IRICoN 2020: High-Speed Lines – The Future of Czech Railways

The conference IRICoN 2020 was held in Prague, in November 10, 2020. The Student Scientific Conference IRICoN 2020 is focused on the current topic "High-speed lines - the future of the Czech railways". The main theme of the conference is the preparation and implementation of high-speed...

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Main Author: Editorial Foreword
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CTU Central Library 2021-07-01
Series:Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
Online Access:https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/7416
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Summary:The conference IRICoN 2020 was held in Prague, in November 10, 2020. The Student Scientific Conference IRICoN 2020 is focused on the current topic "High-speed lines - the future of the Czech railways". The main theme of the conference is the preparation and implementation of high-speed lines in the Czech Republic. High-speed lines (HSL) are planned on the following routes: Prague – Brno and further to Vienna and Bratislava, Brno – Ostrava – Katowice, Prague – Dresden, Prague – Munich and Prague – Wroclav. The construction of high speed lines is scheduled to begin in 2025 with a pilot project on the route Prague – Poříčany. Based on the professional requirements and for orientation of the conference participants, the following areas of the conference topics were determined: • Railway infrastructure. • Energy and environment. • Control command signalling. • Maintenance. • Logistics and management. • Information systems. • Rolling stock for high-speed rail connections. Scientific comittee: Josef Jíra (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences) Tomáš Brandejský (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences) Pavel Hrubeš (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences) Martin Jacura (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences) Jana Kaliková (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences) Zdenek Kaufmann (TP IZI, Prague) Martin Král (SŽDC – Railway Infrastructure Administration, Prague) Martin Leso (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences) Petr Nachtigall (University of Pardubice – Jan Perner Transport Faculty) Otto Plášek (Brno University of Technology – Faculty of Civil Engineering) Jindřich Sadil (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences) Richard Svoboda (Brno University of Technology – Faculty of Civil Engineering) Lukáš Týfa (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences) Jaroslav Vašátko (Railway Research Institute, j.s.c., Prague) Martina Vitteková (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences) Local organizing comittee: Vít Fábera Jitka Jírová Jana Kaliková Dušan Kamenický Petr Koutecký Jitka Řezníčková st. Jitka Řezníčková Jan Zelenka Guarantor of the peer review process: prof. Ing. Josef Jíra, CSc.  
ISSN:2336-5382