PROJECTS
Funding
European
Duration
-
Status
Complete with results
Geo-spatial type
Other
Total project cost
€6 000 000
EU Contribution
€6 000 000
Project website
Project Acronym
EURNEX
STRIA Roadmaps
Transport mode
Transport policies
Societal/Economic issues,
Environmental/Emissions aspects,
Safety/Security
Transport sectors
Passenger transport,
Freight transport
Overview
Call for proposal
FP6-2002-TRANSPORT-1
Link to CORDIS
Background & Policy context
The rail system in Europe is faced with a challenging situation. The Railway Business Scenario 2020 drawn up by the European Rail Research Advisory Council (ERRAC) has set a goal of almost tripling passenger traffic volume and more than a threefold increase in rail freight transport throughout Europe in twenty years. To achieve this ambitious goal, the competitiveness of the rail systems over other transport modes must be considerably improved, with the support of innovative products and services. This is because the European railway system is very fragmented, being a patchwork of disparate systems and networks, with their own technical and operating standards evolved independently over the last 180 years. This wide range of different rail systems in Europe presents a huge challenge for achieving pan-European rail interoperability.
The new European Rail Research Network of Excellence EURNEX aimed to provide essential contributions to meet this challenge. The 'new culture of co-operation' between all stakeholders of the European rail system prepared the ground to develop a long-lasting EURNEX network and established projects, for instance, for high speed and conventional rail
- European Driver's Desk,
- SAFETRAIN,
- MODTRAIN,
and for urban rail
- UGTMS,
- SAFETRAM,
- LibeRTiN
Objectives
The strategic objectives of EURNEX were:
- to integrate the fragmented European rail research landscape by combining research activities in a network of mutually shared facilities, tools and platforms;
- to promote the railway contribution to a sustainable transport policy;
- to improve the competitiveness and economic stability of the railway sector and industry, for instance with flexibility, regarding the new challenges for rail research in a shared process;
- to achieve a self-standing and long-lasting business package for the network beyond the granting period, thus creating a durable, integrated network of excellence in rail research, technology innovation and knowledge management from the research capacities of universities and institutions, implementing knowledge from rail operators and the rail industry including SMEs.
Methodology
EURNEX was organised in seven already existing regional and interregional networks. One of the most important tasks was to transform the initial geographical structure into thematic poles and platforms of excellence. The guideline for the definition of the poles was given by the research priorities of ERRAC's Strategic Rail Research Agenda (SRRA) 2020 (see www.errac.org) but EURNEX would be flexible enough to react to new rail research issues coming up in the future.
EURNEX regional and inter-regional networks involved 63 universities and research centres from 18 EU Member States and Russia, and more than 600 researchers. The members of the regional networks provided the researchers and research projects that would be integrated and form the research base for new joint projects.
EURNEX adopted a customer-oriented approach. Besides the Advisory Board representing all interested stakeholders (such as railway undertakings and infrastructure managers, the system and component suppliers and their national associations), the project included in its consortium international associations such as UIC, UNIFE and UITP.
The EURNEX project was organised in the following eight groups of activities:
- Research Programmes and Competence. This group of activities reported on the rail research projects that members had completed in the last 5 years, current projects, or projects planned to start in the next 18 months. This information was used to identify opportunities for greater project collaboration and to help to determine future research poles. It also reported on the competencies of each of the members, which will be used to help to determine membership of the research poles.
- Mobility of researchers and integration of current research. The objective was to promote personal relationships and knowledge exchange between researchers. Two important measures to support the integration process were the plenary sessions and researcher visits.
- Research poles and platforms definition. The aim was to promote new knowledge, excellence and integration in European railway research by defining areas for joint research, establishing poles and platforms of excellence.
- Validation and testing methods and product qualification. The aim was to develop common validation and test procedures and a process to enable a consistent approach to product qualification throughout EU Member States guaranteeing quality of interfaces, interoperability, safety and performance.
- New J
Funding
Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
European Commission
Type of funding
Public (EU)
Results
On 30 October 2007, EURNEX was founded as an association according to the German law at the TSB-FAV premises in Berlin. As a consequence the objective of creating a durable, integrated network of excellence in rail research, technology innovation and knowledge management was attained. The EURNEX Network of Excellence comprised of some 70 scientific institutes in the area of transport with particular expertise in rail research all over Europe. As direct docking points to the research customers, the international associations UIC, UNIFE and UITP also became members of EURNEX and integrated in the Advisory Board.
