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FP1 Motional European Rail Network and Mobility Management

FP1 – MOTIONAL

Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 1 – MObility managemenT multImodal envirOnment aNd digitAl enabLersFP1

The Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 1 – MObility managemenT multImodal envirOnment aNd digitAl enabLers is co-funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme – Project: 101101973 — FP1 – MOTIONAL — HORIZON-ER-JU-2022-01, as well as by national funds under the programme “Co-funding of International Projects” – contract no. 5612/HE/2023/2.

It is one of the flagship projects carried out within the framework of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking
(https://rail-research.europa.eu/)

The activities in the project include two main work streams (Work Streams):

  • WS1: “Providing data to support the organization of a multimodal transfer hub
  • WS2: “Extension of the BIM standard with railway components and construction of a digital twin of the station.”

DESCRIPTION OF ASSUMPTIONS:

In the part related to the activities of the project “Providing data to support the organization of a multimodal transfer hub,” the main assumption of the work in Project FP1 – MOTIONAL is to explore the possibilities of using analytical tools and artificial intelligence algorithms to process and infer from available data in selected areas. It is assumed that the key task will be to gather digital data related to the transport hub connecting various modes of transport and to develop analytical algorithms that will enable inference from the obtained data and support decision-making processes.

In the first stage, it is planned to verify available data sources and build a microsimulation model of passenger movement within the transfer hub area, allowing for the assessment of traffic conditions (including variability in the level of freedom of movement) and the identification of congestion areas, known as “bottlenecks,” and factors that increase the inconvenience of transfers. The types of transport available at the transfer hub will also be analyzed to determine if they are sufficient to ensure smooth traffic flow and maintain the attractiveness of the hub. This will allow for proposing improvements and changes within the transport hub area to enhance the flow of passengers and improve transport parameters.
Particularly important will be the development of guidelines on how to manage different forms of transport, their optimal arrangement, and the improvement of passenger flow between them. At the same time, the use of analytical tools to forecast trends, predict passenger and user needs at the station, and analyze and predict changes in passenger flows within the transport hub could be used for planning essential services to be provided at the station.

The partners’ work in the ecosystem also includes participation in timetable planning by providing information on increased passenger numbers at the station, the cyclicality of such situations, and other data that may affect demand for rail transport. This will involve activities related to short-term planning of changes due to sudden traffic disruptions caused by breakdowns or short-term infrastructure maintenance, as well as long-term forecasts to build assumptions for future timetables.
Thanks to the location of the proposed pilot in the Łódź Agglomeration, it will be possible to examine the impact of the tunnel between Łódź Kaliska and Łódź Fabryczna stations, as well as identify potential trends following the opening of the Central Communication Port (CPK) and predict the possible impact of high-speed rail on passenger traffic.
As part of the project “Extension of the BIM standard with railway components and construction of a digital twin of the station,” the primary goal is participation in the development and establishment of standards for the digital representation of stations (Digital Twin), in alignment with standards being developed in other areas of the railway sector, including linear infrastructure, rolling stock, control systems, and electrical traction systems, among others. Collaboration with experts from other areas of the railway sector will facilitate the development of a prototype module to support the creation of federated models, which will, in turn, enable the identification of potential inter-disciplinary conflicts.
The MOTIONAL project will aim to determine the data required for communication between digital twins from different areas, define the minimum data exposed via the interface, and propose assumptions for TSI regulations, which would introduce the digital twin standard for widespread use in railways. These activities will continue in the System Pillar of the Europe’s Rail JU Partnership, which plans to introduce this standard in a future version of the TSI.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ACTIVITIES:

