Company

Bahnkonzept is a owner-managed private company of railway engineering based in Dresden, the capital of the German State of Saxony. The main activities of the company are directed upon the development of integrated software and data based solutions by the means of computer science industries and practical railway experiences carried out for infrastructure managers, railway undertakings and traffic management authorities.

Sophisticated and high-quality engineering services for the areas of infrastructure and operating data management of railway networks as well as railway-specific software development have been providing individual and sustainable solutions for railway companies and infrastructure operators. Engineers who have graduated from the Faculty of Traffic Science at the Dresden University of Technology and who went through additional training and certification process in various railway undertakings offer work in the fields of:

  • Railway Infrastructure Data including field collection of this data
  • Railway Infrastructure Design from Timetable and Operating concepts up to Comparisons of Variants
  • Management Consulting for Railway Undertakings and Infrastructure Managers
  • Training of Railway safety and operation managers
  • Conception, programming and vending of railway infrastructure related software
  • Railway data management and interfaces between different softwares (e.g. via railML®)
  • On-Rail Tests for Rolling stock for various train control systems like ETCS
  • Railway related research

We have more than 15 years of experience in providing a service nationally and internationally for different railway organisations: companies owned by the state and companies represented within the private sector, government authorities as well as engineering and consulting offices.

Selected Products

GPSinfradat

GPSinfradat provides an integrated hardware and software solution for GNSS- and video based infrastructure survey of railways. It benefits from all usual GNSS systems (like Galileo, Glonass/ГЛОНАСС, GPS, ...) and complementary inertial and radar sensors combined with special tracks lighting. The video system is made from a range of outdoor, high photosensitive and high-speed cameras. This long experienced hardware composition is combined with a software suite from an in-house development with a certified railML 2.2/2.3 export interface (railML's versions 2.5 and 3.2 will be supported from early 2023) . The efficient surveying and visualization of railway networks, signals and buildings in and on the track opens up new ways for the digitization of existing infrastructure making it more economical, quick and precise. All GNSS measurement data and infrastructure properties, such as track geometry, topology, signal locations and associated infrastructure elements, are recorded with high accuracy, enriched with video information and can be made available for further analysis or use in other railway-related applications via railML® or company-specific formats.

VIDINS.web

VIDINS.web track view (German version)

Engine drivers must know the railway line including special features of individual track areas and operating points of the railway network before driving independently. This guideline for route knowledge serves not only the safety and punctuality of the traffic on the network, but also the energy-saving driving and comfort. Instead of having to travel on other trains, VIDINS.web offers the possibility of acquiring track knowledge at any location via tablet and PC or in the training room. In addition to the videos from the driver's point of view additional information about speeds, signals and behavior during the journey are streamed for the train operators training.

 

 

 

VIA

Search result page of VIA website

Public rail portals and network statements that provide infrastructure and operational data to utilities and planners are now industry standard. For operationally relevant information, VIA creates cross-references between the data from different sources and presents the information graphically with references to the daily business of the railways or planning offices. In addition, information on relevant structures on the line such as bridges/tunnels or level crossings is referenced geographically and shown in relation to the line kilometre. This provides planners and dispatchers with initial information and decision support around the clock that can be accessed via smartphones, tablets or PCs for checking ad-hoc passenger and freight traffic.

 

 

 

railML®

Logo of the railML® exchange format

The industry standard for digital data exchange in the railway domain is based on XML. railML uses XML schemes to define how different computer programs can exchange structured data from the areas of timetable, vehicle, infrastructure and interlocking. Bahnkonzept is an active member of the railML community and participates in ongoing developments.

Railway Research

Bahnkonzept also contributes to the research projects VERSATO and EVIPOS funded by BMBF, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The research projects aims at linking of satellite data in order to achieve a higher locating accuracy of railway wagons and containers in the rail network. For this purpose, software systems and the necessary hardware are designed, prototypical implemented and tested in field trials in cooperation with various companies.

Selected Customers

Selected Bahnkonzept customers

Azərbaycan Dəmir YollarıAzerbaijan Railways

ADY Baku 01/2015-02/2015 Aserbaidschan
InfrabelInternational Union of Railways Infrabel 04/2012-02/2014 Belgien
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD);
now: VALE Brasil
CVRD / Valé Vítoria 12/2004-02/2006 Brasilien
SNCF Réseau
(former Réseau ferré de France)
SNCF Réseau 08/2013-03/2015 Frankreich
Systra Systra 07/2007-02/2015 Frankreich
International Union of Railways
Union internationale des chemins de fer
Union internationale des chemins de fer 03/2012-12/2017 Frankreich
SETRAG Transgabonais
Trans Gabon Railways
Setrag Libreville 07/2007-12/2007 Gabun

Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur

Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur 12/2013-12/2015 Deutschland

Daimler
Mercedes-Benz Plant Rastatt

Mercedes-Benz 10/2016-12/2016 Deutschland
German State Railways / DB Netz / DB InfraGO
Regional division East
Regional division South-East
Regional division South
Regional division East
Regional division Central
Regional division South-West
DB Netz 11/2006 - ... Deutschland
German State Railways / DB Regio
Erzgebirgsbahn
Regional division Bavaria
Suburban railway Central Germany
Suburban railway Munich
Suburban railway Stuttgart
DB Personenverkehr (Regio & Fernverkehr) 06/2006 - ... Deutschland
Siemens AG / Siemens Mobility GmbH Siemens Mobility 10/2017 - ... Deutschland

Thales Ground Transportation Systems GmbH

Thales Ditzingen 07/2018-06/2021 Deutschland
Express Rail Link Maintenance Support
Express Train Kuala Lumpur Airport (KLIA)

KLIA Ekspress Rail Link Kuala Lumpur 02/2009-11/2010 Malaysia
Jernbaneverket Jernbaneverket Oslo 11/2013-12/2016 Norwegen
Lokomotion Lokomotion München 02/2015-07/2017 Österreich
Всероссийский научно-исследовательский институт железнодорожного транспорта
Russian Railway Research Institute (NIIAS)
RZD Moskau 04/2012-08/2012 Russland

ومقرها مدينة الدمام، استقلتSaudi Railways Organisation

SRO Dammam 10/2012 - ... Saudi Arabien
Matterhorn Gotthard Railway Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn 03/2006 - ... Schweiz

Rhaetian Railway

RhB Chur 12/2021-10/2023 Schweiz

Swiss Federal Railways
SBB Cargo Deutschland

SBB Cargo Duisburg 06/2009-08/2012 Schweiz

Remark: We will connect to our main contact project partners in the customer companies on request.