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RAILWAYS 2026
The Seventh International Conference on
Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance
incorporating:
STECH 2026
The Eleventh International Symposium on
Speed-up and Sustainable Technology
for Railway and Maglev Systems
23 - 26 August 2026
Budapest, Hungary
CALL FOR PAPERS
PAPER SUBMISSION PORTAL OPEN:
Railways have always played a significant role in the development of the wealth creation capabilities of society. The early roman wagonways, the steam driven railways during the industrial revolution and the electric railways of the late nineteenth and twentieth century are just a few of the railway systems that have played a vital role in past infrastructure development. The search for a fast, reliable and cost effective means of transport that presents better energy efficiency and less impact on the environment has resulted in renewed interest and rapid development in railway technology.
Following the success of many special sessions on railway technology, held over many years in the Civil-Comp Conference series, a new conference series was created in 2012. The first conference was held in: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 2012; the second in Ajaccio, Corsica, in 2014; the third in Cagliari, Sardinia in 2016; the fourth in Sitges, Barcelona in 2018; the fifth in Montpelier, France in 2022 and the sixth in Prague, Czech Republic.
Past papers presented at the Railways Conferences can be found here on:
www.ctresources.info
The major themes for this conference will include (but are not limited to):
- Rolling Stock
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Infrastructure
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Energy and Environment
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Signalling and Communication
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Operations
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Strategies and Economics
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Emerging Technologies
Sub-Themes of Major Theme 1: Rolling Stock
- Rolling stock design, manufacture and maintenance
- Modelling and Simulation: Railway dynamics, Structural analysis, Crashworthiness and Wheel-rail interaction
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Pantograph-catenary dynamics
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Wear and Fatigue
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High speed trains
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Light railways and trams
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Technologies to increase freight capacity
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Bogies technology
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Field and laboratory testing
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Performance and optimisation
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Aerodynamics and crosswind
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Noise, vibration and comfort
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Traction and braking
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Safety, security and reliability
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Ergonomics and interior design
Sub-Themes of Major Theme 2: Infrastructure
- Railway structures: Bridges, tunnels and transition zones
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Track design, construction and maintenance
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Interaction of vehicles with the infrastructure
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Foundations
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Track monitoring
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Trackbeds: Sleepers and ties
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Geotechnical aspects: Earthworks, embankments, stabilisation
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Technologies for track defects detection
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Station design
Sub-Themes of Major Theme 3: Energy and Environment
- Decarbonising the rail industry
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Re-use of kinetic energy
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Energy sources and smart grids
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Hybrid traction and power trains
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Sustainable rail transport
Sub-Themes of Major Theme 4: Signalling and Communication
- ERTMS - European Rail Traffic Management System
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ITS - Information and Technology Systems
Sub-Themes of Major Theme 5: Operations
- Railway systems operation
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Traffic management
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Interoperability
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Intermodal solutions
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Customer interfaces
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Timetabling
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Logistics
Sub-Themes of Major Theme 6: Strategies and Economics
- Railway transport: Capacity and cost
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Track access charges
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Cost implications
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Pricing
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Planning and policies
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Future trends in railway engineering
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Railways: History, heritage and education
Sub-Themes of Major Theme 7: Emerging Technologies
- Maglev Systems
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Battery and Hydrogen Trains
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Personal Rapid Transit
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Hyperloop
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Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
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Digital Twin
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Internet of Trains
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Blockchain Technology
Conference Proceedings, DOIs and Archiving
All papers presented at the Railways 2026 Conference will be archived here:
www.ctresources.info. CTResources is a member of Crossref. Each paper will be assigned a DOI with Crossref. The volume for Railways 2026 will be allocated an ISSN.
The Railways 2026 Conference Chairman and Editor is Professor Joao Pombo, Institute of Railway Research, University of Huddersfield, UK and LAETA, IDMEC, IST-University of Lisbon and ISEL-Lisbon Polytechnic Institute, Portugal.
The Chairman of STECH 2026: is
Professor Hitoshi Tsunashima,
Nihon University, Japan.
A number of special sessions will be organised at this Conference. If you wish to
participate in a special session please indicate this when you submit your paper.
The list of special sessions is being assembled. Over the coming months the list of special sessions will
gradually grow.
Participants may propose special sessions using the form
here. Proposals should be emailed to Professor J. Pombo using
send special session proposal. Please ensure that you attach your fully completed form.
The current list of special sessions includes:
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RWL-S1: Railway Bridges
organised by:
Prof. Rui Calçada, University of Porto, Portugal
Prof. José Goicolea, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Prof. Anders Rønnquist, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Prof. Raid Karoumi, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
Prof. Pedro Museros Romero, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
Dr. Pedro Montenegro, University of Porto, Portugal
Prof. Diogo Ribeiro, Polytecnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
This special session aims to bring together the latest achievements, research and studies regarding the railway bridges, both in terms of design, monitoring and condition assessment. Theoretical, experimental and computational investigations (or a combination of these) are welcome. Expected papers will cover various aspects related with the dynamic and static behaviour of the railway bridges, including train-bridge interaction, structural health monitoring (SHM) applied to bridges, normative aspects related to railway bridges, load models, applications in high-speed railways, machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques applied to damage detection in railway bridges, ballasted and non-ballasted systems, soil-structure interaction, reliability and train running safety under strong winds and/or earthquake actions, ride comfort, resonance effects, among others.
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RWL-S2: Wheel-Rail Contact Mechanics and Related Problems
organised by:
Dr. Zhen Yang, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Prof. Roger Lewis, Unviversity of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Prof. Zili Li, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Dr. Kate Tomlinson, Unviversity of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Wheel-rail contact is a complex and imperfect link between wheel and rail. The contact mechanics and dynamics govern the initiation and development of wheel-rail defects (rolling contact fatigue, wear, etc.) and greatly influence the generation of railway vibration and noise. This special session aims to enhance the understanding of wheel-rail interface and contact-induced problems.
The session will cover, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Contact mechanics and dynamics of wheel-rail systems
- Modelling of the wheel-rail interface deterioration
- Wheel-rail friction/adhesion measurement and control
- Wheel-rail contact-induced vibration and noise
- Condition monitoring and diagnostics in relation to wheel-rail contact
- Wheel-rail contact related problems from service: case studies and possible solutions
Conference Editorial Board
The Conference Editorial Board is currently being assembled:
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