  • Development of digital tools for integrating passenger travel information from various sources, such as station systems, data from the digital twin, travel planning and ticket purchasing systems, as well as publicly available open data.
  • Development of algorithms for analyzing the potential cost reduction through the optimal selection of transport services and types of transport available at the transfer hub.
  • Providing information about available services at and around the transfer hub, and creating mechanisms for selecting and optimizing services to improve the attractiveness of the hub from the passenger’s perspective, while delivering the highest commercial value to the station operator.
  • Analysis of possible applications in public transport of vehicles with the lowest possible environmental impact (powered by renewable energy sources or alternative fuels).
  • Development of a multi-layered system model for identifying passenger movement trends based on data collected within the transfer hub.
  • Development of a traffic model, infrastructure load of the transport hub, and analytics regarding changes in traffic management.
  • Using passenger traffic data to improve the accessibility of various modes of transport in order to enhance convenience and transfer conditions in the multimodal transfer hub, between rail and urban transport modes.
  • Development of assumptions aimed at increasing the integration of rail transport (long-distance and regional) with urban transport, reducing inconveniences, and shortening passenger transfer times.
  • Development of algorithms supporting the increase of competitiveness of rail transport.
  • Development of assumptions for models of other transfer hubs of different scales.
  • Development of a data standard for information collected within the digital twin of the station and creation of assumptions for interfaces with other areas of the railway system.

EXPECTED IMPLEMENTATION RESULTS:

  • Development of advanced data analysis mechanisms related to real estate management in the railway market (both internal data and external data, i.e., open and commercial datasets available on the market).
  • Increased passenger and customer flow at the transfer hub through the optimal selection of transport types available at the hub.
  • Development of tools supporting the integration of rail transport with road transport, particularly with bus transport, urban transportation, and shared individual transport modes.
  • Increased efficiency in the use and commercialization of real estate through real-time access to data and reports, as well as tools for forecasting and identifying trends.
  • Identification of stakeholder groups at the transport hub to tailor services to user behaviors and classification of target groups based on a cultural codes matrix.
  • Ensuring that the assumptions adopted for the construction of the station’s digital twin by PKP S.A. become the standard for describing station buildings in interoperability regulations at the European Union level.
  • Providing solutions that enable the identification of inter-industry conflicts using digital tools.
  • Identification of stakeholder groups at the transport hub to tailor services to user behavior and classification of target groups based on a cultural codes matrix.

PROJECT PARTNERS:

  1. HACON INGENIEURGESELLSCHAFT MBH (HACON) – Coordinator
    • SIEMENS MOBILITY GMBH (SMO),
    • SIEMENS MOBILITY UNIPESSOAL LDA (SMO PT),
    • SQILLS PRODUCTS B.V. (Sqills),
  2. ADMINISTRADOR DE INFRAESTRUCTURAS FERROVIARIAS (ADIF),
    • CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS Y EXPERIMENTACION DE OBRAS PUBLICAS (CEDEX),
    • INGENIERIA Y ECONOMIA DEL TRANSPORTE SME MP SA (INECO),
    • Renfe Operadora (RENFE)
  3. ALSTOM TRANSPORT SA (ATSA),
    • BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION SWEDEN AB (BTS),
    • BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION (ZWUS) POLSKA SP(ZOO) (BTP),
    • RAILENIUM (RAILENIUM)
  4. MER MEC SPA (MERMEC),
    • MER MEC STE SRL (MMSTE)
  5. AZD PRAHA SRO (AZD),
  6. Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A. (CAF)

    • CONSTRUCCIONES Y AUXILIAR DE FERROCARRILES INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SL (CAF I+D),
    • CAF SIGNALLING S.L (CAFS),
    • CAF TURNKEY & ENGINEERING SOCIEDAD LIMITADA (CAF TE),
    • CAF SIGNALLING SL SOCIEDAD COMANDITARIA SIMPLE (CAF SIG SCS)
  7. ASOCIACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO CEIT (CEIT),
  8. DEUTSCHE BAHN AG (DB)

    • DB STATION&SERVICE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (DB S&S),
    • DB NETZ AG (DBN),
    • DB SYSTEL GMBH (DB Systel),
    • DB SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH (DB ST),
  9. DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT – UND RAUMFAHRT EV (DLR),
  10. ENCLAVAMIENTOS Y SENALIZACION FERROVIARIA ENYSE SA (ENYSE),
  11. ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA (ETRA I+D),
  12. FAIVELEY TRANSPORT SAS (FT),
    • COFREN SRL (COFREN),
    • FAIVELEY TRANSPORT NSF (FT NSF),
  13. FERROVIE DELLO STATO ITALIANE SPA (FS)

