Project/Service Agreement:605650


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General Data

Code:	66037

Reference:	605650
Short name:	capacity4rail
Title:	Increasing Capacity 4 Rail networks through enhanced infrastructure and optimised operations
Competitive Funding:	Yes
Does it involve businesses?:
No. of Participating Institutions:	46

Scope

Type:	Funded Project

Geographical Scope:	International

Type of Action:	R&TD

Funding

Programme:	7.º Programa-Quadro de IDT
Funding Institution:	COMISSÃO EUROPEIA
Financial Geographical Scope:	International

Scheduling

Effective Start Date:	2013-10-01
Expected Completion Date:	2017-09-30
Effective Completion Date:	2017-09-30

Budget

Currency:	EUR

Total Approved Budget:	15.071.159,00 EUR

Details

Summary:

In 2011, the White Paper on European Transport reasserted how fundamental transport was for society, for the mobility of European citizens and for the growth and vitality of the European economy.
CAPACITY4RAIL will deliver research that is innovative, prepares rail for the future and takes into account results from previous research projects and programmes. The project builds on previous useable results and will deliver both technical demonstrations and system wide guidelines and recommendations that will be the basis for future research and investment, increasing the capacities of rail networks in the future.
The time used for infrastructure monitoring, maintenance and renewal means 'down time'. New concepts for low maintenance infrastructure, using standardized and "plug-and-play" concepts will be proposed. Non-intrusive innovative monitoring techniques or self-monitoring infrastructure will be investigated, allowing low or no impact on train operations.
The fragility of some key component of the infrastructure system (especially in extreme weather conditions) such as switches may impact the efficiency of the whole system. The resilience of switches to any kind of known failure will be reinforced, as well as the ability of the operation system to recover from incidents.
Capacity enhancements will also be achieved by higher speed freight vehicles, allowing an optimized interleaving of freight trains into mixed traffic, and improved planning models for operation.
Intermodal integration within the global transport system will be improved through enhanced transhipment of passengers and freight.
CAPACITY4RAIL will also look towards 2030/2050, by proposing guidelines for future deployments in the mid-term, recommendations for technologies to de developed and deployed in the long term and investigating the key opportunities for funding these within national and EU funding schemes.

Observations:

http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/rcn/110284_en.html

Scientific Context

Scientific Domain (FOS - Level 2):

Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

Academic fields (CORDIS - Level 5)

Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering > Infrastructures engineering

Keywords

Rail networks

Documents

There are no Documents associated with the Project.

Publications associated with the Project

Institutions Participating in the Project

Institution					Contact			Create Tab?
Name	Short name	Country	Type	Participation	Name	Telephone	Email	Create Tab?
ACCIONA INFRAESTRUCTURAS S.A.	ACCIONA	Espanha	Company	Partner
Adevice Solutions S.L.	Adevice	Espanha	Company	Partner
ADMINISTRADOR DE INFRAESTRUCTURAS FERROVIARIAS	ADIF	Espanha	Status	Partner
ANSALDO STS S.p.A.	ANSALDO	Itália	Company	Partner
ARTTIC	ARTTIC	França	Empresa Consultoria	Partner
Cargosped Sp. z o.o.	Cargosped	Polónia	Company	Partner
Centro de Estudios de Materiales y Control de Obra S.A.	CEMOSA	Espanha	RD Institute	Partner
Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas	CEDEX	Espanha	Status	Partner
Chalmers University of Technology	UCHAL	Suécia	University	Partner
Deutsche Bahn AG	DBAG	Alemanha	Company	Partner
Dresden University of Technology	DUT	Alemanha	University	Partner
European Federation of Railway Trackworks Contractors	EFRTC	Luxemburgo	Foundation	Partner
Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto	FEUP	Portugal	University	Partner	Rui Calçada		ruiabc@fe.up.pt
Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana para la Investigación, Promoción y Estudios Comerciales de Valenciaport	ValenciaPort	Espanha	Foundation	Partner
Fundación Ferrocarriles Españoles	FFE	Espanha	Non-profit institution	Partner
Ingeniería y Economía del Transporte SA	INECO	Espanha	Company	Partner
Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l'aménagement et des réseaux	IFSTTAR	França	RD Institute	Partner
Instituto Superior Técnico	IST	Portugal	University	Partner
International Union of Railways	UIC	França	Non-profit institution	Partner
KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH*KB	Knorr-Bremse	Alemanha	Company	Partner
KOCKUMS INDUSTRIER AB	KOCKUMS	Suécia	Company	Partner
Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan	KTH	Suécia	University	Partner
LINKOPINGS UNIVERSITET		Suécia	University	Partner
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited	NRI	Reino Unido	Company	Partner
NewOpera Aisbl	NewOpera	Bélgica	Non-profit institution	Partner
OLTIS Group AS	OLTIS	República Checa	Company	Partner
Railway Scientific and Technical Centre	IK	Polónia	RD Institute	Partner
Rede Ferroviária Nacional, REFER EP	REFER	Portugal	Status	Partner
RESEAU FERRE DE FRANCE EPIC	RFF	França	Company	Partner
SOCIETE DE TRANSPORTS DE VEHICULES AUTOMOBILES	STVA	França	Company	Partner
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français	SNCF	França	Status	Partner
SYSTRA France & international	SYSTRA	França	Empresa Consultoria	Partner
The University of Birmingham	UB	Reino Unido	University	Partner
Trafikverket	TRV	Suécia	Status	Partner
TRL Limited	TRL	Reino Unido	Company	Partner
TURKIYE CUMHURIYETI DEVLET DEMIR YOLLARI ISLETMESI GENEL MUDURLUGU	TCDD	Turquia	Status	Partner
UNION DES INDUSTRIES FERROVIAIRES EUROPEENNES		Bélgica	Association	Partner
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza	UNIROMA	Itália	University	Partner
University of Huddersfield	UH	Reino Unido	University	Partner
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne	UNEW	Reino Unido	University	Partner
University of Sheffield	USHEF	Reino Unido	University	Partner
Uppsala Universitet		Suécia	University	Partner
Van Dieren Sweden AB	VanDieren	Suécia	Company	Partner
voestalpine GmbH	VAE GmbH	Áustria	Company	Partner
VOSSLOH COGIFER SA	Vossloh Cogifer	França	Company	Partner
Vossloh Fastening Systems GMBH	Vossloh	Alemanha	Company	Partner

FEUP

Budgets and Teams

Approved Budget:	86.016,00 EUR
Approved Funded Amount:	59.936,00 EUR
Approved co-funded Amount:	26.080,00 EUR
Funding Rate:	69,7 %
Confidential Budget:

People in the Project

Institution	Name	Short name	Role	Dedication (%)	Contribution (%)	Allocation
Institution	Name	Short name	Role	Dedication (%)	Contribution (%)	Start date	End date
FEUP	Alejandro de Miguel Tejada	AMT	Grant recipient	100		2014-01-10	2014-07-09
FEUP	Fernando Pedro Nogueira da Cunha	FPNC	Grant recipient	100		2015-07-01	2016-06-30
FEUP	Joaquim Gabriel Magalhães Mendes	JG	Researcher		65	2013-10-01	2017-09-30
FEUP	Rui Artur Bártolo Calçada	RBC	Official Researcher at the OU	0	35	2013-10-01	2017-09-30

Technicians in the Project

Technician			Contact
FEUP	506601	Liliana Carla Tavares Coelho

Laboratories

There are no Laboratories associated with the Project.

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