Objective
ERRAC- ROADMAP covers research related to all types of freight and passenger rail services as well as their interaction with other modes within the transport system (High Speed and conventional rail over long, medium and short distances, as well as urban rail and co-modal services), the implementation of such research, and to support the various activities of the European Rail Research Advisory Council in 2008 and beyond and to favour the sustainable mobility of European citizens. ERRAC- ROADMAP will contribute to translate, monitor and disseminate to the whole European industry the strategic recommendations and guidelines of the SRRA.
ERRAC-ROADMAP addresses the broad coordinating challenges of STT.2008.5.2.2 “Competitive transport operations”; it is a Level 1 Coordination and Support Action aiming at the very important area of coordinating rail research activities. This project is an essential coordination tool to ensure that the ERRAC 2020 Vision can be turned into a reality. Without effective coordination to ensure the relevance and applicability of the rail research activities it is impossible to prioritise the innovative methodologies and technologies for more competitive rail transport operations.
ERRAC-ROADMAP will deliver the ROADMAPS to guide the rail research in order to provide a rail option that is reliable, environmentally friendly, efficient and economic to customers. The ROADMAPs themselves will address the issues, stakeholders and subjects to be considered when addressing the activities in the task, such as:
• Holistic rail strategies for the minimisation of operation, environmental, maintenance and inspection costs for vehicles and infrastructure and the system in general.
• Simplified and low cost rail maintenance and renovation of rail infrastructure providing reliable and high quality rail services with lower life cycle costs and environmental impacts
• Improved real time information systems for rail operators, end users and passengers.
Field of science
- /social sciences/social and economic geography/transport
Topic(s)
Call for proposal
FP7-SST-2008-RTD-1
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Funding Scheme
CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actionsCoordinator
75015 Paris
France
Participants (20)
1040 Bruxelles
1000 Brussels
1080 Bruxelles
NW1 2DN London
721 73 Vasteras
70043 Monopoli
93200 St Denis
NE1 7RU Newcastle Upon Tyne
00161 Roma
Participation ended
50123 Florence
16151 Genova
4714 Petange
1049-001 Lisboa
SW1P 4WY London
80809 Munchen
1050 Bruxelles
781 89 Borlange
10623 Berlin
9000 Gent
00161 Roma
