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

Abstract

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.