Day 1
13:00 - Full day programme
13:00
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
13:30
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Chris Fenton, Chief Executive, Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB), UK
14:00
CASE STUDY: TOMORROW’S RAILWAY AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
J Lane & J Dora, RSSB, UK
14:30
FROM RESEARCH TO RULE-MAKING IN THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
J Tunna, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development,
US Department of Transportation, USA
PARALLEL SESSIONS
15:00
STREAM A
VIDEO MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES FOR UNDERSTANDING WHEEL-INDUCED LATERAL FORCES AND TRACK COMPONENT DEFLECTIONS
P Waterfall, University of Bristol; B Temple, C Hardwick, LB Foster, Rail Technologies; J Sharam, A Plumb, Imetrum, UK
STREAM B
A 2D DEM ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY BALLAST VIBRATION UNDER CYCLIC LOADS
X Zhang, C F Zhao, W M Zhai, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
STREAM C
RAILWAY BRIDGE MAINTENANCE MODELLING
B Le, J Andrews, Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre, University of Nottingham, UK
STREAM D
MULTI-DOMAIN SIMULATION OF HYBRID DIESEL-DRIVEN RAILWAY VEHICLES AND COMPARISON OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS
S Schmid, Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG, Research and Development, Germany;
K Ebrahimi, University of Bradford, School of Engineering, Design and Technology, UK; W Commerell, UAS Ulm, Institute of Energy and Drive Technologies, Germany
15:30
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
STREAM A
16:00
PREDICTION OF WHEEL-RAIL CONTACT FORCES BASED ON A LOCOMOTIVE DYNAMIC INVERSE MODELLING
Y Q Sun, M Spiryagin, C Cole, Central Queensland University, Centre for Railway Engineering, Australia
16:30
OVERALL CONSIDERATION OF THE WHEEL/RAIL CONTACT: KEY FACTOR FOR RELIABLE PREDICTIONS OF VEHICLE TRACK INTERACTION
K Six, A Meierhofer, G Trummer, C Marte, G Müller, B Luber, M Rosenberger, Virtual Vehicle Research Centre, Austria; P Dietmaier, Institute for Applied Mechanics, Graz University of Technology, Austria
17:00
DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAM-TRAIN WHEEL PROFILE FOR DUAL-OPERATION RUNNING
D Crosbee, P D Allen, University of Huddersfield, UK; R Carroll, Sheffield Supertram, UK
STREAM B
16:00
CASE STUDY: THE RAIL TRACKFORM STIFFNESS TESTER: FROM IDEA TO COMMERCIAL REALITY
P Sharpe, C Govan, URS
16:30
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF CRTS II SLAB TRACK USING A FULL SCALE TEST RIG
W Mingze, Y Xuancheng, Z Shengyang, C Chengbiao, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
17:00
THE INFLUENCE OF SUPPORT CONDITIONS ON SHORT AND LONG-TERM TRACK BEHAVIOUR
I Grossoni, Y Bezin, Institute of Railway Research, University of Huddersfield, UK
STREAM C
16:00
SCOPING PREDICTION OF RE-RADIATED GROUND-BORNE NOISE AND VIBRATION NEAR HIGH-SPEED RAIL LINES WITH VARIABLE SOILS
D P Connolly, P K Woodward, O Laghrouche, B Suryanto, G Medero, Heriot-Watt University, UK; M C Forde, University of Edinburgh, UK; G Kouroussi, Department of Theoretical Mechanics, Dynamics and Vibrations, University of Mons, Belgium
16:30
STUDY ON RADIATION CONTRIBUTION OF WHEEL/RAIL SYSTEM NOISE
Q Yin, C Cai, S Zhu, Z Chen, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
17:00
MODELLING OF TRAIN-INDUCED VIBRATION
E Ntotsios, S G Koroma, D J Thompson, ISVR, University of Southampton, UK; H E M Hunt, J P Talbot, W I Hamad, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK; M F M Hussein, ISVR, University of Southampton, UK & Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar
STREAM D
16:00
DETERMINING SYSTEM-WIDE ENERGY USE IN AN ESTABLISHED METRO NETWORK
J P Powell, A González-Gil, R Palacín, P Batty, Newcastle University, UK
16:30
VIABLE FLYWHEEL SYSTEM FOR RAIL
J C Wheals, W To, J Dalby, M Vigar, J Hodgson, J Buchanan, Ricardo UK; A Robertson, J MacPherson, J Taylor, Artemis IP; W Lanoe, M Heaton, Bombardier Transportation, UK
17:00
METRO TRACTION AND POWER SYSTEM ENERGY OPTIMISATION
