1. The UIC organisation and R&D activities
Jerzy Wisniewski
Director for Fundamental Values Department, UIC
International Forum Transport Science ,
Moscow, March 2011

2. The UIC in general – an overview
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3. UIC in 2011: 200 Members on all Continents
82 active members:
Railways, railway infrastructure managers, railway operators, from Europe, Russia, the Maghreb, the Middle East, Kazakhstan, India, Pakistan, Japan, China, Korea, South Africa
82 associate members:
Including railways in Asia, Africa, America, Australia
36 affiliate members:
Companies conducting activities connected with rail transport public transport, sleeping cars, caterers, other railway bodies, …
Members are:
Railways; Rail operators; Infrastructure managers;
Railway service providers; Public transport companies
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4. a continuous expansion
UIC in 2011:
a continuous expansion
Members
Active
Associate
Affiliate 4
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5. UIC Mission Promoting the development of rail transport
at world level,
in order to meet challenges
of mobility and sustainable development
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6. UIC’s role Facilitator Provider Developer Organiser . Know How,
. Technical and Operational expertise,
. Technical solutions,
. Regulations, standards,
. Best practices.
. Exchange platforms,
. Innovation: new ideas, new concepts,
. Protecting member railways’ common interests,.
. Support policies of development of key infrastructure projects.
Facilitator
Provider
Developer
. Specifications,
. Standards,
. Interfaces,
. Studies,
. Interoperability for international rail corridors.
Organiser
- Forums, - Seminars, - Conferences,
. Congresses
. WCRR
. UIC Highspeed,
. Global Rail Freight . Security
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7. Synergies between UIC and its partner organisations
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8. UIC Global Cooperation Issues serving the entire Railway community
Environment and Sustainable Development
Safety and Security
Freight / Intercontinental corridors 
Railway Signalling and Control Command
Standardisation 8
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9. The UIC HQ organisational structure and it’s Working Bodies
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10. Internal structure of UIC
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
EXECUTIVE BOARD
EMC
REGIONAL
ASSEMBLY
EUROPE
REGIONAL ASSEMBLIES RS F P
RCG
IRRB FV
RAIL SYSTEM FORUM
RESEARCH
Track
&
Structures
Sector
Train
Dynamics
&
Running
Gear
Sector
Operations
&
CCS
Sector
Energy
Management
Sector
Rolling
Stock
Sector
FREIGHT
FORUM
PASSENGER
FORUM
Safety
Platform
Security
Platform
Expertise Development Platform
Sustainable Development Platform

11. Member – led UIC working body
Passenger Freight Rail System Fundamental Values
UIC
Passenger Forum
UIC
Freight Forum
UIC
Rail System Forum
UIC
Platforms
High Speed
Plenary Committee
Special Groups
CTG / INTERUNIT
-Raildata
-IFC
Environment, Energy and Sustainability
Track and Structures Sector
Station Managers Group
-SMG
TAF TSI Deployment
(UIC-CER-EIM
-UIP-ERFA)
Steering Committee
Train Dynamics and
Running Gear Section
Safety
Operations and
CCS Sector
Security
Intercontinental Freight
Corridors Coordination
Group
Expertise Development
Energy Management
Sector
Research coordination
7FP ERRAC,RCG,IRRB
Rolling Stock
Sector
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12. The Department for Fundamental Values and it’s Research activities
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13. Fundamental Values Department
Sustainable Development
Environment,
Economic aspects
Research(EU Research programmes, ERRAC, IRRB, WCRR, IRRB)
Noise
Energy / CO2 reduction
Worldwide research
World Conference on Railway Research (WCRR), May 2011 in Lille
IRRB plenary- 26 May 2011 in Lille
Transport Research Arena (TRA) Athens
Railway Safety
Security
Expertise Development International Training & Information Sessions, e-learning 
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14. European Commission – Framework Program for Research – FP7/FP8
FP - Framework Program
FP7 – 2007 – 2013; FP8 from 2014
Annually 30 Million Euro + direct support for rail research projects
Annual Call for proposals
ERRAC – European Rail Research Advisory Board (to EC)
bringing together:
Railway undertakings
Infrastructure companies
Urban and regional transport operators
Manufacturing industry
Representatives of the EU Member States
Customer groups
Academics institutions
Member States
European Commission
Setting the rail research priorities and advising the EC  FP
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15. UIC – ERRAC and EC Framework Program Participation from Russia
The UIC Dept FV invites the research priorities of its members
in cooperation with IRRB and Regional bodies (RCG for Europe)
UIC member’s research priorities  ERRAC  EC services  FP
 Call for Proposals  if evaluated positively by EC  50% - 100% EC funding
Participation from Russia welcomed in priority setting
Participation from Russia welcomed by EC for participation in EC funded RTD projects
Participation of Russian project partners funded by EC as are EU MS partners
EC DG Research and Russian Railways have signed research cooperation declaration
UIC Dept FV supports the research priority setting, coordination and ERRAC input
UIC Dept FV supports forming of consortia and drafting of project proposals
UIC provided administrative support to the process
Russian rail research organisations can participate directly or indirectly (if UIC member:
through UIC) in EC funded research projects
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16. IRRB International Railway Research Board RCG 2 1 WCRR 3 OTHER UIC
WORKING
BODIES
RCG
GATHERING INFORMATION
on rail research projects and studies
– past and present –
other contacts on funding sources
cooperation & information exchange with
the WCRR
UIC Research Portal interlinking
with member’s rail research data bases
DEVELOPING
establish and promote a vehicle and processes for
identification and ranking of critically important issues
identify commonalities in problems and research needs
identify the needs for standardisation
check the UIC Leaflets and indicate
where there is a need to update them
and/or transform them into voluntary railway standards
initiate and stimulate UIC projects,
studies & collaborative research projects
among its members based on the
principle of a “variable geometry” 2 1
OTHER
BODIES
Academia &
R&D Institutes
IRRB
WCRR
DISSEMINATION & IMPLEMENTATION
identify how results from research undertaken can be
made available and used towards solving problems and
towards innovation of the various aspects of the railway system
support dissemination and recommend ways of dissemination
of results to coordinate with the WCRR organization 3
Global
Rail Research
Awards
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17. Railway Research Portal
What is it for ?
 Gives you an overview of research projects and their deliverables at a global level
 Helps you finding research results and/or data in a quick, global and organized manner
to efficiently prepare for future research projects
 Avoid duplication
 Proposes an inter-active rail research data base
 Provides contacts as well as data and links to research institutes, researchers, other
international rail research data-bases and other rail research related information
The railway sector needs to think beyond tomorrow and beyond rail in order to design a strategy for rail at a global level !
What you will find on the portal ?
Search engine typing keywords
Railway Research e-News
Contacts and useful links
Research by Topics (link to other research data-banks)
Projects sheets
Projects evaluations (ERRAC Projects Evaluation sheets)
Other Documents (WCRR, TRA documents … etc)
Railway Research Events (link to UIC website)

