Publication 1102 KTH Railway Group Status Report 2011 1 Source: LundbergDesign KTH Railway Group Production Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan Thomas Johansson S-100 44 Stockholm TJ Kommunikation Sweden e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Cover photo: Bombardier Transportation 2 RV RV RV structuralSB Engineering rail vehicles rail vehicles rail vehicles and bridges Technology 1 Gröna Tåget opportunities and 1 Loads and Load 19 10 Running gear for rv – Programme strategies toward sb rv freight wagons rv Influence on Management climate-friendly Structures transport (TOSCA) Long-term 2 Simulation of wheel- 11 2 20 Gröna Tåget Lightweight carbody Monitoring and rv sb on-rail deterioration rv – Track-friendly bogies rv for high-speed trains phenomena Assessment of Bridges A study of the dynamic 3 Gröna Tåget Wheel profile for 3 21 interaction between train and 12 Modelling of rail rv freight wagons in sb bridge and the long-term changes – High-speed vehicles rv vehicles dynamics rv 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analysis transportation Database of supply 18 27 and prices for Evaluation of track ToL railway-lines in ToL fees Sweden 5 KTH Railway Group Status Report 2011 KTH Railway Group in 2011 KTH Railway Group was formed in 1988 as an informal introduction of the new European train control system ETCS organization to support and coordinate expertise in the area of was discussed lively. Instead of blaming each other all parties railway technology at KTH. Since 1996, the Railway Group is should agree on common strategies for the best of the whole. a formal research and development centre in rail technology Centers like KTH Railway Group have as one of their main at KTH. The main tasks are research, higher education tasks to take a holistic view to get the most for the railway at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and training for sector. employees in the railway field. The funding is regulated This status report gives an impression of the diversity of by an agreement between KTH, the Swedish Transport activities in research and education that are carried out. In our Administration (Trafikverket), Bombardier Transportation, opinion the importance of railway research is only increasing. Stockholm Public Transport (SL), the Swedish Train In an EU white paper from 2011, for example, it is said Operators (Tågoperatörerna) and Interfleet Technology. that “30% of road freight over 300 km should shift to other Thus KTH Railway Group has more than 20 years of modes such as rail or waterborne transport by 2030, and more experience of working multidisciplinary. It consists today than 50% by 2050”. This is not possible without a dramatic of nine research groups of which each group represents one development of both railway infrastructure and rolling or more disciplines, i.e. in principle all competencies in the stock. We are looking forward to contribute to a positive railway area are covered. This makes KTH Railway Group development of railway traffic together with our partners also quite unique and has throughout the years enabled us to in the coming years. If you have any questions do not hesitate successfully carry out several major research programmes to contact me or any other member of the KTH Railway with a broad approach – covering not only technique but also Group. e.g. market analysis – together with our partners. The concept Professor Sebastian Stichel September 2011 for the Regina train running in Sweden, Norway and China Director is a product of one of these programmes. At the time this report is printed the “Gröna Tåget” programme is about to be finished. It has accomplished a further development of the Regina train to run at speeds up to 303 km/h. KTH Railway Group is also an important voice in the discussions on how to increase transport capacity on a more and more crowded Swedish railway network and on whether new high-speed lines in Sweden should be built. This spring we have started a co-operation with the Rail Transportation and Engineering Center of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to further broaden our research network especially on heavy freight traffic. In September 2011 I participated on a large conference on Railway Vehicles in Graz in Austria. The most important conclusion as well from presentations as from discussion is that it has to be pointed out again and again that Railways are an integrated system. To only look at one part inevitably leads to sub-optimization that does not minimize the cost for the whole system. Infrastructure managers for example Professor would like to see more track friendly vehicles. However, Sebastian Stichel, there are no incentives for operators today to use vehicles that Director of the KTH perform better than just fulfilling existing standards. Also the Railway Group 6 The Board 2011 The KTH Railway Group is organized as an independent Mats Berg unit within the School of Engineering Sciences. The board of KTH – Rail Vehicles the Railway Group consists of representatives from companies [email protected] or organizations that have signed the general agreement. Bo-Lennart Nelldal KTH – Traffic and Logistics Henrik Tengstrand (chairman) [email protected] Bombardier Transportation Sweden AB Raid Karoumi [email protected] KTH – Structural Engineering and Bridges Malcolm Lundgren [email protected] Swedish National Road and Rail Administration (Trafikverket), [email protected] Adjunct to the board Tohmmy Bustad Peder Wadman Swedish National Road and Rail Administration (Trafikverket), The Association of Swedish Train Operators [email protected]