European railways optimisation planning environment-transportation railways innovative optimisation

Objective

EuROPE is a project based on three systems:

- TRIS: Teleconferencing Railways Information System;
- TRIO: Transportation Railways Innovative Optimization
- TRIP: Transportation Railways Integrated Planning

The Europe project aims to develop a telematics and software system that provides the Railways with an integrated architecture, made of new development and demonstrator tools to help in easing the massive resource planning problems they face in continuation. The present project regards only the TRIO system. TRIS is developed in the Telematics Program and TRIP is selected in the Transport Program.

The task of planning railways transportation services traditionally represents a very burdensome and lengthy process. This task has very few comparable cases among enterprises, as it involves high-valued, large scale resources subject to many and diverse constraints. The results and impact on society are dramatic.

The TRIO system aims:
- to automate the traditional workflow processes of railway companies, in the field of timetable planning (i.e. "intelligent" trains timetable design and validation, maintenance resources, vehicles, crew, freight operations and energy);
- to implement advanced operations research and knowledge based decision support systems to optimize the railway resources;
- to assist the European Railways in their transformation towards productive and efficiently managed enterprises in line with Directive 91/440;
- To create a common basis for understanding and development among European railways, in line with the EU transportation market integration, via the study and standardization of common procedures and resources management, with particular emphasis on manpower planning and contractual harmonization schemes.

The TRIO benefits are:
- speed, efficient processing of timetables will enable railway companies to become more responsive to the needs of the market;
- the ability to make contingency planning at short notice;
- improved vehicles scheduling will ensure better back-up or increased production levels;
- better resource planning will lead to a reduction of operating costs;
- an improved business workflow and data interchange among users;
- increase in planners productivity and preserving know-how;
- enhanced integration of multimodal transport planning;
- harmonization of work practice and human resource management across the European transport sector.

TRIO acronym means also the balanced participation of: Users, IT Suppliers, Research centres.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › software › software applications › system software
• social sciences › social geography › transport › transport planning
• social sciences › economics and business › economics › production economics › productivity

Programme(s)

• FP4-ESPRIT 4 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of information technologies, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 7.2 - Enterprise Systems Integration

Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Ferrovie Dello Stato Spa diTrasporti E Servizi Pa

Address

Piazza Croce Rossa 1
00161 Roma
Italy

Participants (3)

Ansaldo Trasporti

Italy

Address

Via Nuova Delle Brecce 260
80147 Napoli

British Railways Board

United Kingdom

Address

London Road
DE24 8YB Derby

Ing. C. Olivetti & C.

Italy

Address

Via G. Jerve 77
10015 Ivrea