18. Other UIC activities and services to its members
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19. Worldwide ETCS and GSM-R Implementations / Projects
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20. Existing and Potential Corridors
Develop a few main corridors to capture growing international trade
Stronger focus on intermodality and cooperation with shipping lines
Use UIC as a platform for development
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21. Contribution to European Networks and
Masterplans - European high speed network 2020
180 < v < 250 km/h
Other lines
v > 250 km/h Planned
v > 250 km/h
Source: UIC
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22. INNOTRACK – Practice of collaboration
11 Railways
14 Manufacturers
9 Universities
6th Framework Programme, contract no TIP5-CT
3 years of close cooperation
~142 deliverables (~15 administrative)
More than pages of report of research & development
Reducing cost for maintenance and LCC about 30%

23. ProtectRail – FP7 EU funded project
5 Railways
+ UIC
Supply Industries
+ UNIFE
Universities +
Research Institutes
Security
specialists
EU 7th Framework Programme, 42 months of close cooperation, 21 M Euro
~ Develop a comprehensive vision of current and future risks regarding all different assets,
Implement asset-oriented integrated solutions
Integrate solutions and demonstrate a global architecture, including modularity and interoperability,
Derive from these results a future design for homogeneous security.

24. Other EU funded projects with UIC involvement
ERRAC ROADMAP – Designing the “Route-map” (priorities and planning) for future rail research in Europe
AUTOMAIN - Augmented Usage of Track by Optimisation of Maintenance, Allocation and Inspection of railway Networks
MARATHON - Improvement the performance and appeal of rail freight services for the customers by the fast implementation of technologies, operations and business practices (longer and heavier trains, better service & lower cost).
SPECTRUM – New technologies and methods to increase freight competitiveness in the emerging low density, high value market
SUSTRAIL - Improvement the sustainability and competitiveness of railway freight transport by reducing maintenance and costs,
RAILENERGY – Energy efficiency technologies and operations for EU railways
RIVAS - Abatement of Railway Induced Vibration
TRIOTRAIN - Wheel/rail interface; aerodynamics ; catenary/pantograph
MAINLINE - MAINtenance, renewaL and Improvement of rail transport iNfrastructure to reduce Economic and environmental impacts
D-RAIL – Derailment RESTRAIL - Reduction of suicides and trespasses on railway property
SKILLRAIL - Education & Training Actions for high skilled job opportunities in the railway sector
EURAXLES – bring the risk of failure of railway axles to such a minimum level
CleanER-D – Cleaner European Rail Diesel

25. UIC Leaflets - Voluntary Railway Standards
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26. UIC Reports
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27. UIC Railway Statistics
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28. Possible roles for scientists and researchers
Generally this is a role not played by operators, IM’s, supply industry or users
Keep up with the future trends in transport and global technological developments
(Keeping the rail stakeholders informed about this)
Know the problems and research priorities of the rail system and its stakeholders
(Network with all rail stakeholders – have an industry advisory board e.g.)
Build up expertise and excellence in key areas of present & future research priorities
Educate PhD’s in the areas where support is needed
Develop specific and appropriate test facilities and keep them updated
Support the rail stakeholders through Modeling, measurement and testing
Contribute to the development of rail standards and interoperability
Support the preparation of research projects
Disseminate research results through scientific publications
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29. Thank you for your kind attention
Jerzy Wisniewski,
Director for Fundamental Values Dpt.
Scientific Transport Forum, Moscow; March 2011