FR8RAIL: Development of Functional Requirements for Sustainable and Attractive European Rail Freight
Project Description
The main aim of the FR8RAIL project is the development of functional requirements for a sustainable and attractive European rail freight.
These objectives of FR8RAIL are:
- A 10 % reduction in the cost of freight transport measured by tones per Km.
- A 20 % reduction in the time variations during dwelling and increase attractiveness of logistic chains by making available 100 % of the rail freight transport information to logistic chain information systems.
The objectives of the FR8RAIL project will be achieved by developing a number of vital areas within freight rail.
There are six main areas of work that form the backbone of this project’s approach in achieving the development of functional requirements for a sustainable and attractive European rail freight. The work areas are:
- Business Analytics, KPIs, Top Level Requirements
- Condition Based and Predictive Maintenance
- Telematics & Electrification
- Running Gear, Core and Extended Market Wagon
- Automatic Coupling
- High level System Architecture and Integration
The outcome of FR8RAIL and its deliverables are expected to positively contribute and support the Shift2Rail goals, set out in the Strategic Master Plan and the Multi Annual Action Plan, in order to strengthen the role of rail in the transport system, and in particular freight rail transport.
Collaborating Companies or Organisations
Indra's Role
Indra is mainly involved in the Work Package “High level System architecture and integration” and Work Package “Telematics & Electrification” leading the tasks “On-board Wireless communications”, ““Wagon monitoring system”” and “Cargo monitoring system”
In addition, Indra participates in the tasks of Management and Dissemination of the project.
Universities and Technological Centers
The consortium is supported by highly-skilled research centers such as CEIT, DLR (the German Aerospace Centre), Virtual Vehicle, MCL and AC2T.
Technologies used
The consortium is supported by highly-skilled research centers such as CEIT, DLR (the German Aerospace Centre), Virtual Vehicle, MCL and AC2T.
In order to define these technologies, we are following standards and techniques such as:
- TAF-TSI standard
- Definition of suitable interfaces in on-board wireless communication
- Definition of use cases and specifications
- Development of new algorithms for goods status
- Development of Specific Application of wireless-backbone technology for on-board End Of Train (EoT) solution
More Information
This project, under reference nº H2020-730617, has been funded through the Horizon 2020 Programme of the European Commission within the Shift2Rail initiative, of which Indra is an associate member.
