In2Track3 - Concluding technical report

Edited book, 2024

To address increasing railway transports on ageing infrastructure assets a European research program, Shift2Rail, was set up with six Innovation Programs. The project In2Track3 was the concluding project in a series of projects part of Innovation Program 3 “Cost-Efficient and Reliable High-Capacity Infrastructure”. The projec ran between January 2021 and December 2023.

The general Shift2Rail objectives were
• To enhance the existing capacity fulfilling user demand
• To increase the reliability delivering better and consistent quality of service
• To reduce the life cycle cost, increasing competitiveness of the European rail system and the European rail supply industry

In2Track3 addresses these objectives specifically for the track, switches and crossings (S&Cs), and bridge and tunnel assets.
The project, coordinated by Trafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration, involved 25 project member companies and an additional 14 associated partners from 10 different countries participated in the project. The partners included infrastructure managers, technology developers, research institutes and universities, which provided a wide representation of the railway sector.

This concluding technical reports provides an overview that features 61 examples of research topics and 18 examples of research results demonstrated in operational use. More details can be found in the 22 technical deliverable reports of the project.