IN2ZONE, a Shift2Rail JU (S2R) funding project, part of the 3rd Innovation Programme, aims to develop the next generation of transition zones that offer incremental reductions in maintenance requirements compared to existing solutions.
In order to achieve this, the project is focused on 6 different Work Streams working in the following topics: (i) Development of next generation track transition zone solutions (ii) Development to apply a CSM-RA for Hazard Identification (HAZID) and Hazards related (iii) Development of LCC and RAMS performance models (iv) Design and specification for monitoring equipment required to validate the transition zone demonstrator within IN2TRACK3 (v) Support for integration of the transition zone design into the whole-system next generation track (vi) development of simulation models to support validation of the final transition zone designs for a range of applications.