N Zhao, Z Tian, S Hillmansen, C Roberts, The Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, School of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK; M Yuan, J Li, Guangzhou Metro Corporation; H Shi, Guangzhou Metro Design & Research Institute Co, China
All delegates to make their way back to the LECTURE THEATRE
17:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Keir Fitch, Deputy Head of Cabinet, European Commission
18:30
EVENING DRINKS RECEPTION
Day 2
08:30 - Full day programme
08:30
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr Norimichi Kumagai, Executive Director, Rail Technical Research Institute, Japan
PARALLEL SESSIONS
STREAM A
09:30
CRITICAL VELOCITIES EFFECTS ON HIGH-SPEED TRAIN AT LEDSGAARD, SWEDEN
S Mezher, P K Woodward, O Laghrouche, G Kouroussis, G Medero, D P Connolly, Institute for Infrastructure and Environment, Heriot-Watt University, UK
10:00
BAYESIAN RECONSTRUCTION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL RAILWAY TRACK GEOMETRY: IMPROVEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SYSTEM TOWARD PRACTICAL USE
A Yoshimura, Tokyo University of Technology, School of Computer Science, Japan
STREAM B
09:30
CASE STUDY: TRACK 21
Professor William Powrie, University of Southampton, UK
10:00
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A REPOINT LABORATORY DEMONSTRATOR
S D Bemment, R Dixon, R Goodall, C P Ward, N Wright, School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Loughborough University, UK
STREAM C
09:30
IDENTIFICATION OF BRIDGE BEARING DAMAGE BASED ON RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NEURAL NETWORK
Z Chen, Q Yin, D Zhang, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
10:00
DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS IN SUPPORT OF INSTALLATION OF LIGHT RAIL TRACKS ON THE HOMER H. HADLEY MEMORIAL FLOATING BRIDGE
C Ketchum, Transportation Technology Centre; T Cooper, Parsons Brinckerhoff; R Joy, Transportation Technology Centre; H Sederat, SC Solutions, J Sleavin, Sound Transit, USA; A Foan, Andy Foan Ltd, UK
STREAM D
09:30
CASE STUDY: CLOSED LOOP PANTOGRAPH FOR BETTER CURRENT COLLECTION
Lee Brun, Brecknell Willis
10:00
TO BE CONFIRMED
10:30
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
PARALLEL SESSIONS
STREAM A
11:00
STUDYING VARIATIONS OF SKYHOOK METHOD FOR COMFORT IMPROVEMENT
A Qazizadeh, S Stichel, Division of Rail Vehicles, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; R Persson, Rolling Stock Central & Northern Europe and Asia, Bombardier Transportation, Sweden
11:30
HUNTING STABILITY AND IMPROVEMENT MEASURES FOR HIGH-SPEED VEHICLES
J Zeng, L Wei, M Chi, J Wang, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
12:00
THE SUSTRAIL FREIGHT VEHICLE
S D Iwnicki, Institute of Railway Research, University of Huddersfield, UK; A Orlova, Petersburg State Transport University, Russia; P A Jonsson, Division of Railway Vehicles, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; M Fartan, REARUL Engineering, Cluj, Romania
STREAM B
11:00
EFFECT OF DISABLED CEMENT ASPHALT MORTAR LAYER ON DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF SLAB TRACK
J Han, L Ling, X B Xiao, Z F Wen, X S Jin, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University; G T Zhao, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University & China Railway Corporation, China
11:30
THE EFFECTS OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC ON TRACKBED STABILITY AND DEFORMATION DUE TO CLAY FILL PERFORMANCE
G R Taylor, R Tan, A S O’Brien, Mott MacDonald Limited, UK
12:00
ESTIMATING THE DAMAGE AND MARGINAL COST OF DIFFERENT VEHICLE TYPES ON RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE: A COMBINED ENGINEERING AND STATISTICAL APPROACH
A S J Smith, University of Leeds; A Kaushal, S D Iwnicki, University of Huddersfield; UK, K Odolinski, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Department of Transport Economics, Sweden
STREAM C
11:00
A FREQUENCY-DOMAIN FINITE ELEMENT APPROACH FOR MODELLING RAILWAY INDUCED VIBRATION IN SOILS
N Hamdan, O Laghrouche, P K Woodward, D Connolly
