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Announcement: Big success for the MODURBAN Final Conference and tests in Madrid!

Posted: Friday 7 November 2008

Madrid 1

Madrid 1

Madrid 2

Madrid 2

After four years of project existence, MODURBAN presented its results at the MODURBAN Final Conference and Demonstration in Madrid on December 16-17th! Housed by Metro de Madrid, the event welcomed close to 140 participants from Industry and Operators organisations.

As Scientific Officer of the project, Mr. A. Grodzicki from the European Commission, opened the floor highlighting the benefits of such projects as MODURBAN, a point which was confirmed both by Mr. B. Von Wullerstorff from UNIFE, MODURBAN Coordinator, and Mr. Y. Amsler from UITP.

An overview of the six subprojects results (ModOnboard, ModWayside, ModComm, ModAccess, ModEnergy and ModSystem) was presented by the subproject leaders, followed by a presentation from Metro de Madrid on the specific Integration Tests to be demonstrated on the same night.

After the evening dinner, all participants were taken to the platform of Herrera Oria, on line 9 of Metro de Madrid network, where, until 4.00 o clock in the morning, they could witness some results of the project through the on-site tests:
- Intelligent Driving
- Interchangeable Data Communication Systems operations
- Passenger Information Systems and Video Surveillance Systems onboard and wayside
- Light Weight Materials

Updated: a full photo gallery available at the following link!

http://www.modurban.org/photos_madrid.shtml

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Announcement: MODURBAN at the UITP Metro Assembly on December 4th 2008, in Lausanne

Posted: Thursday 6 November 2008

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Lausanne 1

During the 3rd UITP Metro Conference, the Metro Assembly was exceptionally open to non-UITP Assembly members for a high level presentation by UNIFE and UITP of the major outcomes of MODURBAN dealing mainly with the technical harmonization of metro subsystems.

A key note speech was also addressed by Mr. A. Siegler, Director of DG RTD Transport of the European Commission.

Updated: a full photo gallery available at the following link!

http://www.modurban.org/photos_lausanne.shtml

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MODURBAN video

Posted: Thursday 11 December 2008

The MODURBAN video:
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=aQqBRdqdO_M

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New MODURBAN information flyer for 2008!

Posted: Thursday 6 November 2008

Please find attached the updated version that was distributed at Innotrans 08.

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MODURBAN Information Session at Innotrans, UNIFE stand, 24-25th September 2008

Posted: Thursday 6 November 2008

MODURBAN at Innotrans

MODURBAN at Innotrans

Innotrans being the biggest and largest worldwide railway technology fair, UNIFE presented some its major research projects like Railenergy, Integrail as well as MODURBAN to a wider audience.

The information session on MODURBAN was held at the UNIFE-UIC stand in the afternoons on September 24th and 25th, 2008. The main objective was to provide an overview of the project for a wider range of stakeholders who could be potentially interested in the results and implementation of MODURBAN's research activities, mainly non consortium operators and any other interested parties. The session was also attended by a couple of EC officials and many other rail stakeholders.

The presentation was given by Dan Otteborn, Chairman of the MODURBAN Supervisory Board, and provided an overview of the project's main results and benefits both for the operators and the industry. It also informed of the MODURBAN final events planned in December 2008 both in Lausanne and Madrid.

For more information please contact: Bernard von Wullerstorff at bernard.von.wullerstorff@unife.org

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New MODURBAN information flyer!

Posted: Wednesday 4 October 2006

Please find attached an updated flyer on the MODURBAN project!

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MODURBAN Information Session at Innotrans, UNIFE stand 20 September 2006

Posted: Wednesday 4 October 2006

Innotrans being the biggest and largest worldwide railway technology fair, UNIFE presented some its major research projects like Railenergy, Integrail as well as MODURBAN to a wider audience.

The information session on MODURBAN was held at the UNIFE stand in the afternoon on September 20th. The main objective was to provide an overview of the project for a wider range of stakeholders who could be potentially interested in the results and implementation of MODURBAN's research activities, mainly non-consortium operators and any other interested parties. The session was also attended by a couple of EC officials and many other rail stakeholders.

The project coordinator, Bernard von Wullerstorff, welcomed the attendants and gave a brief overview of the main objectives of the project. MODURBAN is an EU research project jointly funded by the EU and all major rail industry stakeholders under the sixth EU Framework Programme. It is a four year project with a total budget of around 20 million Euro and started on 01/01/2005.

The main target of the MODURBAN project is to design, develop and test an innovative and open common core system architecture and its key interfaces. This covers Control Command, the communication system, energy saving and access subsystems,

Ulrich Luedkte, the coordinator of the WP25 (WP for operators who are not consortium members) then went on to explain the background against which MODURBAN should be seen. He gave an overview of the current results of the project whilst explaining MODURBAN's interaction with the worldwide standardisation and legislative approach being pursued by the operators as well as the manufacturing industry. In contrast to what has happened in the mainline business over the last years, one major difference in the urban mass transit market is the total lack of any EU legislation (Directives). Ulrich then went to explain the various roles and objectives of the Subprojects and WPs.

Maceij Madalinski presented MODURBAN from UITP standpoint, and what it brings to the operators at large while explaining its importance for the operators in view of the ever increasing role being played by the EC and the manufacturing industry being global players looking for faster returns on investment and the need to reduce the number of tailor-made specific designs.

In the end, MODURBAN will bring: Advanced interchangeable modules allowing multiple sourcing.

For more information please contact: Bernard von Wullerstorff at bernard.von.wullerstorff@unife.org

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  • UITP and European Research

MODURBAN CBTC Market Size Questionnaire for Urban Rail Operators

Posted: Tuesday 2 May 2006

In order to clarify the future market size for CBTC (communication based train control) worldwide, UITP has developed, in co-operation with communication and train control manufacturers, a survey on the past and future policy of metro and light rail (pre-metro) companies for the purchase of automated train movement control systems.

This survey is part of the MODURBAN project. We have prepared a simple questionnaire with an explanatory introduction, please see attached files in four languages, EN, FR, DE + ES, for more information. The questionnaire itself needs to be filled in by crossing boxes by your company's decision-maker(s) as regards signalling systems.

Please send your answers to maciej.madalinski@uitp.com by the end of May.

Your co-operation would be very much appreciated. A large number of answers are essential to achieve the survey goal.

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