Capacity and Resilience for Rail

CaRe4Rail

Shift2Rail
Graphical representation of the Shift2Rail concept of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
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The Capacity and Resilience for Rail (CaRe4Rail) project develops and demonstrates technical, operational and safety-related solutions for the transformation of rail transport into digitally networked and automated rail transport. To this end, the necessary information and management systems, systems to ensure driving stability, efficient, safe and robust levels of automation, condition monitoring and the division of functions between humans and automation are being developed and their interaction ensured. The system benefits of energy efficiency and safety, cost efficiency, reliability and flexibility of the rail transport system will be significantly improved. In addition, the topic of immersive visualisations in rail transport will be examined.

Artist's illustration of rail transport

CaRe4Rail builds on the results and preliminary work of Train Control and Management (TraCo).

The project vision and mission are summarised in the following five main work packages:

  • Technologies and tools for vehicle localisation, condition monitoring and predictive maintenance as well as safeguarding automated train control systems
  • Investigation of measures to increase transient crosswind stability
  • Infrastructural and human factors requirements for robust operational management
  • Europe's rail
  • Immersive visualisations in rail transport

Project CaRe4Rail – Capacity and Resilience for Rail

Participating DLR institutes and facilities

Institute of Transportation Systems

In today’s economy and society mobility is of high significance. People want to arrive at their destinations comfortably and quickly. Goods have to be moved economically over long and short distances.

Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology

The Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology is a leading research institute in the field of aerodynamics/aeroacoustics of airplanes and aerothermodynamics of space vehicles.

Institute of Vehicle Concepts

The Institute of Vehicle Concepts is a system-oriented institute, handling and coordinating research subjects related to traffic and transportation at the DLR location in Stuttgart.

Institute of Communications and Navigation

The Institute of Communications and Navigation develops and investigates new systems and methods for radio transmission and radiolocation.

Institute of Aerospace Medicine

Within the entire German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Institute of Aerospace Medicine is the only research institute that focuses on life science issues related to transport and aerospace.

Institute of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul

The Institute of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul based in Hamburg Finkenwerder conducts research in the field of optimisation and automatisation of maintenance processes and explores innovative technologies for diagnostics, maintenance and modifications of airborne systems.

Institute for Software Technology

The mission of the Institute for Software Technology is research and development in software engineering technologies, and the incorporation of these technologies into DLR software projects.

Institute of Systems Engineering for Future Mobility

The newly founded DLR Institute of Systems Engineering for Future Mobility in Oldenburg focuses on research into the methods needed to develop and validate future automated and autonomous transport systems.

Institute of Software Methods for Product Virtualization

The Institute for Software Methods for Product Virtualisation researches and develops the technical basis for generating virtual products in aviation.

Institute of System Dynamics and Control

The main focus of the Institute of System Dynamics and Control is the requirement driven, system dynamically holistic design, optimal feedforward and robust feedback control of complex safety critical systems for spaceflight systems, aircraft, road, railway and planetary vehicles, as well as industrial robots.

Institute of Transport Research

The subjects of mobility and transport affect people today more than ever. On the one hand, an effective transport system is an essential prerequisite for a prospering economy. On the other hand, mobility also allows individuals to actively participate in social life while offering them a high level of personal freedom. This reliance means that individuals participating in the transport system are more easily frustrated with disruptions such as capacity constraints, delay, inadequate information or insufficient safety.

Systemhaus Technik

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Contact

Anna-Maria Ademeit

Project management
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Institute of Transportation Systems
Lilienthalplatz 7, 38108 Braunschweig