    • TRENITALIA SPA (TRIT),
    • RETE FERROVIARIA ITALIANA (RFI),
    • FSTECHNOLOGY SPA (FST),
  14. HITACHI RAIL STS SPA (STS),
  15. INDRA SISTEMAS SA (INDRA),
    • INDRA FACTORIA TECNOLOGICA SL (IFT)
  16. NORWEGIAN RAILWAY DIRECTORATE (NRD),
    • INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK (IFE),
    • SINTEF AS (SINTEF),
  17. KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH (KB),
    • KNORR-BREMSE VASUTI JARMU RENDSZEREK HUNGARIA KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG (KBH),
  18. OBB-Infrastruktur AG (OBB-Infra)

    • SOFTWARE COMPETENCE CENTER HAGENBERG GMBH (SCCH),
    • FREQUENTIS AG (FREQUENTIS),
    • CNS – SOLUTIONS & SUPPORT GMBH (CNS),
    • TEAM TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT GMBH (team CTM),
    • MC MOBILITY CONSULTANTS GMBH (MC),
  19. POLSKIE KOLEJE PANSTWOWE SPOLKA AKCYJNA (PKP),
    • CENTRALNY PORT KOMUNIKACYJNY SP ZOO (CPK),
    • PKP INFORMATYKA SP ZOO (PKP IK),
    • Ignacy Mościcki State Vocational University in Ciechanów (PUZIM)
    • Łódź Metropolitan Railway Limited Liability Company (LKA)
    • The Stansiław Staszic AGH University of Krakow (AGH University)
    • INFRABYTE SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA (IB),
    • SIEĆ BADAWCZA ŁUKASIEWICZ – INSTYTUT TECHNIK INNOWACYJNYCH EMAG (EMAG),
    • SIEĆ BADAWCZA ŁUKASIEWICZ – POZNANSKI INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGICZNY (PIT),
  20. PRORAIL BV (PRORAIL),
    • UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE (UT),
    • TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT (TUD),
  21. NS REIZIGERS BV (NSR),
    • SISCOG SISTEMAS COGNITIVOS SA (SISCOG),
    • TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT (TU Delft),
    • ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM (EUR),
  22. SOCIETE NATIONALE SNCF (SNCF),
    • SNCF RESEAU (SNCF-R),
    • RAILENIUM (RAILENIUM),
    • UNION INTERNATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER (UIC),
    • SNCF VOYAGEURS (SNCF-V),
    • INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM (IMT),
  23. GTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (GTSD),
    • GTS FRANCE SAS (GTSF),
    • REVENUE COLLECTION SYSTEMS FRANCE SAS (RCS),
  24. TRAFIKVERKET – TRV (TRV),
    • KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN (KTH),
    • STATENS VAG- OCH TRANSPORTFORSKNINGSINSTITUT (VTI),
    • LINKOPINGS UNIVERSITET (LIU),
    • LUNDS UNIVERSITET (LU),
    • RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB (RISE),
  25. VOESTALPINE RAILWAY SYSTEMS GMBH (vaRS),
    • VOESTALPINE DIGITAL TRACKMANAGEMENT GMBH (vaDTM),
    • VIRTUAL VEHICLE RESEARCH GMBH (VIF),
    • TRACK MACHINES CONNECTED GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. (TMC),
  26. METRO DE MADRID SA (MdM),
  27. SJ AB (SJ),
  28. Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC)


PROJECT BUDGET:

In the FP1 – MOTIONAL project, the total amount of eligible costs for the entire ecosystem is EUR 54 426 362, 8 of which the grant amounts to EUR 37 875 973,6.
The total project value for Łukasiewicz – EMAG is EUR 107 858,75i ncluding a grant of EUR 64 715,25 from European Union funds and PLN 173 504,00 from national funds.

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