1. TRAIN COM Fifth Framework Programme 23 May, 2000 Laboratori Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi 1 Paolo Umiliacchi - TrainCom Consortium Integrated Vehicle/Infrastructure System for Remote Maintenance and Travel Information Workshop on Research and Technological Development for Information Society Technologies Applied to Transport and Tourism Brussels - 24 May 2000

2. TRAIN COM Fifth Framework Programme 23 May, 2000 Laboratori Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi 2 TCN Train Communication Network  In 1999, IEC finalised a ten year long project to specify the Train Communication Network, which has been approved as IS IEC 61375-1  TCN is a complete solution for digital communications aboard trains, between equipment located both in the same vehicle or in different vehicles  IEEE Vehicular Society included TCN in its IEEE 1473-1999 IEEE Standard for Communications Protocol Aboard Trains, as P1473-T cockpit power line diagnosis radio Train Bus motor controlpower electronicsbrakestrack signals Vehicle Bus brakes air conditioning doors power light passenger information seat reservation Vehicle Bus Train Bus

3. TRAIN COM Fifth Framework Programme 23 May, 2000 Laboratori Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi 3 UIC Definition of railway data traffic and networked applications TCN standard specification UIC leaflet 556 Traction - leaflet 647 Diagnostic leaflet 557 Passenger info - 176 Train staff, repair personnel, other operators Process dataMessage data

4. TRAIN COM Fifth Framework Programme 23 May, 2000 Laboratori Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi 4 ROSIN project (TAP) Passenger Information System Integrated System for Mass Transit Automatic brake test for Freight Trains UIC 556 Conformance Testbed

5. TRAIN COM Fifth Framework Programme 23 May, 2000 Laboratori Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi 5 Remote maintenance ROSIN concept

6. TRAIN COM Fifth Framework Programme 23 May, 2000 Laboratori Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi 6 TrainCom project

7. TRAIN COM Fifth Framework Programme 23 May, 2000 Laboratori Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi 7 RoMain

8. TRAIN COM Fifth Framework Programme 23 May, 2000 Laboratori Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi 8 Dynamic Passenger Information System  The system handles trip information and seat reservation data, according to a common database structure; this will enable system interconnection between different operators and States DATABASESEAT RESERVATIONTRAVEL INFORMATION TRAINCOM

9. TRAIN COM Fifth Framework Programme 23 May, 2000 Laboratori Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi 9 Vision UIC-Intranet Fire- wall Railway industry Firewall SNCF DB IC 377 Dispatcher TNS-Server Internet

10. TRAIN COM Fifth Framework Programme 23 May, 2000 Laboratori Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi 10 European Railway Name Space Status.ZSG.dining car.IC377.DB.UIC UIC DB IC 377 Dining car Status ZSG NIC

11. TRAIN COM Fifth Framework Programme 23 May, 2000 Laboratori Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi 11 Fleet Management

12. TRAIN COM Fifth Framework Programme 23 May, 2000 Laboratori Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi 12 Conclusions  Railways in Europe need to take advantage of Information Technology to reach a higher level of competitiveness, safety and quality of service  The European Commission is giving precise guidelines, e. g. Directives for Interoperability  Standards are needed to support the Technical Specifications for Interoperability  Europe wide infrastructures need to be developed to support the new organisation of railway operators, as well as intermodality  Integration of existing and new technologies can enable new models for services (dynamic passenger information, maintenance) as part of a global fleet management system