Institute for Infrastructure & Environment, Heriot-Watt University, UK
11:30
APPLICATION OF DYNAMIC VIBRATION ABSORBERS IN VIBRATION CONTROL OF FLOATING SLAB TRACK UNDER TRAIN–TRACK INTERACTION
S Zhu, C Cai, L Zhang, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University; J Yang, H Yan, China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co, China
12:00
INVESTIGATION OF GROUND VIBRATION FROM CIRCULAR TUNNELS USING A 2.5D FE/BE MODEL OF TUNNEL AND GROUND
Q Jin, D J Thompson, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, UK
STREAM D
11:00
CASE STUDY: THE PRIZES OF MANAGING ADHESION
Dr Alan Lawton, Independent Engineering Consultant
11:30
ADDRESSING NODAL CONSTRAINTS ON RAILWAY CAPACITY
J Armstrong, University of Southampton, Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering and Science & Arup; J Preston, University of Southampton, Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering and Science; UK
12:00
INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECT OF MOISTURE ON RAIL ADHESION
J Fisk, T Armitage, Arup; R Lewis, D Fletcher, M Evans, A Arnall, University of Sheffield, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UK
12:30
NETWORKING LUNCH
PARALLEL SESSIONS
STREAM A
13:30
DEVELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY FOR CO-SIMULATION
OF TILTING TRAINS IN SIMPACK-SIMULINK
N Kuka, Railway Dynamics/Engineering, ALSTOM Transport 23; C Ariaudo, R Verardi, Railway Dynamics/Engineering, ALSTOM, Italy
14:00
APPARENTLY INDEPENDENTLY ROTATING WHEELSET - A POSSIBLE SOLUTION FOR ALL NEEDS?
A Bracciali, University of Florence & AB Consulting, Italy
14:30
HUNTING STABILITY AND IMPROVEMENT MEASURES FOR HIGH SPEED VEHICLES
J Zeng, LWei, M Chi, J Wang, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
STREAM B
13:30
FAILURE ANALYSIS OF RAILROAD CONCRETE CROSSTIES IN CENTRE BINDING CONDITIONS USING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
H Yu, B P Marquis, D Y Jeong, Structures and Dynamics Division, Volpe National Transportation Systems Centre, USA
14:00
INSULATED RAIL JOINT ENHANCEMENT: TESTING AND ANALYSIS
A E Beagles, P Beaty, D I Fletcher, R Lewis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK; B Temple, LB Foster Rail Technologies, UK
14:30
FORMALISED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF CAST MANGANESE CROSSINGS FOR SWITCH AND CROSSING LAYOUTS
H Persson, J M Ritchie, Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, UK; M Westoby, Progress Rail Services UK
STREAM C
13:30
REAL-TIME ONBOARD MONITORING OF TRAIN WHEELS AND AXLE BEARING CONDITION
I Corni, N Symonds, R J K Wood, National Centre for Advanced Tribology- Southampton Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, UK; A Wasenczuk, D Vincent, Perpetuum, UK
14:00
CONDITION MONITORING OF ROLLER BEARINGS USING ACOUSTIC EMISSION TECHNIQUES
M Entezami, L Saade, E Stewart, C Roberts, P Weston, The University of Birmingham, UK; R Lewis, TWI Ltd, UK
14:30
MODERN INNOVATIONS ON THE APPLICATION OF THE ROTATING ULTRASONIC PROBE TO IN-SERVICE INSPECTION OF FREIGHT SOLID AXLES: EXPERIMENTS AND MAPOD APPROACH
M Carboni, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano; S Cantini, Lucchini RS SpA, Lovere (BG), Italy
STREAM D
13:30
CASE STUDY: THE ‘ON-TIME’ PROJECT
Meena Dasigi, Principal Engineer, Network Rail, UK
14:00
ROBUST MULTI-TRAIN TRAJECTORY OPTIMISATION FOR REAL WORLD CONDITIONS USING A ‘NOISY’ GENETIC ALGORITHM
J Goodwin, D I Fletcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, R F Harrison, Department of Automatic Control & Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK
14:30
SAFECAP: THE TRAIN ADVISORY SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
A Iliasov, A Romanovsky, Newcastle University, School of Computing Science, UK
15:00
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
PARALLEL SESSIONS
STREAM A
15:30
EVALUATION OF BOGIE ROTATIONAL RESISTANCE
T Tanaka, K Iida, M Suzuki, T Iida, N Watanabe, T Miyamoto; Vehicle Mechanics Laboratory, Railway Dynamics Division, Railway Technical Research Institute, Japan
16:00
