Pengling Wang, Xioafang Xiao and Nils Nießen have published the peer reviewed article "Flexible rolling stock composition strategy in urban rail transit lines: The influences of various train units and station capacities" in Transport Research Part C: Emerging Technologies (Volume 162) by Elsevier. The article can be viewed and here downloaded in full as free access before May 29, 2024.

In February and March 2024, the institute for transport science conducts further training courses on "Planning", "Operation" and "Railway safety and signalling technology" for CFL employees.

The destination of this year's excursion
(21.05. - 24.05.2024) organized by the RWTH transport chairs will be Berlin. The program includes the BVG and the Autobahn GmbH as well as visits to the maintenance facilities for ICEs in Rummelsburg and the Berlin-Brandenburg Airport.

On 14 March, the Bundesnetzagentur hosted the Market Dialogue 2024 at the Kunstmuseum in Bonn. Under the headline "Setting the course for the digitalisation of the rail sector?", experts from practice and academia discussed the impact and potential of digitalisation on capacity management, operations and dispatching. Prof. Nießen gave a talk on the topic of "Opportunities in the digitalisation of rail operations".

This summer term, Dr. Andreas Kaldenbach will again give his lecture "Ausgewählte Aspekte des Schienenbahnwesens". This course will be held in the German language.
Furthermore, we are delighted to announce that Dr. Pengling Wang will give an additional lecture "Selected Aspects of Railways" for our English-speaking students. This lecture will cover the topic of energy-efficient railway operations.
Please find further information in the documents linked for the German and English courses.

On February 6,2024 the inaugural session of the Research Accompanying Task Torce for the DZSF-project "Digitalisation in capacity management of the overall rail system" took place at the premises of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport in Berlin. Together with our project partners the quattron management consulting GmbH, the institute for the didactics of law of the university of Passau and the neXt Capacity GmbH, we shared current insights into the project's progress and development. Subsequently, a comprehensive discussion with invited experts provided us with valuable perspectives for shaping the project's future trajectory.

We are pleased to announce that the proceedings of IRSA 2023 are now available online.

Once again this year, the #VIAteam celebrated its fifth season together.