challenging situations such as urban areas and on high frequency rail lines.

09.00-09.30 Welcome coffee and registration

Chairman: Roel van den Bosch, BoschSpoor, NL

09.30-11.00 A sustainable system in 2050 •Rolf Dollevoet, TU Delft , NL

A sustainable system in 2050, start maintenance optimization now! •Gabriele Schmiedel, Siemens Mobility Services, DE Maintenance Optimization until 2050 •IñigoMendezCarbajo,EuropeanRailwayAgency,FR Equivalent conicity in service in the new merged TSIs

11.00-11.30 Coffee break

11.30-13.00 Optimising opposite demands •Donato Zangani, SUSTRAIL/ D’Appolonia, IT

Design principles towards a “zero” maintenance track •Jiri Hofman, Skoda, CZ

Method for exact detection of various tram bogie types •Volf Bohumil, Rentier, CZ

Wheel-rail-interface conditions are influenced either by rolling fatigue or by dynamic strain ageing?

13.00-14.00 Lunch

Chairman: Rolf Dollevoet, TU Delft

14.00-15.30 Rail inspection, management and standardisation •Patrick Köpper, Schenck Process GmbH, DE

Contribution of force measurement to derailment protection •Hans-Peter Bartmann, Linsinger Maschinenbau GmbH, AT Wheel/Rail Interface Management: Optimizing wheel-rail contact by milling •EdwinVollebregt-VORtech/TUDelft, NL

Recent discussions about wheel rail creep forces and their consequences

15.30-16.00 Coffee break

16.00 - 17.30 The challenge: efficient solutions •Andrea Ghidini , Lucchini RS S.p.A., IT

New grade of steel designed to guarantee wheel resistance against wear and in particular rolling contact fatigue

•Johannes Bremsteller, Vossloh Rail Services GmbH, DE

Higher track availability at reduced life cycle costs •Abdelrhani Lamik, Voestalpine Schienen GmbH, AT

The HSH® rails, applications and benefits

17.30-18.30 Networking reception

noise & Vibrations

Management and control of noise and vibrations remains a key issue for rail and its direct surroundings.

Exposure to noise and vibrations have to be kept within limits for the environment, the direct surroundings

and for client satisfaction in case of passenger or fragile goods transportation.

Reduction measures for noise and vibrations are applicable at the source, by choice of material, in the direct

surroundings and by prevention.

Session 1: Rail and its direct surroundings - regulations & designRail operations influence the direct surroundings in many ways. An increasing number of people live near railway lines and noise and vibrations are aspects that (may) directly lead to complaints from citizens. Which measures are being and must be taken as stipulated by European and national regulations? Should the solution for noise and vibration reduction be found in adjustment of the direct surroundings or at the source?

Session 2: Rail and its direct surroundings - experiences & best practicesA number of infrastructure managers (consider to) apply noise differentiated track access charges. What are experiences in this area and are investments in silent trains feasible? What are conclusions and recommendations of the extensive research to reduce ground borne vibrations from railway traffic?

Session 3: Sound-management by material choiceTechnical developments offer great opportunities for noise reduction and sound management. There are different track maintenance treatments that have proven to be very successful but solutions can also be found in braking systems and wheel sets. In this session, the latest developments and experiences with new techniques will be discussed.

Session 4: VibrationThis session will address various vibration reduction methods for ground borne vibrations caused by railway operations. The intensity of vibrations is greatly influenced by train (type and condition), speed, track (type and condition), soil conditions and even the direct surroundings. Therefore a wide range of solutions is available, greatly depending on the specific characteristics of the railway line.

09.00-09.30 Welcome coffee and registration

Chairman:MarcelloCorsi,RailwayProcurementAgency,IE

09.30-10.30 Rail and its direct surroundings - regulations & design •NicolasFurio,UNIFE/ACOUTRAIN,BE The ACOUTRAIN project, virtual testing for TSI certification process •Thorsten Tielkes, DB Systemtechnik GmbH, DE

Mastering micro-pressure wave effects at the Katzenbergtunnel – Design of measures, prediction of efficiency and full-scale test verification

10.30-11.00 Coffee break

11.00-12.30 Rail and its direct surroundings - experiences & best practices •AlanJames,‘StokeRoute’project/UKHighSpeed2,UK

Using a mix of new-build HSL and upgraded conventional railway to save £5bn capex on Phase 2 of HS2 – a test case for best practice noise and vibration mitigation

