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Competiveness of the European railway industry and the partnership industry-academia: A must
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Daniel, Lauren |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | The Railway Industry can be separated between the Supply Industry offering products and the Operating Industry (Operators and Infrastructure Managers) maintaining the Railway System at nominal operating conditions and offering services for the transport of persons and goods. The Railway Manufacturing Industry is a world leader supplying more than 50% of the world production with a large part of the production located in Europe, but this position is being jeopardized by the entrance of new players, mainly from Asia. Concerning the Service dimension, Rail transport is also vital for the European economy. For the sustainable development of the European economy for the next years and decades, railway transport must play a key role with a drastic increase of the % of freight and passengers transported by that mode as it is stated in the European Commission's 2011Transport White Paper. To keep its world leading role as a manufacturing industry with a large number of jobs in Europe, the Rail Supply Industry must increase its competitiveness through innovation. To support the growth of the rail mode in Europe i.e. to meet the users' needs, operators and infrastructure managers must be able to provide high level of services i.e. reliable, affordable and sustainable, and being able to meet the demand for a massive increase in capacity, whilst providing increasingly seamless mobility keeping the very high level of safety of that mode. During the last decades, the Rail Sector has demonstrated its capacity to innovate. Suffice to mention the Very High Speed Trains, the Tilting Trains, the ERTMS signaling System, the catenary-free tramways, etc…However, in that Industrial Sector which is 'project oriented', there are limitations preventing long-term R&D investment for different reasons: low operating margins, short series with high level of customization, long cycles (a rolling stock product can be operated for more than 50 years), conservatism favorable to proven technologies and leading to a slow penetration of innovation, cost pressure, etc… To take up the challenges that the European Rail Sector is facing, there is no other issue than a step-change investment in R&D to exploit all the potential of innovation taking place in Academia labs as well as the Research and Technology development in other sectors through adaptation of solutions to the railway needs. In that endeavor, Academia has an important role to play because Industry which is not the place where new ideas can emerge, be explored and be nurtured, does not have the resources to perform that task and all the necessary expertise. Thus, Partnership between Industry and Academia is a MUST. |
| Starting Page | 41 |
| Ending Page | 54 |
| Page Count | 14 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://facta.junis.ni.ac.rs/me/me201201/me201201-05.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
