From Shift2Rail to Europe’s Rail, Future Perspectives for Alternative Drive Trains Standardizations and Energy Efficiency
摘要
Shift2Rail (S2R), railway R&D program, ended in 2023 after several years of works to demonstrate newly technologies to improve railway activities. Inside project PINTA3 on traction system, Work Package 3 (WP3) reports a 1st state of play of alternative drive vehicles in Europe. Since end of 2022, new European program “Europe’s Rail” (ERJU) started, with different innovation pillars. One of them, the flagship project 4 “RAIL4EARTH”, is focusing on sustainable and green rail systems. Inside RAIL4EARTH, a Work Package, WP01, is working on “Energy Management & Pre-Standardization for Alternative drive trains and related railway system, with the objective to improve standardization and energy efficiency for alternative drive vehicles. Different subtasks in the WP01 will cover the main topics of standardization of interfaces and energy management.