With EURNEX, the integration of the excellent European rail researchers was achieved and EURNEX became more and more visible in top rail research at the international level. This also included the launch and the further development of EURNEX Scientific Poles of Excellence, which provided the involved and committed EURNEX scientists with a number of opportunities:
- internationalisation through establishing new and trusting partnerships with colleagues from other countries, thus complementing the own capabilities to improve 'individual scientific competitiveness';
- improving knowledge about the specific challenges and future issues of the rail system in other countries (an important contribution toward enhancing the understanding of the European dimension for the future rail system);
- learning more about and discussing future issues and project approaches to cope with these challenges through direct dialogue with industry and operator representatives in the Poles;
- initiating and developing R&D projects on European scale within in the poles and with cross-pole multidisciplinary cooperation (already done with FP7 1st call, for instance).
- A set of decentralised corporate services were defined and further developed under the EURNEX umbrella.
- EURNEX EU Rail, the virtual rail university (first step: post graduate training, including short training courses).
- Rail knowledge library within the EURNEX KMS (knowledge management system) to preserve and to improve integrated knowledge about the rail system for all stakeholders.
- Neutral support for harmonised product qualification methods, railway testing and simulation; to support the European Rail Agency (ERA).
- Gender equality promoting activities to skill women for leading positions in rail research, and launch of the mentor-trainee programme.
Partners
Lead Organisation
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Tsb Innovationsagentur Berlin Gmbh
Address
FASANENSTRASSE 85, 10623 BERLIN, Germany
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Partner Organisations
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Loughborough University
Address
Ashby Road, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom
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€0
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Rta Rail Tec Arsenal Fahrzeugversuchsanlage Gmbh
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PAUKERWERKSTRASSE 3, 1210 WIEN, Austria
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€0
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European Union Road Federation
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Avenue Louise 106, 1050 BRUXELLES, Belgium
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Centrum Naukowo - Techniczne Kolejnictwa
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Chlopickiego 50, WARSZAWA, Poland
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€0
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Zilinska Univerzita V Ziline
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Univerzitha 821, 1026 Zilina, Slovakia
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€0
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Politecnico Di Milano
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Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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University Of Leeds
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University Rd, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Associacao Do Instituto Superior Tecnico Para A Investigacao E Desenvolvimento
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Avenida Rovisco Pais 1, 1049 001 Lisboa, Portugal
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€0
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Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen
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Templergraben, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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€0
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Ecole Centrale De Lille
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Cite Scientifique, VILLENEUVE D ASCQ, France
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€0
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Tecnologia E Investigacion Ferroviaria, S.a.
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Capitán Haya, 1, MADRID, Spain
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Centro Interuniversitario Di Ricerca Per Lo Sviluppo Sostenibile
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PIAZZA UMBERTO PILOZZI SNC PALAZZO, 00038 VALMONTONE RO, Italy
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€0
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Technische Universitaet Wien
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Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien, Austria
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Ias - Institut Fuer Arbeits- Und Sozialhygiene Stiftung
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Steinhauser Str. 19, 76135 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Centro Interuniversitario Di Ricerca Trasporti
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Via all'Opera 11 a, GENOVA, Italy
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Instituto De Engenharia Mecanica
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Rua Rovisco Pais 1, 1049 001 Lisboa, Portugal
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Institut National Polytechnique De Grenoble
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46 Avenue Félix Viallet, GRENOBLE, France
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Institut National De La Recherche Sur Les Transports Et Leur Securite
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2 Avenue du General Malleret Joinville, 94114 ARCUEIL, France
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Kungliga Tekniska Hgskolan
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Valhallav 79, STOCKHOLM, Sweden
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Technische Universitaet Berlin
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17-19,Salzufer 17-19, 10587 BERLIN, Germany
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Politechnika Slaska
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Ul. Akademicka 2A, 44N/A100 Gliwice, Poland
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€0
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Manchester Metropolitan University
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All Saints Building, Oxford Road, MANCHESTER, M15 6BH, United Kingdom
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Universidad Del Pais Vasco/ Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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Barrio Sarriena S N, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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Uppsala Universitet
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Sankt Olofsgatan 10 B, 751 05 Uppsala, Sweden
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Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus
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Vuorimiehentie, 1000 ESPOO, Finland
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Technische Universitaet Muenchen
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Arcisstrasse 21, 80333 MUENCHEN, Germany
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Budapest University Of Technology And Economics
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BUDAPEST, Muegyetem rakpart 3., 1111, Hungary
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Union International Des Chemins De Fer