•ValentiFontserèPujol,ComsaEMTE,ES NEOBALAST: seeking for the ballast of the future •KlausRiessberger,GrazUniversityofTechnology,AT

One cause for rail induced vibrations

12.30-13.30 Lunch

Chairman: Roel van den Bosch, BoschSpoor, NL

13.30-15.00 Sound-management by material choice •Marcello Corsi, Rail Procurement Agency, IE

Silent track tests on Dublin Luas light metro slab track •Philipp Huber, PROSE AG / Roger Müller, SBB, CH

On board noise & vibration measurements to define train-track interaction for soft under sleeper pads

•Jesus Otero, Cetest, ES

The speech intelligibility in trains

15.00-15.30 Coffee break

15.30-17.00 Vibration •Wolfgang Behr, UIC - Rivas, FR

Effective measures to reduce vibrations near railway lines – Results of the project RIVAS (rail induced vibration abatement solutions) •EdwinNieuwenhuizen,M+P,NL

Complaints about vibration-induced noise from the underground metro line in Amsterdam

17.00-18.00 Networking reception

19 March 2014

switchesTrack switches are probably the most important infra structure elements of the railway system. They are

critical to the success ful operation of any train based transit system, because of its effect on the system

safety, reliability and quality of the service. Switches offer transit authorities a great deal of options in

planning train operations on main service lines, as well as the ability to significantly reduce the area needed

at the train depot. Although integrated in railway track, they often require different maintenance than regular

track. During recent winter seasons many railways were challenged by the weather conditions, severely

impacting daily train operations and the availability of railway infrastructure. Since switches are often

located at critical points in the railway track (such as railway stations, split-up of track in different directions,

overtaking paths), reliability and availability of switches is extremely important for railway operations.

Session 1 and 2: Strategy & TechnologyTrack switches are probably the most important infrastructu-re elements of the railway system and critical to the successful operation of any train based transit system, because of its effect on the system safety, reliability and quality of the ser-vice. Switches offer transit authorities a great deal of options in planning train operations on main service lines, as well as the ability to significantly reduce the area needed at the train depot. On the other hand, switches are critical points in railway operations and more sensitive than regular track. Various stra-tegies for the application of switches will be discussed as well as new developments in switch technology.

Session3and4:Maintenance&RenewalSwitches are integrated in railway track and specifically used high density networks. Switch maintenance has different requirements than regular track and directly influences the availability of multiple rail lines. Since switches are often located at critical points in the railway track (such as railway stations, split-up of track in different directions, overtaking paths), reliability and availability of switches is extremely important for railway operations. Preventive maintenance, life cycle management as well as technological developments & innovations will be discussed.

20 March 2014

09.00-09.30 Welcome coffee and registration

09.30-10.30 Strategy & Technology •EliasKassa,NorwegianUniversityofScienceandTechnology,NO

Optimising the design of switches and crossings, both the layout geometry and the structure of the switches and crossings, which will phase out most of the known failure modes and improves the vehicle ride

•Erland Tegelberg, Eurailscout, NL

SIM: Switch Inspection & Maintenance

10.30-11.00 Coffee break

11.00-12.30 Strategy & Technology – continued •Hans van Rooden, HTM, NL

The RandstadRail case: Glitches in switches and lessons learned •GraemeJ.Ford,WaveRail/GrayBar,UK

Energy efficient, failsafe switch heating method •CarstenScholz,Schwihag,DE

Innovations and views on promising product developments for turnout and track components

12.30-13.30 Lunch

Chairman:KlausRiessberger,GrazUniversityofTechnology,AT

13.30-15.00 Maintenance & Renewal •Sander Brinkhuis and Rob Redeker, Strukton, NL

Switch maintenance by POSS® •Karl Signer, MATISA, CH

Switch construction in consideration of optimized logistic •Roman Hauke, Plasser & Theurer, AT

State of the art turnout treatment

15.00-15.30 Coffee break

15.30-17.00 Maintenance & Renewal – continued •Giuseppe Aurisicchio, MerMec, IT

How to measure and to model Switches and Crossings for maintenance decision support – Comparison of adopted practices and ongoing developments

•Gerard van der Werf, Arcadis Infrastructure, NL

Recent innovations in life-cycle approach of switches

17.00-18.00 Networking reception

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