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Railway Summer Camp 2024
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- Civil engineering
Interested in the railway system? Engineers give students an insight into the railway industry. Register now!
Enhancing decision-making in railway maintenance and inspection through the integration of on-board monitoring (OBM) technique into infrastructure management
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- IVT
- Mobility
- Civil engineering
- Doktorat D-BAUG
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Public dissertation presentation by Tzu-Hao Yan.
Required size of platforms, ramps, and subways
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- Civil engineering
![](/en/info/news/2023/07/size-of-platforms-ramps-subways/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1091316338.png)
Professor Ulrich Weidmann developed the so-called fundamental diagram for pedestrians in a technical report titled Pedestrians' Transport Technology. Since then, platforms, subways, stairs, ramps and lifts in railway stations have been dimensioned on the basis of his diagram.
5317 kilometers in 175 years
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![](/en/info/news/2022/08/swiss-railway-history/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.263504689.jpg)
Time travel through the Swiss railroad history. With the help of data sets from the Institute for Transport Planning and Systems.
IVT Alumni 2022
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- Civil engineering
- Spatial planning
- Urban design
![ETH Hönggerberg](/en/info/news/2022/04/28-alumni-seminar/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1484104246.jpg)
Presentations of current transport research topics at the IVT Alumni Seminar 2022.
Future railway infrastructure—For the railway of the future
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![Zurich main station](/en/info/news/2021/01/future-railway-infrastructure/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1844008817.jpg)
Comfortable, safe, space efficient. Linking urban centres in an efficient, reliable and sustainable manner.
Pilot study in the city of Lucerne: Self-control light-signal systems
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- Mobility
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![Traffic light](/en/info/news/2020/12/self-control-light-signal-system-lucerne/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1200873104.jpg)
Rising requirements for mobility and the environment demand new ideas, especially in regard to efficency and sustainability.
Assuring a Good Long-term Track Alignment in Breathing Curves With Continuously Welded Rails
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- Doctorate
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- Civil engineering
![Dissertation presentation: Assuring a good long-term track alignement in breathing curves with continuously welded rails](/en/info/news/2018/06/14-long-term-track-alignement-welded-rails/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.2144649425.png)
Public dissertation presentation by P. Braess
IVT Alumni 2018
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![RAe 2/4 1001 - Roter Pfeil](/en/info/news/2018/03/22-alumni-seminar/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.819574957.jpg)
Alumni seminar 2018: Current transport research topics.
"Switzerland: Paradise for Transportation Enthusiasts"
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- Mathematics
- Civil engineering
- Mobility
![Zermatt - Gornergrat](/en/info/news/2017/09/swiss-transportation-paradise/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1436937751.jpg)
Prof. Dr. Francesco Corman about development and future of transport systems.
IVT Students' Presentations
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- Raumentwicklung und Infrastruktursysteme MSc
- Bauingenieurwissenschaften MSc
![Students' presentations](/en/info/news/2017/06/23-msc-students-presentations/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.304070756.png)
Masters' theses Spring semester 2017.
Wagon Capacity and Dynamic Hub Planning
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![Wagon Capacity and Dynamic Hub Planning](/en/info/news/2017/05/09-sbb-current-topics/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.1671548780.png)
IVT guest lecture about current topics at SBB.
Rail Extension 2030/35 with Great Benefit
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- Press release
- Mobility
- Civil engineering
![Rail 2030 - Station](/en/info/news/2017/04/rail-extension-2030/_jcr_content/pageimages/imageSmall.imageformat.contentteaser.470868938.jpg)
Media release: Preliminary results from public transportation upgrades.
Treffpunkt Science City
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Guided tour: Railway practice.