Technological further development of the railway system 2050

With a view to the year 2050, the Swiss Federal Council wants to realign its long-term strategy for the railway system. For this purpose, he commissioned a series of studies entitled "Bahn Perspektive 2050". One of these studies, which is the content of this project, considers the technological further development of the railway system until 2050. For this purpose, interviews with 30 experts from the areas of railway operations, industry, and research were carried out to determine the further technological development potential. For this purpose, the entire technological range in the fields of automation, innovative use of infrastructure and vehicles, new materials and energy solutions, new design and control of offers, freight transport, revolutionary system changes, and cross-thematic aspects were considered. The range includes both existing technologies that are only being implemented in their current form and extends to further developments that are still in research currently. The focus of the first study is the reproduction of the expert statements from the interviews in great detail. Finally, extensive conclusions and recommendations are derived. For the following publications, the data were evaluated for insights about the balance of push- and pull measures and the role of technology in future mobility.

08.2021-03.2022

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