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16 rue Jean Rey, 75015 PARIS, France
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Tfk-Institutet Foer Transportforskning
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tbc, STOCKHOLM, Sweden
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Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario Per I Trasporti E La Logistica
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Via All' Opera Pia 11A, 16145 Genova, Italy
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Technische Universitaet Braunschweig
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Pockelsstrasse, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Deutsches Zentrum Fr Luft Und Raumfahrt E.v
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Linder Hoehe, 51147 KOELN, Germany
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Vyzkumneho Ustavu Zeleznicniho Praha
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Novodvorska 1698, 14201 PRAHA 4-BRANIK, Czechia
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Universite Des Sciences Et Technologies De Lille
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Cité scientifique, 59655 VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ, France
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Universite De Valenciennes Et Du Hainaut-Cambresis
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Le Mont Houy, VALENCIENNES, France
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Universidad Politécnica De Madrid
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Avda. Ramiro de Maeztu, 3, 28040 MADRID, Spain
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Universidad Politecnica De Catalunya
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Jordi Girona 31, BARCELONA, Spain
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Chalmers Tekniska Hogskola Ab
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Sven Hultinsgata 2, GOETEBORG, Sweden
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Universita Degli Studi Di Roma "la Sapienza"
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Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 ROMA, Italy
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Universita Di Catania
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Piazza Universita, 2, CATANIA, Italy
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Universite Catholique De Louvain
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Place de l'Universite, 1, 1348 LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium
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The University Of Birmingham
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Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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Union Internationale Des Transport Publics
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Rue Ste. Marie 6, 1080 BRUXELLES, Belgium
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Brandenburgische Technische Universitat Cottbus
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UNIVERSITAETSPLATZ 3-4, 101344 COTTBUS, Germany
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Frauenhofer Geselschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v.
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Hansastrasse 27C, 80686 MUNCHEN, Germany
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Universitaet Karlsruhe
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Kaiserstrasse 12, 76131 KARLSRUHE, Germany
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Technische Universitaet Graz
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24 Kopernikusgasse, GRAZ, Austria
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Ceske Vysoke Uceni Technike V Praze
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Konvikska 20, PRAHA, Czechia
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Moscow State University Of Railway Engineering
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Obraztsova str. 15, Moscow, 127994, Russia
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Univerzite Pardubice
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Studentska 95, PARDUBICE, Czechia
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University Of Southampton
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Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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The University Of Nottingham
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University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Imperial College Of Science Technology And Medicine
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Exhibition Road, South Kensington, LONDON, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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Technische Universiteit Delft
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STEVINWEG 1, 2628 CN DELFT, Netherlands
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Universite De Technologie De Compiegne
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Centre Benjamin Franklin, Rue Roger Couttolenc, 60206 Compiegne, France
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Universite De Technologie De Belfort - Montbeliard
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Site De Belfort, 2Eme Etage, 90010 Belfort, France
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Multitel Asbl
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rue de Houdain, 9, MONS, Belgium
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Centre For Research And Technology-Hellas
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6th km. CHARILAOU-THERMI ROAD, 361 THERMI-THESSALONIKI, Greece
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Centro De Estudios E Investigaciones Tecnicas De Gipuzkoa
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P de Manuel Lardizábal 15, 1555 SAN SEBASTIÁN, Spain
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Center D Innovacio Del Transport
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Jordi Girona 29 2A, 08034 BARCELONA, Spain
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Anseri-Konsultit Oy
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Limingatie 58, HELSINKI, Finland
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Linkoepings Universitet
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Hus Origo Campus Valla, 581 83 LINKOEPING, Sweden
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Danmarks Transportforskning
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Knud Winterfeldts Allee, Bygning 116 Vest, LYNGBY, Denmark
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Statens Geotekniska Institut
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Olaus Magnus Vag 35, 58193 Linkoping, Sweden
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Lulea Tekniska Universitet
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Universitetsomradet Porson, 971 87 Lulea, Sweden
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Riga Technical University
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Kalku str. 1, RIGA, 1658, Latvia
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Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas
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Sauletekio Al, 10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Kaunas City Municipality Administration
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Laisves Aleja 96, KAUNAS, Lithuania
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University Of Salzburg
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HELLBRUNRSTR,34, SALZBURG, Austria
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