Join 3M and leading industry experts to learn more about sustainable solutions that help reduce CO2 emissions, lower production and operating costs, and enhance passenger experience and comfort.

Discover technology which can help you reduce production downtime and offer improved efficiency in rail car cleaning operations.

Presented solutions are aligned with the EU Year of Rail and Shift2Rail Initiatives and are designed to provide flexibility for designers, help with light weighting and reduce CO2 and VOC (Volatile organic compounds) emissions, maintenance costs and production downtime.

The session content will include:

• Introduction to 3M Solutions for Rail 
  Sustainable paint replacement films for both the exterior and interior of rail cars.
  Easy to clean anti-graffiti films, interior décor and restroom solutions.
• Weight reduction through paint replacement solutions
  Reduce rail cars’ weight and production time. Lower operating energy consumption to limit your CO2 emissions and cost.
  Discover 3M™ Films as an efficient alternative to paint and learn more about bare metal film application. 
• 3M™ Window Film Solutions for Energy Conservation
  Keep the heat out to improve comfort and safety. Reduce air conditioning use and related CO2 footprint.
• Case studies
  See project examples and savings achieved with guest speakers.

Visit us at https://engage.3m.com/rail to learn more on 3M solutions for rail or get in touch with a 3M expert.

Countries are increasingly committed to boosting a sustainable, resource-efficient, low-carbon economy. To reduce carbon emissions, Governments have realized that they need to increase public transport usage by making railways more productive and attractive to passengers. One way that railways and metros are achieving this is through the digitalization process.

However, all the efficiency gains resulting from increased network interconnectivity provides cyber-criminals with a bigger, more complex, and more vulnerable attack surface. Recognizing this increased threat landscape and complexity, the EU commission mandated CENELEC to integrate the essential requirements of EU Directives into a Technical Specification. Railway and cyber experts came up with the recently published TS 50701, which shows how to implement a state-of-the-art cybersecurity protection in a railway environment.

This talk discusses the new TS-50701 cybersecurity standard, the most important takeaways for both wayside and onboard systems, and important network segmentation considerations. The presentation will explore reference architectures and concrete examples based on rail cybersecurity projects.

The pressure to fight climate change is growing as states and communities are setting ever more ambitious CO2 reduction targets - which fundamentally impact the transportation sector. At the same time, demand for mobility, particularly in urban areas, continues to increase, and cities are predicted to grow by 2.5 billion people over the next 30 years.

The corona pandemic, in particular, has been a boost since technologies like contactless ticketing and digital capacity monitoring have ensured safe and reliable public transport. And thanks to digital solutions, the utilization of tracks and availability of rail systems can be increased. Cities have always been an accelerator for innovation and progress – in this session we want to explore how can we transform the transportation in our cities, today and tomorrow.

The pressure to fight climate change is growing as states and communities are setting ever more ambitious CO2 reduction targets - which fundamentally impact the transportation sector. At the same time, demand for mobility, particularly in urban areas, continues to increase, and cities are predicted to grow by 2.5 billion people over the next 30 years.

In this deep-dive session we combine four individual case studies and look at digital technologies with an impact on urban mobility. We discuss the future of smart signaling with 5G, how we can maximize the value from rail assets over the lifecycle through digital asset management and look at country-wide MaaS solutions. And we show how we can implement these solutions in cities responsibly and safely. Along these examples, we seek to provide insights on how cities and transportation systems can learn from each other in order to make transportation futureproof.

For capital-intensive businesses, such as freight railroading, asset planning and optimization remain at the heart achieving operational efficiency. Locomotives are one of the most expensive assets used by railways and using the right tools and best practices support optimal decision making that can decrease operating cost and have a significant impact on capital expenditures.

Our panel of experts will discuss their experience with locomotive planning and tools that can help railways to understand critical rolling stock assets; drive utilization, predict maintenance and minimize fuel costs.

Among the discussion points are:

• Making strategic decisions on capital purchasing
• Making informed decisions on the deployment and positioning of a locomotive fleet
• Reducing locomotive and fuel requirements
• Planning and optimizing power distribution
• Intelligent maintenance planning

Screw coupling is still today the coupling standard for freight trains in European countries. Coupling is done manually by a worker who must climb between wagons to hook and un-hook them, requiring physically exhausting manual operation in a hazardous environment.

A more efficient, sustainable and competitive rail freight system is essential to meet the needs of both climate protection and rising transport volumes. Digital automatic coupling is an enabler to create a modern and digital European railway freight transport.

Our panel of experts will discuss their experience with freight operations and how could not only increase efficiency their efficiency thanks to automation processes, but it will also ensure sufficient energy supply for telematics applications, as well as safe data communication throughout the entire train.

Among the discussion points are:

• Making sectorial decisions on the DAC selection for Europe
• Producing a sustainable migration plan
• Use cases that benefit from DAC, who and why
• Standardisation as key part of the implementation strategy
• Next innovations and outlook to the future for more goods transported by rail