We invite you to join the technical visit to Trafikverket Academy Peter Boom – voestalpine On the 27th of November a technical visit to Trafikverket Academy/training center in Ängelholm will take place. Being main event partner of the Intelligent Rail Summit 2018 in Malmo, voestalpine is pleased to offer the technical tour in advance of the conference programme taking place. Together with our hosting partner Trafikverket we are capable of offering you an interesting afternoon in the Trafikverksskolan (Academy) located at Angelholm, in direct vicinity of Malmö. The technical visit is included in the registration fee, however capacity is limited. Transport will be organised. You will be able to visit the premises of Trafikverksskolan in three groups. Here you will get a glimpse of Swedish railway history in the Railway Museum. As well as an overview of various elements of rail infrastructure and an explanation of signaling systems will be given in the different areas, whilst voestalpine will be able to show some examples of the most comprehensive track infrastructure and rolling stock monitoring product and service portfolio, voestalpine Railway Systems is offering to the market.
Main event partner
The programme for the technical visit is as follows:
- 11.00 registration at the Clarion Hotel
- 11.30 bus departs to Ängelholm
- 13.00 lunch at the Trafikverket Academy
- 13.30 start plenary session
- 14.00 – 17.00 tour at the Trafikverket Academy and Railway Museum in three different groups. During the tour you will visit:
- The hall with signaling systems
- The hall with catenary systems
- The hall with infrastructure and wayside monitoring technology
- The Railway Museum
- 17.00 bus departs back to the hotel
- 18.15 cocktail reception at the Clarion Hotel
About Trafikverksskolan and Järnvägens museum
Trafikverksskolan (the Training and Education Center of the Swedish Transport Administration) is a profit centre and the education provider to Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration). Trafikverksskolan is also the largest education provider of railway engineering in Sweden, offering a wide range of courses to the private infrastructure sector.
The courses and programmes are based on over six decades of experience and knowledge gathering within infrastructure.
In the unique railway environment at the Campus in Ängelholm tomorrow’s urban developers are educated within special areas of expertise such as:
- permanent way systems
- signalling systems
- catenary systems
- telecommunications
- Additionally, we educate engine drivers and driving test examiners.
Every year Trafikverksskolan examines 300 business clients and 8000 enrolled students.
The number of employees is constantly growing due to the current requirements to develop, build and better maintain the roads and railways of Sweden.
On Campus area you will also find Järnvägens museum (The Railway Museum) which will take you on a journey back in time from steam engines to today’s high-speed trains.
Join the visit to Trafikverksskolan and Järnvägens museum!