www.smartrail-project.eu

CONTACT US

Project coordinator:

Paul TilanusTNO, The NetherlandsPaul.tilanus@tno.nl+31 (0) 88 866 72 92www.tno.nl

This project has received funding from the European

Union’sHorizon2020researchandinnovation

programme under grant agreement No 636071.

PROJECT MEMBERS

TNO Netherlands www.tno.nl

Uniresearch Netherlands www.uniresearch.com

Panteia Netherlands www.panteia.eu

Railistics Germany www.railistics.de

ZaragozaLogisticsCenter Spain www.zlc.edu.es

TOI Norway www.toi.no

BD rail services France

ProRail Netherlands www.prorail.nl

PortofRotterdam Netherlands www.portofrotterdam.com

SEACONLogistics Netherlands/Italy www.seaconlogistics.com

Ederlog Germany www.ederlog.de

TankMatch Rail Germany www.tankmatchrail.de

Ecco-Rail Austria www.ecco-rail.at

Abirail Czech Republic www.abirail.cz

H-Log France www.h-log.fr

ECG Belgium www.ecgassociation.eu

CERCargo Hungary www.cercargo.eu

ITC Bulgaria www.itcbg.eu

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Communicationpartner:

Ernst VerschragenUniresearch, The Netherlandse.verschragen@uniresearch.com+31 (0) 15 275 40 00www.uniresearch.com

THE PROJECT

The Smart-Rail project aims at improving rail freight services offeredtoshippers,focusingonreliability,leadtime,costs,flexibilityandvisibility.

THE CHALLENGE

The aim of the European Railway Agency (ERA) is to construct a safe, modern integrated railway network. The overall target isthatrailwaysmustbecomemorecompetitivetoothertransportmodesandseekandofferhigh-quality,end-to-endserviceswithoutbeingrestrictedbynationalborders.

Toachievethenecessarymodalshiftfromroadtorailtherailsector faces an unprecedented challenge of providing the capacityforaffordableandattractiveservicesrequiredtoenablethismodalshift.ThecurrentEuropeanrailfreightmarketisacomplexsysteminvolvingagreatnumberofdifferentpublicand private stakeholders, such as infrastructure managers, rail operators, terminal operators and freight forwarders who jointly managetheoperationofrunningtrainsfromAtoB.

TheSmart-RailprojectisalignedwiththeobjectivesofSHIFT²RAIL and will ensure that the results can be used in further research in this programme.

OBJECTIVES

Tocontributetoamentalshiftoftherailsectortowardaclient oriented and supply chain focus.

Todevelopworkingbusinessmodelsforcooperationofdifferentstakeholders.

TobuildtheSmartRailnetworkoftheinnovative,flexibleandreliabletrainservices,basedontheservicesandconnectionsrunbythestakeholders,andthusexpandingthegeographicalandsynchromodalscopeoftheservicesoffered.

To develop a methodology and architecture for exchangeofdata/informationrequiredfortheoptimisationprocess,betweenstakeholders,makinguseofexistinginitiativeswhereavailable(forinstancetheEuropeanCorridorManagementandnationallogisticalinformationcenters).

ToestablishthreeContinuousImprovementTracksthateachfocusondifferentaspectsandmarketsandimplementthe developed tools, methodologies and concepts. The purpose of these Tracks is to test and improve the innovativemeasuresinareallifesituation.Specificandmorededicatedbusinessmodels,informationsystemsandnewrailservices will be tested.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TRACKS

Dedicated services; Wagonload trains. ThisContinuousImprovementTrackaimstocreateandvalidate a concept for wagon-load trains on two corridors thathasproventobemosteffectivewiththesupportofthe stakeholders involved.

Managingconnectivityofrailwithothermodes;Control tower for long distance rail freight transport. This Track aims to increase the reliability for both planned and unplanneddisruptionsandtoincreasethevisibilityofthesupply chain.

Reliabilityofrailand(unexpected)obstructionson the track; ThisContinuousImprovementTrackaimstoincreasetheflexibilityandreliabilityofrailfreighttransportwithinamultimodaltransportsystem.SolutionswillbetestedontheRotterdam-Genoacorridor.