The company Software and consulting for railway traffic

Our company

The team at Rail Management Consultants Inter- To shape our products innovatively as well as corre- national GmbH (RMCon International) consists of spondent to the latest standards and customer pref- experts in the field of traffic engineering as well as erences, we are cooperating with several research software developers. institutes. These include e.g. the Technical Univer- sity of Braunschweig with the Institute of Transport, We work hand in hand on products for your tech- Railway Construction and Operation, led by Prof. nical and operational planning. Enhancing these Dr.-Ing. Thomas Siefer. products and adapting them to the current market is the passion that unites us at RMCon International. It is said that the way is the goal. It is our goal to find the best way for you!

Since the foundation in 1999, RMCon has been Another collaboration exists between RMCon Inter- located in Hanover. As we act worldwide, the sub- national and the Consulting Company for Traffic sidiary company RMCon Australia was founded in and Railway Engineering Ltd. (IVE mbh), also located Sydney in 2001. This enables us to offer excellent in Hanover. services to our clients all over the world. Our business is divided into three areas: To emphasize the international aspect of the offered services, the RMCon International Gmbh is found- □ Consulting and planning service ed in 2018 as a successor company to the RMCon □ Software development and service GmbH. □ Research and innovation

1 Consulting

Infrastructure planning Furthermore, we assess and evaluate: We offer our support for your strategic infrastructure and capacity planning. This includes data collection □□ Infrastructure of lines and junctions within and consistency checks as well as the calculation a network of the investment costs for planned changes on the □□ Safety system equipment (interlocking and tracks of your network. Thus, you learn about the signalling) consequences of your changes and therefore figure □□ Construction states out, whether they will be worthwhile. Timetable construction and By improving the efficiency of the measures on the service planning infrastructure, you receive a fundamental basis for As we have a lot of experience in railway transport, the subsequent timetable construction or the profita- we can advise with competence on the timetable ble sale of train paths. construction. At the same time, we create several variants to support your decision-making for the If you entrust us with the infrastructure data manage- most suitable timetable. We determine the required ment, we will take care of your data administration rolling stock, journey times, running times and take and keep your infrastructure data up to date. Apart the requested train connections as well as trans- from the status quo, we manage your various plan- fer times for your passengers into account. While ning states. All data is stored for later usage: in case developing your reliable timetable, we ensure path you do not realise changes to the infrastructure right availability and feasibility. away, we can determine the effectivity at a later time on the same basis.

2 Capacity planning and robustness of your operational planning and Knowing the necessary capacity is the foundation support you in achieving your goals and quality for a successful planning. We identify the required management regarding the punctuality and achieve- amount of tracks for an effective operation. ment of connections.

By calculating the used capacity, we keep an over- The success of your railway undertaking does not view of the amount of paths that are occupied, still only depend on a smooth train operation and great available or possibly not profitable for you. performance, but also on cost observation and optimisation. Therefore, an overall calculation of the The remaining capacity is an additional key perfor- operational costs is included in our range of services. mance indicator of your network. In the cost-benefit By analysing different planning variants, we offer our analysis we can determine the amount of paths that assistance in your decision-making process. you should withhold for a building activity, without including too many unused tracks.

Operational planning Among the strategic service planning, our business activities include the timetable production – from a first design and testing to the application of train paths – and the analysis of existing timetables.

In order for your trains to arrive on time during times of change, we create working timetables and make propositions for temporarily required infrastructure measures during construction phases and for rail replacement services if required. We test the quality

3 Software development and service

Software development needs and timelines. Each function is tested in our At RMCon International, we combine our knowledge standardised factory acceptance test process to en- of software development with our experiences in sure compliance with your requirements and specifi- consulting and the planning of railway traffic. The cations, before being released and finally delivered result is the IT platform RailSys®, an innovative IT to you. Our software is customisable and configur- solution for railway transport that is deployed world- able according to your individual processes. wide. System support RailSys® works cross-process and includes: Our support includes software maintenance. In ad- dition, we inform our clients regularly about updates □□ Network wide infrastructure management and news concerning RailSys®, so that you can □□ Timetable construction and path management benefit from all new features. □□ Construction site planning and related train regulations (construction management) Service □□ Timetable and operational simulation to verify In order for your employees to be able to under- infrastructure, timetable and operation stand the functions of RailSys® and tap its full potential, we offer customised user trainings. Dur- The software offers interfacing concepts that con- ing these sessions, we explain all of the functions nect with your systems and enable the integration of that are important for the participants. For your RailSys® into existing IT environments. convenience, we offer on-site training as well as online workshops via web conference. As a matter Development on demand and of course, we are available for any questions that application development might occur during your application of RailSys®. Every RailSys® user works with our program on different tasks and has therefore individual require- ments and expectations of the software. Our team of consultants is happy to assist you in finding the most suitable additional functions for you. Based on a detailed specification that is verified by you, our IT experts implement functions in accordance to your

RailSys® is successfully used all over the world by railway infrastructure companies, train operating companies, consulting offices, industrial enterprises and construction companies, public service clients, ministries of transport and research institutes.

