Railway Automation and Telematics
This research group was founded in 1999 and has been dealing with topics regarding automation in the railway industry and telematics in public transit.
Research Focus
Train protection systems for regional lines
This research focus deals with cost-effective technologies and processes for securing railway lines with low traffic demand. Example projects include the GPS-based train protection system for the Pinzgau railway, the SATLOC project (EU project for train protection on routes with low traffic density) and the integration of the protection of railway crossings into a train control system.
Autonomous train driving
This research focus deals with procedures for organising automated operation (GoA 3/4) on regional lines with open track access.
Automation in rail freight transport
This area deals with questions of how the rail freight transport of the future can be improved by automating processes like shunting.
Transport telematics topics
This focus area deals with topics from the fields of dynamic passenger information, baggage logistics in railway stations, airports and trains, Logistics 4.0 with the areas of "Physical Internet".
Projects
Current and completed projects