Railway track

Elmia Nordic Rail is held in Jönköping, Sweden on 9 - 11 October. You are welcome to visit VTI and other players engaged on rail research at our joint research stand B01:10.

At this stand, we are showing and demonstrating the most recent research relating to railways. You can also try out the VTI train simulator SST at the stand.

Seminars in english at the stand
Tuesday October 9
15.45 – 16.15
TIMM Train Information Monitoring and Management – Condition monitoring of running stability and current collection
Stefan Östlund/Mats Berg, Järnvägsgruppen KTH

Wednesday October 10
12.45 – 13.15
Dynamic Performance of Freight Wagons and their Influence on Track Deterioration Cost
Per Anders Jönsson, Järnvägsgruppen KTH

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 The Swedish rail freight market was deregulated in 1996. This granted private and public firms access to the tracks and enabled competition with the former state-owned monopoly Statens Järnvägar (SJ). SJ separated the freight business in 2001, to...
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Knowledge in the fight against microplastics from road traffic

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How to make autonomous vehicles coexist with other traffic

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Electric roads: ‘Standardisation is an important factor for a future European transport system’

VTI employees recently arranged a workshop in Brussels on the standardisation of Electric Road Systems (ERS). ERS has become increasingly relevant as a possible method for reducing the transport sector's environmental impacts, especially in terms of climate...

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Research on passenger and freight transport research

Shift2Rail is a European railway project that works actively to create innovations within the railway sector. IMPACT-2 is a project within Shift2Rail that follows and evaluates the innovation projects. How are the innovations coming along? Are they beneficial...

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How vehicles can avoid accidents on newly paved roads

Friction is an important property for road safety. VTI has investigated how roads change in the first few weeks after surfacing work has been completed. Researchers recommend posting warning signs when the road is opened and waiting at least three weeks to...

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VTI contributes to study on older drivers and accidents

On behalf of and in collaboration with the Swedish Transport Agency, VTI has carried out a study of older drivers and the link between illness and traffic accidents. The Transport Agency has now published the results.

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