Objective MARATHON aims at extracting the maximum productivity from the existing rail infrastructure for producing efficiency, reducing operating costs and attracting new traffic to rail.This represents a market requirement for producing efficiency, reducing operating costs and attracting new traffic to rail. In fact, due to its fragmentation, the railway system efficiency is created through harmonisation and standardisation of the operating rules generating uniformity in the EU Rail Freight space as far as allowed by the existing infrastructure. In pursuing this overall objective the fast implementation of technologies and business solutions capable of delivering operational and visible cost effective results, is a fundamental improvement.MARATHON project is scheduled to prove a business case by demonstrating the effectiveness of the introduction up to market uptake of longer and heavier trains on a selected high-volume Trans European freight corridor. This would be achieved taking into account that the upgrade of the maximum speed for freight trains on currently constrained line sections up to 100/120 km/h with old or new generation wagons secures better trains’ paths for improved service performance. In fact, the bundling of volumes combining conventional and intermodal traffic whenever applicable between large scale terminals/hubs/yards is expected to generate the critical mass to foster the industrialized production of advanced rail freight services. This would be supported by the ability to rejuvenate the system by adopting management, booking, trains priorities and emergency management tools.MARATHON would become an example for an extension to other part of the EU network contributing to create an agreed EU standard, facilitating the adoption of recognised Safety Rules and a step change towards achieving greater effectiveness on Rail Tracks delivering the EU citizens the ultimate results of improving the use of an environment friendly transport modality. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity Programme(s) FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) Topic(s) SST.2010.1.1-1. - Carbon footprint of freight transport SST.2010.2.1-1. - Fast implementation of innovative/effective rail technologies to improve rail freight services Call for proposal FP7-SST-2010-RTD-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator RINA CONSULTING SPA EU contribution € 404 559,00 Address VIA CECCHI 6 16129 Genova Italy See on map Region Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Valerio Recagno (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (17) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all NEW OPERA AISBL Belgium EU contribution € 465 698,00 Address RUE MONTOYER 31 1000 Bruxelles / Brussel See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Franco Castagnetti (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ALSTOM TRANSPORT SA France EU contribution € 179 403,00 Address 48 RUE ALBERT DHALENNE 93400 Saint Ouen See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Seine-Saint-Denis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Didier Van Den Abeele (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TRAFIKVERKET - TRV Sweden EU contribution € 65 233,00 Address RODA VAGEN 1 781 89 Borlange See on map Region Norra Sverige Norra Mellansverige Dalarnas län Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Malcolm Lundgren (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STADLER RAIL VALENCIA SAU Spain EU contribution € 243 404,00 Address CALLE MITXERA 6 46550 ALBUIXECH See on map Region Este Comunitat Valenciana Valencia/València Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Enrique Meseguer (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data FAIVELEY TRANSPORT ITALIA SPA Italy EU contribution € 319 310,00 Address VIA VOLVERA 51 10045 Piossasco To See on map Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Laura Giraudi (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SCHWEIZER ELECTRONIC AG Switzerland EU contribution € 155 289,00 Address INDUSTRIESTRASSE 3 6260 REIDEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Gerhard Jordi (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN Sweden EU contribution € 45 714,00 Address BRINELLVAGEN 8 100 44 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Stefan östlund (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SNCF RESEAU France EU contribution € 131 196,00 Address 15-17 RUE JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU 93418 La Plaine Saint-Denis See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Seine-Saint-Denis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jean-Pierre Orus (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SOCIETE NATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER BELGES Participation ended Belgium EU contribution No data Address RUE DE FRANCE 56 1060 Bruxelles / Brussel See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Eric Peetermans (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SOCIETE NATIONALE SNCF France EU contribution € 314 601,00 Address 2 PLACE AUX ETOILES 93200 St Denis See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Seine-Saint-Denis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact François Adroit (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA Italy EU contribution € 71 712,00 Address VIA CRACOVIA 50 00133 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Massimo Marinelli (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNION INTERNATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER France EU contribution € 27 271,00 Address RUE JEAN REY 16 75015 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Other Administrative Contact Aline Wego (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNION DES INDUSTRIES FERROVIAIRES EUROPEENNES - UNIFE Belgium EU contribution € 103 912,00 Address AVENUE LOUISE 221 1050 Bruxelles / Brussel See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Other Administrative Contact Léa Paties (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CERONTECH SAS Participation ended France EU contribution € 94 321,00 Address EMILE LANDRIN 6 75020 PARIS See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Juan Carlos Ceron (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KOMBIVERKEHR DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUR KOMBINIERTEN GUTERVERKEHR MBH &CO KG Germany EU contribution € 27 848,00 Address ZUM LAURENBURGER HOF 76 60594 Frankfurt Am Main See on map Region Hessen Darmstadt Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Christoph Büchner (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FS LOGISTICA SPA Italy EU contribution € 4 350,00 Address PIAZZA DELLA CROCE ROSSA 1 00161 ROMA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Giuseppe Casini (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CREATECH SAS France EU contribution € 46 171,00 Address RUE SAINT DENIS 72 93130 NOISY LE SEC See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Christophe Couturier (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data
