Past projects coordinated by UNIFE

Project

Project description

Facts

www.modtrain.com 

MODTRAIN stood for Innovative Modular Vehicle Concepts for an Integrated European Railway System.

Its objectives included increased productivity of rolling stock, reduction of the manufacturing costs as well as time-to-market, increased reliability and lower maintenance costs.

For that purpose, MODTRAIN aimed at the definition and standardisation of the necessary functional, electrical and mechanical interfaces and validation procedures to deliver the range of interchangeable modules, which will form the basis for the next generation on intercity trains and universal locomotives.

Key deliverables of MODTRAIN such as the Functional Breakdown Structure, Component Specifications have already been transmitted to CEN & CENELEC for further steps in the standardisation process.

Duration:

1 February 2004

1 February 2008

Budget: 30,4 million EUR

Partners: 37

bernard.von.wullerstorff@unife.org

www.integrail.info 

The integrated EU funded research project InteGRail (Intelligent Integration of Railway Systems) developed and tested a coherent platform for future oriented Information and Communication (ICT) solutions in the railways.

Over the years, the 39 partners – industry, operators, scientists and associations – developed the InteGRail Information System (IGRIS), a reference platform for integrated information sharing, as well as pilot applications that are running on this platform.

The project produced input for a standardized Railway KPI structure, Railway Data Model, Standard Railway Service Grid Architecture as well as for a standard Intelligent Railway Communication Framework (ICOM).

Duration:

1 January 2005

1 January 2009

Budget: 20,7 million EUR

Partners: 39

bernard.von.wullerstorff@unife.org

 www.modurban.org

The Modular Urban Guided Rail System project, or in short MODURBAN, was a joint R&D project.

The MODURBAN project was launched at the beginning of 2005 with the aim of providing common functional specifications for operators and a common technical architecture for manufacturers. These general objectives are fully in line with one of UNIFE’s overall missions - namely to promote standardisation and the harmonisation of interfaces.

Benefits are the reduction of the cost for buying and running urban rail systems as a whole. Some of the findings were successfully demonstrated on the Metro de Madrid network on December 16 2008.

Duration:

January 2005 - March 2009

Budget: 20 million EUR

Partners: 39

bernard.von.wullerstorff@unife.org