Urban line integrated in the North of the city of Madrid, an example of intermodality providing seamless connection to the metro network. The line runs underground for a significant part of its course, combining advanced ATP signaling systems in tunnel and on-sight driving on surface.
These suburban lines connect metro station Colonia Jardin and suburban railway station Aravaca with the municipalities of Pozuelo de Alarcon and Boadilla del Monte. Their routes exemplify the integration of light rail systems in areas of economic activity and strong infrastructure pressure such as the ring roads surrounding the city, as well as the integration of this mode in consolidated urban areas of Boadilla del Monte.
Parla’s light rail network consists of a circular line, running fully on surface. The line has two distinct sections: one in the consolidated urban center, which improved both the quality of life and urbanism of the city, and the second one serving the new development of East Parla.
19:00
Welcome reception
Tuesday 19 October 2010
10:00
Opening Session EN FR DE ES
- José Ignacio Echeverría, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Madrid Region, Spain
- Zbigniew Palenica, UITP Light Rail Assembly Chairman
- Hans Rat, UITP Secretary General
11:00
Coffee break
11:30
Session 1 - Spanish LRT boom & the case of Madrid EN FR DE ES
Chairperson: Luis Armada, Vice-minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Madrid Region, Spain
Financial aspects of LRT in Madrid
Rafael Villafañez, Financial Director, MINTRA, Madrid, Spain
Operational aspects of LRT in Madrid
José Manuel Pradillo, General Manager, CRTM, Madrid, Spain
LRT boom in Spain
Tomás Melero, Head of LRT Department, CRTM, Madrid, Spain
Introducing “Transit City” LRT in Toronto
Adam Giambrone, City Councillor and Chair, Toronto Transit Commission, Toronto, Canada
Tram-train and urban planning: a visit toward several communities of the Karlsruhe area
Marc Perez, Dr. Ing., TransportTechnologie-Consult, Karlsruhe GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany
Urban impact and network reach: the operator’s role in the optimisation of tram planning and deployment
Patrick Jeantet, Senior Executive Vice-President-International, Keolis, Paris, France
TramStore21, technical cooperation for sustainable and urban well-integrated light rail depots Fernand Van de Plas, Senior Officer, Drawing & Study Office, Technical Department, STIB, Brussels, Belgium
16:00
Coffee break
16:30
Session 3 - Roundtable discussion: false myths EN FR DE ES
Chairperson: Robert Romo, CEO, Ingerop T3, Madrid, Spain
Participants:
-Dionisio González, Director, CRTM, Madrid, Spain
-Alain Flausch, CEO, STIB, Brussels, Belgium, and UITP President
-John Inglish, General Manager Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, United States of America
-Zbigniew Palenica, Vice-President, Director for Finance and Commercial, MPK Krakow S.A., Krakow, Poland
-Geoff Inskip, Chief Executive, CENTRO, Birmingham, United Kingdom
20:30
Official dinner
Wednesday 20 October 2010
09:00
Session 4 - Industry Trends and DevelopmentsEN ES
Chairperson: Joao Rebelo, Director-Technical Systems, Metro do Porto SA, Porto, Portugal
Energy optimization for saving or catenaryless application
René Tutzauer, Technical Manager Turnkey Solutions, Research and Development, ALSTOM Transport Global Solutions, St Ouen, France
Shaping the urban landscape: a carbonfree public transport solution
Roberto Vitali, Mass Transit Product Manager, Ansaldo STS, Genova, Italy
Tram development – Standardisation vs. customisation Oscar Vázquez Alvarez, Director, Head of Bid Advanced Engineering and Product Management, Bombardier Transportation, Hennigsdorf, Germany
Tram-Train: a system capable of operating on existing infrastructures
Juan José Sanchis Mendoza, Marketing vice-president, Vossloh, Valencia, Spain
URBOS 3: new concepts energy storage technologies from CAF
Salvador Luelmo, Area Director, CAF, Beasain, Spain
Note: simultaneous interpretation will be provided only in English and Spanish
09:00
Session 5 - Safe and Secure in your LRV EN FR DE ES
Chairperson: Dirk Langensiepen, Prokurist, Bereichsleiter Betrieb und Fahrzeuge, Rheinbahn AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Safety management: no boring subject
Hans Kuijpers, Senior Consultant, Lloyd’s Register, Utrecht, Netherlands
Modern tram systems and control and safety technology illustrated by Tenerife Metro
Christian Schmidt, Division Manager LRT, Hanning & Kahl GmbH & Co KG, Oerlinghausen, Germany
Staff training/ Safety and security
Juan Ignacio Romero, Operation Manager, Metro Ligero Oeste S.A., Madrid, Spain
Application of CENELEC standards to guarantee the safety in LRT traffic
Antonio Puyol Gómez, Industrial Engineer and Partner Director, Airtren S.L., Madrid, Spain
10:30
Coffee break
11:00
Session 6 - Modernisation & renewal of systems EN FR DE ES
Chairperson: Leo Haring, Deputy Director Light Rail, HTM Personen Vervoer NV, Den Haag, Netherlands
Importance of the continuous modernisation of LRT and tramway technology
Gradimir Stefanovic, Consultant, London, United Kingdom
Leipzig Upgrading an existing tram network: the challenge of urban design in an existing large scale LRT-Network
Ronald Juhrs, Geschäftsführer Technik und Betrieb, Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB)GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
Experience in the introduction of “tren-tram” in Alicante
Marisa Gracia, Managing Director, FGV, Valencia, Spain
Why a LRS in Jordan? Urban integration vs costs
José María Llorente Galeán, Head of Urban Transport Department, Ineco-Tifsa, Madrid, Spain
11:00
Session 7 - A collective ride: Communicating and integrating LRT projects in society EN ES
Chairperson: Philippe Ventejol, Délegué du Directeur du Dévelopment et de l’Action Territoriale, RATP, Paris, France
Light Rail as a motor of urban development – The example of Munich
Gunnar Heipp, Bereichsleiter - Strategische Planung, Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft, München, Germany
During the works, life goes on!
