Computational & Technology Resources
an online resource for computational,
engineering & technology publications
Civil-Comp Conferences
ISSN 2753-3239
CCC: 1
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
Edited by: J. Pombo
Paper 17.8

Making railway operators ready for automation project TARO

J. Zajicek1 and B. Ludwig2

1Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria
2Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) Holding AG, Austria

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
J. Zajicek, B. Ludwig, "Making railway operators ready for automation project TARO", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, Online volume: CCC 1, Paper 17.8, 2022, doi:10.4203/ccc.1.17.8
Keywords: ATO, railway operation, digital twin, cooperative technology initiative, DAC, regional railways.

Abstract
This paper shows the goals and the status and gives an overview of resent results and planned activities of the research project “TARO – Towards Automated Railway Operations”, an Austrian cooperative technology initiative led by the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). Automation of railway operation including digitisation of relevant processes from operations planning to maintenance is the key to increase capacity, productivity and reliability of existing railway systems. Automation & digitalisation in the railway system are important factors for climate protection, in order to achieve further traffic shifts to the more climate-friendly railway through capacity increases in rail transport, as well as to further reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of the railway itself. The research project is built on three thematic areas, Digital Twin, Processes and Automated Train Operation, which are organised as separate, but interconnected subprojects.

download the full-text of this paper (PDF, 5 pages, 275 Kb)

go to the previous paper
go to the next paper
return to the table of contents
return to the volume description