4 Research 29 23 Langwedel Soltau 06 58 Uelzen 07 06 48 47 21 and innovation 33 26 3227 14 46 1347 47 12 17 52 53 12 13 38 41 28 21 07 00 17 23 16 16 Research 24 42 Our passion for railway transport does not only show in our customer service. It motivates us to work closely with our cooperating partners on new devel- opments in science and technology. 52 Bennemühlen 40 This includes developments in the fields of routing 12 12 37 52 51 29 47 Verden 21 10 41 and route search systems, automatic train path search, client-server technology and the creation of web applications. 11 48 Due to our cooperation with universities, you ben- Hannover-Flughafen 58 efit from fresh ideas09 thatCelle improve your workflow. At

05 the same time, we support the new generation of 56 30 05 53 our industry and encourage11 01 young professionals to 06 Nienburg deepen their curiosity for the railway transport.

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Sarstedt 09 20 08 41 5 5 Transport map generated in RailSys® by using sample data map generated in RailSys® Transport Clients from all over the world

Public service clients □□ Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, AU □□ Ministère des Transports Luxem- bourg, LU □□ Transport for NSW, AU □□ Public Transport Victoria, AU

Railway companies University and □□ Australian Rail Track Corpora- research institutes tion Ltd, AU □□ Alexandria University, EG □□ Banedanmark, DK □□ Chang’an University, CN □□ Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, LU □□ Fachhochschule St. Pölten, AT □□ Cross London Rail Links Limited, GB □□ Korea Railroad Research Institute, KR □□ DSB, DK □□ Michigan Technological University, USA □□ Etihad Rail, AE □□ Peking University, CN □□ Iarnród Éireann, IE □□ Royal Institute of Technology KTH □□ Iran Railways, IR Stockholm, SE □□ Israel Railway Ltd., IL □□ Shanghai University, CN □□ Network Rail, GB □□ Soochow University, CN □□ ÖBB, AT □□ University of Copenhagen, DK □□ PeruRail, PE □□ University of Exeter, GB □□ Qatar Rail, QA □□ University of Southampton, GB □□ Queensland Rail, AU □□ Yildiz Technical University, TR □□ Renfe, ES □□ SNCF, FR □□ State Railway of Thailand, TH □□ Subterráneos de Buenos Aires, AR □□ Trafikverket, SE □□ Transport Scotland, GB □□ Trenitalia, IT

6 Consulting offices □□ AECOM, GB and AU □□ Alstom, FR □□ Arup & Partners International Ltd, GB □□ B.I.M., AT □□ Bombardier, DK □□ CANAC Railway Services Inc., CA □□ CH2M HILL, GB and AU □□ China Academy of Railway Sciences, CN □□ China Railway first Survey & Design Institute group Co. Ltd., CN □□ DB International GmbH, DE □□ DeltaRail, GB □□ First Class Partnerships Limited, GB □□ First Groups Consultants, GB □□ Seoyeong, KR □□ GHD, AU □□ Sudop Praha a.s., CZ □□ Hitachi, JP □□ Sweco, SE □□ Hyundai Rotem, KR □□ Systra, FR □□ Instytut Kolejnictwa, PL □□ Tata Steel Rail, GB □□ Interfleet, GB □□ Tracsis plc., GB □□ Jacobs Group Pty Ltd. Australia, AU □□ TUC Rail, BE □□ Leigh Fisher, GB □□ United Group, AU □□ Mott MacDonald, GB □□ URS, GB und AU □□ PNZ Consulting Ltd., SI □□ WS Atkins Rail Limited, GB and DK □□ Prometni Institut, SI □□ Zeljeznicko Projektno Drustvo d. d., HR □□ Rambøll, SE □□ SAI CIC SR – Center of Innovation Development and cluster initiatives, RU

7 German clients

Railway companies Consulting offices □□ Deutsche Bahn AG □□ Bremenports GmbH & Co KG □□ Hamburg Port Authority □□ DB International GmbH □□ DB ProjektBau GmbH Railway operators □□ Fraunhofer-Institut Materialfluss □□ BOGESTRA und Logistik IML, Projektzentrum Verkehr, □□ Bremer Straßenbahn AG Mobilität und Umwelt □□ DB Regionalbahn Rhein-Ruhr GmbH □□ ICB Hamburg GmbH □□ Kölner Verkehrsbetriebe □□ Intraplan Consult GmbH □□ moBiel GmbH □□ Jade-Weser-Port Entwicklungsgesell- □□ S-Bahn Berlin GmbH schaft mbH □□ S-Bahn München GmbH □□ S-Bahn Tunnel Leipzig GmbH □□ Stadtbahn Saar □□ Schüßler-Plan Consult GmbH □□ WeserBahn GmbH □□ Spiekermann □□ TransTec Transport und Technologie Public service clients Consult GmbH □□ Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH □□ Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Universities and research institutes Umwelt, Hamburg □□ Brandenburgische Technische □□ Bundesministerium für Verkehr und Universität Cottbus digitale Infrastruktur □□ Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt □□ Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft Braunschweig und Technologie □□ Fachhochschule Erfurt □□ Bundesnetzagentur □□ Technische Universität Berlin □□ Der Senator für Wirtschaft und Häfen Bremen □□ Technische Universität Braunschweig □□ Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft □□ Technische Universität Dresden Niedersachsen □□ Universität der Bundeswehr München □□ Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH □□ Universität Stuttgart □□ Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Baden- Württemberg mbH □□ Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund GmbH □□ Stadt Köln □□ Stadt Weil am Rhein □□ Stadtwerke Bielefeld GmbH □□ Üstra Hannover □□ Verband Region Stuttgart/ Landkreis Göppingen □□ Wirtschaftsministerium Mecklenburg- Vorpommern

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