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Computer controlled freight platforms for a time-tabled rail transport system

Objective

PLATFORM'S main objective is to implement a more cost-effective way to manage freight-traffic flows through the enhancement of terminal management and the integration of existing telematic systems. Such an approach is expected to make rail transport competitive for long- and even medium-distance freight transport and thus lead to a substantial reduction of road-based transport.

PLATFORM operational objectives are:

- improvement of terminals as centre for adding value in intermodal operations;
- improvement of communication protocols and connections between terminals;
- improvement of terminals' efficiency through the full integration of the available terminal tools, ensuring cost-effectiveness of the proposed investment plans;
- evaluation of real application in terms of scheduling, planning system, information system, rolling stock;
- design of simulation model for dynamic order scheduling for combined rail-road transport.

A smooth organisation for pre- and end-haulage, as well as the completely computerised management of terminal services, will be demonstrated through computer simulation of the transport flow and the terminal services.
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The system for the management of integrated rail-road transport will be developed and tested in some demo terminals available to Consortium industrial members: Rho, Melzo, Rogoredo, Verona, Noisy-le-Sec, Lyon, Valencia, Silla.
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- DGVII-1st Call: IMPULSE, IQ - DGVII-2nd Call: CESAR, IMPREND, TERMINET, OSIRIS, X-MODALL, PISCES, SCANDINET - DGVII-3rd call: APRICOT, LOGIQ, QMI, INTRARTIP, OCTOPUS, FV2000, ROLLING SHELF, TACTICS, PRECISE IT - DGXIII telematics: TRACAR, MULTITRACK

Call for proposal

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Coordinator

Ingegneria dei Trasporti Srl
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Address
Via Cavour 256
00184 Roma
Italy

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Participants (7)