Marc Le Tourneur, Senior advisor, Transdev, Castelnau-le-Lez, France
Integration of a light rail system into an urban environment: the cases of Metro Ligero Oeste and Tranvía de Parla
Luisa Ribeiro da Silva Machas, Marketing and Communications director, Metro Ligero Oeste, S.A., Madrid, Spain and Patricia Cobo, Marketing and Comunication Department, Globalvia, Madrid, Spain
Involvement of users in the campaign to attack fraud and antisocial behaviour – The example of Barcelona Tramways
Judit Batayé, Directora de Marketing, Trambaix UTE - Trambesòs UTE, Sant Joan Despi, Spain
Note: simultaneous interpretation will be provided only in English and Spanish
12:30
Networking lunch
14:00
Session 8 - LRT cares for your city EN FR DE ES
Chairperson: Anthony Sun, Light Rail Traffic Manager, MTR Corporation Ltd., Hong Kong, China
The Metro spirit
Jorge Morgado, Director, Communication office, Metro do Porto SA, Porto, Portugal
Delivering a world class tram system in Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site
Scott Ney, Design manager/Senior project manager, System Design Services, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Tramways in historic cities, opportunities and questions: The cases of Florence and Rome
Giovanni Mantovani, Professional Consultant, ATAF SpA, Florence, Italy
LRT becomes a reality in Brazilian cities
Peter Ludwig Alouche, Consultant, Trends Engenharia e Infraestructura, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15:30
Coffee break
16:00
Session 9 - Improve the quality of your service EN FR DE ES
Chairperson: Georg Drechsler, Vorstandsvorsitzender, Bremer Straßenbahn AG, Bremen, Germany
The carbon footprint of London: Tramlink – improving the future environment further
Frances Storey, Portfolio Manager – Environmental Services, Mott MacDonald, Croydon, United Kingdom
Interfacing ITCS and road traffic control systems – a synthesis to increase transport quality and LRT energy efficiency
Jürgen Krimmling, Prof. Dipl.-Ing., Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
Integrated quality management systems – The example of Barcelona tramways
Diogo da Silva, Project Manager, Veolia Transporte España, Madrid, Spain
Light rail operations control: philosophy and actual effects
Niels Van Oort, Sr. Consultant - Public Transport, Goudappel Coffeng, The Hague, Netherlands
17:30
Concluding remarks and 2010 UITP LRT Awards ceremony EN FR DE ES
Meet some of our speakers :
Antonio Puyol Gómez
Chief Executive Officer, AIRTREN, S.L.
Antonio has over 30 years of experience in the Railway sector, especially in signalling and safety systems and he has been the general manager of Alstom transporte in Madrid for 10 years.
He will speak about the application of CENELEC standards to guarantee the safety in Light Rail Transits traffic.
The CENELEC requirements have spread nowadays to the practical totality of the projects and railway products, presenting the Light Rail Transit a few special characteristics, which make the adoption
of high safety level systems, a question of vital importance.
Urban line integrated in the North of the city of Madrid, an example of intermodality providing seamless connection to the metro network. The line runs underground for a significant part of its course, combining advanced ATP signaling systems in tunnel and on-sight driving on surface.
These suburban lines connect metro station Colonia Jardin and suburban railway station Aravaca with the municipalities of Pozuelo de Alarcon and Boadilla del Monte. Their routes exemplify the integration of light rail systems in areas of economic activity and strong infrastructure pressure such as the ring roads surrounding the city, as well as the integration of this mode in consolidated urban areas of Boadilla del Monte.
Parla’s light rail network consists of a circular line, running fully on surface. The line has two distinct sections: one in the consolidated urban center, which improved both the quality of life and urbanism of the city, and the second one serving the new development of East Parla.