INVESTIGATION OF THE APPLICATION OF ADJUSTABLE AIR SUSPENSION UNDER TRACTION CONTROL FOR HEAVY HAUL LOCOMOTIVES
M Spiryagin, YQ Sun, C Cole, Central Queensland University, Centre for Railway Engineering; P Wolfs, Central Queensland University, Power and Energy Centre, Australia; V Spiryagin, Rostov Electric Locomotive Repair Plant, Russia; I Persson, AB DEsolver, Östersund, Sweden
STREAM B
15:30
CONDITION MONITORING OF AUDIO FREQUENCY TRACK CIRCUITS
L Saade, P Weston, C Roberts, University of Birmingham, UK
16:00
A 10GBIT/S ETHERNET INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FUTURE-PROOFED RAILWAY COMMUNICATIONS
G Koczian, S Walker, University of Essex, UK; G Howell, B Simpkin, LPA Connect, UK
STREAM C
15:30
APPLICATION OF FRA NEW VEHICLE-TRACK SYSTEM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
B P Marquis, Structures and Dynamics Division, Volpe National Transportation Systems Centre; A Tajaddini, Office of Research and Development, Federal Railroad Administration; M Trosino, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, USA; H P Kotz, Siemens – Infrastructure and Cities, Rail Systems Division Locomotives &
Components, BG EN SDS VD, Austria; W Breuer, Siemens – Infrastructure and Cities, Rail Systems Division Locomotives and Components, EN SC, Germany
16:00
CASE STUDY: IMPROVING TRACK TOLERANCES USING VIRTUAL HIGH FIXITY
Peter Woodward, Heriot-Watt University, UK
STREAM D
15:30
THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A LEAN FUTURE STATE DESIGN METHODOLOGY TO THE RAILWAY POSSESSION AND ISOLATION AUTHORISATION PROCESS
S Stiles, University of Nottingham, SHE Solutions, UK; W Garner, Coventry University, UK
16:00
MODERN COMMUNICATION TOOLS AND THE GENERALISED COST OF TRAVEL
S Pani, F Schmid, Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, School of Civil Engineering; N G Harris, Railway Consultancy, UK
All delegates to make their way back to the LECTURE THEATRE
16:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Professor Manuel Seabra Pereira, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal
19:00
CONFERENCE DINNER
Day 3
08:30 - Full day programme
08:30
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Professor Richard Parry-Jones CBE, Chairman, Network Rail, UK
PARALLEL SESSIONS
STREAM A
09:30
INFLUENCE OF VARYING INPUT PARAMETERS ON MODEL VALIDATION RESULTS
G Götz, Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Rail Vehicles, Germany; O Polach, Bombardier Transportation AG, Switzerland
10:00
A COMPARISON OF FULL SCALE AND MODEL SCALE MEASUREMENTS OF TRAIN AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS
C Baker, A Quinn, H Hemida, M Sterling, M Gallagher, J Morden, School of Civil Engineering, Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, University of Birmingham, UK
STREAM B
09:30
NEW ADVANCES IN WIRELESS MESH SENSORS ARE TRANSFORMING ASSET CONDITION MONITORING IN RAIL
S Maddison, B Smith, Senceive, UK
10:00
DEPLOYING A LOW ENERGY POWER MODEL WITHIN DATA LOGGERS AND SENSORS FOR THE REMOTE MONITORING OF ASSETS
R J Preece, Arrowvale Electronics & University of Birmingham, UK; T M Hanif, R J Amos, Arrowvale Electronics; E J C Stewart, University of Birmingham, UK
STREAM C
09:30
FATIGUE EVALUATION OF HIGH-SPEED CAR BODY UNDER RANDOM LOADING
P B Wu, F S Li, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University; A Q Tian, X L Sun, CSR Qingdao Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co, China
10:00
REVISING U.S PASSENGER RAILCAR OCCUPIED VOLUME STRENGTH REQUIREMENTS
J Gordon, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development,
US Department of Transportation, USA
STREAM D
09:30
EVALUATING OPTIONS FOR A FAULT TOLERANT RAILWAY SYSTEM
C Fecarotti, J Andrews, R Remenyte-Prescott, Department of Civil Engineering, UK
10:00
THE PAPER THAT ELIMINATES PAPER
M Davies, Software Solutions, Interfleet, UK
10:30
NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
PARALLEL SESSIONS
STREAM A
11:00
THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE HXN3 LOCOMOTIVE CAB VIBRATION ISOLATION SYSTEM
C S Li, S H Luo, W H Ma, State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University; T W Qu, Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Co, CNR Group, China
