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Wagons

Aymeric Boniou — 2011-01-21T08:52:29Z

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Events / Videos / Pictures

Aymeric Boniou, Johannes Graeber — 2011-01-13T16:07:59Z

September 2012: run in Hungary

March 2012: Twelfth run of EuropeTrain - second run in Scandinavian winter

On 17 March the EuropeTrain returned to Minden after two weeks and ca. 13,500 km of successful operation in Germany, Denmark and Sweden combined without any trouble or incidents.

"EuropeTrain in Slovakia"

Pictures of EuropeTrain in Slovakia a two-day operation in Slovakia, covering 800 km of Slovakian network during the 9th run (the second Eastern Loop to Poland).

Press Event First Austrian Transalpine loop on 9 September 2011 in Vienna

Austrian TV Report on EuropeTrain IMG/flv/20110909orf2noeheuteoebbfluesterbremsen1900.flv: Austrian TV Report on EuropeTrain

: Mr Franz Seiser, Vorstand ÖBB-Holding AG

: Mr Andreas Fuchs, Vostand Rail Cargo Austria AG

: Mr Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, UIC Director General

: from L to R: Mr Franz Seiser, Mr Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, Mr Andreas Fuchs

: from L to R: Mr Franz Seiser, Mr Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, Mr Andreas Fuchs, Mr Libor Lochman, appointed new Executive Director of CER

Second french loop with press event in The Netherlands on 1 August in Amersfoort

: Mr Paul van Lede, Chairman of KNV Rail Freight

: Mr Johannes Gräber, Head of Business Segment Engineering Services (DB Systemtechnik), UIC Project Manager EuropeTrain

: Mr Johan Ter Poorten, Secretary KNV Rail Freight

: Mr Paul van Lede explains to a dutch radio reporter the difference between wheels braked with cast iron and with composite brake blocks.

: EuropeTrain heading to France for the French loop which runs several times through Paris (Le Bourget), Marseille, Lyon and Metz.

Italian loop

Stationary measurements


People working while a service stop in Minden


EuropeTrain in Minden

Scandinavian loop


Timetable to Kiruna (Sweden)


Train in Kiruna (Sweden) main station


Train in Kiruna (Sweden) main station


Somewhere on the way to Kiruna (Sweden)


Sundown in Sweden


Central Station in Kiruna


Locomotive from Green Cargo in front of the EuropeTrain

Start of EUROPETRAIN


Part of the project team (from l to r) : Johannes Gräber, Martin Knörr, Benjamin Büche, Eckhard Friebel, with train driver Thorsten Schneider celebrating the start of EuropeTrain


EuropeTrain departure from Minden

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Aymeric Boniou — 2010-12-14T15:35:47Z

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Train path GPS tracing

EuropeTrain Final Report presentation at UIC Headquaters on 28 May 2013


BRAKING QUESTIONS - Synthesis paper on the EuropeTrain operation with LL brake blocks - Final Report: Management Summary


EuropeTrain and the Homologation of a Low Noise Brake System with LL Brake Blocks: UIC Presentation, 28 May 2013 - Johannes Gräber, DB Systemtechnik, UIC Project Manager EuropeTrain

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2010-12-09T10:34:34Z

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Train path

2010-12-09T10:30:02Z

The path of the EuropeTrain was defined in different Loops, each representing certain operational, topographic and/or meteorological conditions.

The train path is planned as a flower shaped configuration with different loops (12.500 km each), always starting and ending at one center point (Minden, Germany) for regularly measurements, inspections and possibly maintenance:

1: Sweden
2: Germany
3: France
4: Poland
5: Switzerland
6: Italy
7: France
8: Austria
9: Poland / Slovakia
10: France
11: Switzerland / Germany
12: Sweden
13: Germany
14: France
15: Italy
16: Austria / Hungary

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Contacts

2010-12-09T10:29:51Z

Contacts for Questions and Suggestions

General and technical Questions

Johannes Gräber
Deutsche Bahn AG - DB Systemtechnik
Head of Engineering Services
Weserglacis 2, D - 32423 Minden
Tel.: +49 (0)571 393 5600
Fax: +49 (0)571 393 5227
E-mail: johannes.graeber deutschebahn.com
http://www.db-systemtechnik.de

Questions regarding train operation

Martin Knörr
DB Schenker Rail Deutschland AG
European Operation Management (L.RCB 123)
Rheinstraße 2, 55116 Mainz
Tel.: +49 (0)6131 15 67885
Fax: +49 (0)6131 15 61093
Mobil: +49 (0)170 7614373
E-mail: martin.knoerr dbschenker.eu

Presentation

2010-12-01T10:46:51Z

In June 2009 everybody was aware, that solving the problem of equivalent conicity is essential for cost-effective noise reduction of freight wagons.

Noise reduction is a challenge for freight business

Rail noise is on top of the political agenda of the EC (noise related track access charging schemes)
Noise reduction at the source (wheel-rail-contact) has the best cost/benefit ratio and avoids high investments and maintenance cost for infrastructure managers (high noise barriers)
To achieve a considerable noise reduction in freight traffic, retrofitting of existing wagons is necessary
Retrofitting must not jeopardize the intermodal competitiveness of rail freight
K brake blocks are the solution for new wagons, but are not economically feasible for the retrofitting of the existing fleet at all

LL brake blocks are proving to be a promising cost-effective noise-reducing measure for existing freight wagons, but …

LL brake blocks still require further improvement and can not currently be used directly on a large scale in Europe
Further well documented field tests on a larger scale with various usage profiles are necessary in order to solve the problem of “equivalent conicity” and to better estimate the LCC of the system

In June 2009 the decision was taken to launch a “Study on Equivalent Conicity” and to follow the idea of the EuropeTrain.

Only a successful conclusion of the "Study on Equivalent Conicity" avoids the wasting of all UIC member's money spent so far on the issue

In September 2009 24 railways and the sector organisations CER, EIM and UIC signed the joint resolution to start the preparation of the EuropeTrain

In the 9th meeting of the Directors General of the European Railways in Berlin on 05.09.09 24 of 28 present railways and the organisations CER, EIM and UIC signed the Joint Resolution of the Chairmen of the European Rail Operators on “'Europe Train' to speed up and improve LL brake block testing in operations”, thus showing their clear will to support a successful development of LL brake blocks as a means for cost-effective noise reduction at the source.

This broad support gave a very good basis to start the preparatory work on the EuropeTrain project.

EuropeTrain: The basic concept

Train with about 30 representative wagons which runs throughout Europe only for the inservice testing of LL brake blocks
Duration of testing at least one year including all climatic conditions Mileage to be achieved at least 200.000 km
All operational conditions relevant for Europe have to be covered, e.g. running on different gradients with different operational modes, arctic winter areas, high temperature zones