TRAINER: Cooperation in improvement of energy-efficiency by railways

TRAINER stands for TRAining programmes to INcrease Energy-efficiency by Railways. The programme is funded by the European Commission and focuses on energy saving on European railways and is implemented by a European consortium of rail companies and partners from the railway sector.

Reducing the greenhouse effect, increasing security on railways and improving the competitive position of the rail sector are important topics for national governments and the European Union. Improving the energy-efficiency of the railways can make an important contribution to achieve these aims. The TRAINER project was launched for that purpose.

The TRAINER-project is subsidised by the European Commission and is part of the European Intelligent Energy Europe programme. The projectmembers also collaborate intensively with the FP6 Railenergy http://www.railenergy.org/ project and the UIC. They share knowledge and experience of innovative rail companies and the projects of the UIC. The project was successfully concluded in October 2009. The website with all it's downloadable documents will be available till the end of 2011.

For more information about TRAINER read the project description .

"Training train drivers for Cargo is quite different than training passenger train drivers", said Mr. Heinrich Strössenreuther during the 2^nd demotour 2008 (BSL Management consultants, The Transport Management Consultants of Lloyd's Register, Hamburg Germany) 

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