11:30
VIBRATION ISOLATION DESIGN OF UNDER CHASSIS EQUIPMENTS FOR HIGH-SPEED EMU TRAINS
D Gong, J Zhou, W Sun, Institute of Railway & Urban Mass Transit Research, Tongji University, China
12:00
FLEXIBLE CAR BODY VERTICAL VIBRATION CHARACTERISTIC OF A HIGH-SPEED TRAIN
H Cao, Traction Power State Key Laboratory, Southwest Jiaotong University & Southwest University of Science & Technology; W Zhang, B Miao, Traction Power State Key Laboratory, Southwest Jiaotong University & Southwest University of Science & Technology, China
STREAM B
11:00
ICE-S VEHICLE REACTION MEASUREMENT AND TRACK GEOMETRY MEASUREMENT ON THE SAME MEASURING TRAIN: RESULTS OF THE COMPARISON OF THE TWO DIFFERENT TRACK INSPECTION METHODS
T Kolbe, R Kratochwille, Department for Vehicle Dynamic Tests, DB Systemtechnik GmbH Deutsche Bahn AG, Germany
11:30
DETECTION OF VERTICAL TRACK FAULTS USING AN INSTRUMENTED IN-SERVICE VEHICLE: CONSIDERING EFFICIENT REAL-TIME FAULT DETECTION
G J Yeo, P F Weston, C Roberts, University of Birmingham, UK
12:00
DETERMINATION OF VERTICAL ALIGNMENT OF TRACK USING ACCELEROMETER READINGS
E J O’Brien, School of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University College Dublin; C Bowe, Irish Rail, Technical Department, Engineering & New Works; P Quirke, School of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University College Dublin; I Eireann, Irish Rail, Technical Department, Engineering & New Works, Ireland
STREAM C
11:00
CRASHWORTHINESS RESEARCH ON DIESEL MULTIPLE UNIT FUEL TANKS
K M Jacobsen, M E Carolan, Volpe National Transportation Systems Centre, US Department of Transportation, USA
11:30
LOCOMOTIVE CRASHWORTHINESS RESEARCH
D C Tyrell, P Llana, Volpe National Transportation Systems Centre, US Department of Transportation, USA
12:00
SIMULATION AND VALIDATION OF RADIAL EXPANSION TUBES FOR ENERGY ABSORPTION
C Moreno, D J Hughes, R Dashwood, WMG, University of Warwick; T Williams, OLEO International, UK
STREAM D
11:00
LEAN PRINCIPLES AND SUSTAINABLE OPERATION OF HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYS
D Hasegawa, G Nicholson, C Roberts, F Schmid, Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, The University of Birmingham, UK; V Novak, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
11:30
CONSIDERATION OF THE POTENTIAL TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN OPERATIONAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND EMISSIONS AND EMBEDDED ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND EMISSIONS IN RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
J A Pritchard, Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton, UK
12:00
ADVANCED SYSTEMS INTEGRATION IN MAJOR RAIL PROJECTS
S Bhamra, G Georgiou, M Georgaras, Bechtel and Crossrail, UK
12:30
NETWORKING LUNCH
All delegates to make their way back to the LECTURE THEATRE
13:30
CASE STUDY: RAILWAY ACCIDENTS: RESEARCH CHALLENGES
Winston Rasaiah, Rail Accident Investigation Branch, UK
14:00
CASE STUDY: DIGITAL RAILWAY
Jerry England, Group Asset Management Director, Network Rail, UK
14:30
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Chris Jackson, Railway Gazette, UK
Following the close of Chris Jackson’s presentation, Professor Simon Iwnicki, Chair of the Railway Division, will present the Best Paper Award
15:00
CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
STEPHENSON CONFERENCE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Stefano Beretta, POLIMI, Italy
Mats Berg, KTH, Sweden
Andrew Broadbent, RSSB, UK
Mark Burstow, Network Rail, UK
Daniel Cadet, Alstom, France
Sylvia Churba, GHD, UK
Andy Doherty, Network Rail, UK
Bridget Eickhoff, RSSB, UK
Mike Forde, University of Edinburgh, UK
Pierre-Etienne Gautier, SYSTRA, France
Roger Goodall, Loughborough University, UK
Richard Gostling, Past RD Chair, IMechE, UK
Andreas Haigermoser,
ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
Francis How, RIA, UK
Simon Iwnicki, University of Huddersfield, UK
Andrew Broadbent, RSSB, UK
Richard Gostling, Past Chairman, Railway Division, UK