Innovation for regional rail services and new guided transport systems

Expected Outcome:Building upon the results of S2R, Europe’s Rail FP6-Future and Pods4Rail projects as well as EU-member states rail research and innovation activities, the action stemming from this topic is expected to contribute to provide sustainable, attractive and passenger centred solutions to regional and suburban areas by developing light weight and cost efficient rolling stock and an automated Multi-Modal Mobility-System with “moving infrastructures”.Workstream 1: Flagship Area 6 Rolling Stock clusterWork-stream 1 aims at further developing a regional railway vehicle which is a small lightweight vehicle based on the results of EU-Rail FP6-Future[1], adapted according to numerous specific requirements influenced by the different lines and the corresponding categories of regional lines (e.g. topography, passenger capacity, etc.). The key objectives are the cost reduction and adaptation to the corresponding infrastructure of capillary lines (poor superstructure, narrow curves etc.). These factors have a high influence on the mechanical and electrical architecture of the vehicle and thus on the car body design and the running gears.To ensure the alignment with the key objectives, close monitoring will be implemented using key performance indicators (KPIs). Within FA6 a set of High level KPIs has been identified, targeting the main impacts foreseen for the Flagship Area.Reduced vehicle CAPEX & OPEX through innovative and lighter design: The vehicles for low-density lines must be designed to deliver the service at these lines at a significant lower CAPEX/OPEX: Targeting 50% reduced CAPEX and OPEX, in a LCC perspective. Notwithstanding the previous KPI, passenger vehicles development should aim for step changes in weight reduction and track force reduction, while being tolerant to higher unevenness of the tracks: up to 60% for some parts of the vehicle and up to 30% of weight reduction for the vehicle. Work-stream 2: Automated Multi-Modal Mobility-Sy