Session Schedule

WCRR'99

World Congress on Railway Research
October 19-23, 1999
Tokyo, Japan

" New Technologies Create
New Opportunities
for the
Railways and Society
of the 21^st Century "

Session Schedule

	Letter from the Organizing Committee
	Congress Schedule
	Oral, Specialist, and Poster Sessions
	Congress Proceedings and Papers
	Schedule of Presentation Sessions
	Technical Visits
	Field Trips to Testing Facilities of RTRI
	Exhibitions
	Social Events
	Congress Facilities
	General Information
	Official Language
	Map of Access to the Congress Venue

	Supporting Japanese Organizations
	Organizing Commitee and Executive Committee

	WCRR'99 Secretariat

Schedule of Presentation Sessions

Oral Sessions Auditorium and Main Building

Room	October 19 13:20-14:40	October 19 16:10-17:30	October 20 9:10-10:30	October 20 13:20-14:40	October 20 16:10-17:30
R-1	CO1: Bogies & Running Gear	CO3: Tilting	EO1: Cross Wind	EO2: Vehicle Noise	EO3: Pantograph
R-2	AO1: Operation Management	AO2: System Capacity	CO4: Maglev	AO4: Freight Transshipment	BO4: Tracking
R-3	BO1: Intelligent Transportation Systems	AO3: Ticketing	BO2: Safety Technology	BO3: Man-Machine Interface	BO5: Level Crossings
R-4	CO2: Train Monitoring	DO1: Maintenance Management of Track	DO2: Track Monitoring	DO3: Ballasted Track	DO4: Wheel/Rail Interaction

Specialist Sessions & Poster Sessions Hikari Plaza

Room	October 19 14:50-16:00	October 20 10:40-12:00	October 20 14:50-16:00
H-1	CS1: Vehicle Safety	DS2: Catenary	ES2: Noise Distribution
H-2	AS1: Passenger Comfort	CS2: Brake Control	AS3: Comfort in Stations
H-3	DS1: Track Life Cycle Cost	AS2: Challenging Conventional Thinking	DS4: Slab Track
H-4	ES1: Aerodynamics Simulation	DS3: Rail Monitoring	DP4: Stations & Structures
H-5	DP1: Tunnels	CP1: Train Monitoring	DP5: Track Monitoring
H-6	AP1: Urban Transportation	DP3: Bridges	BP3: Safety Critical Software
H-7	EP1: Electromagnetic Compatibility	CP2: Freight	CP3: Traction Drives
H-8	AP2: Operation Management	BP1: Intelligent Transportation Systems	DP6: Infrastructure
H-9	DP2: Wheel/Rail Interactions	BP2: Safety Technology	EP2: Energy

Locations of Session Rooms
R = RTRI
H = Hikari Plaza

Topics of Sessions
A = Customer Service
B = Train Control
C = Vehicles (Freight and Passenger)
D = Infrastructure
E = Environment

Types of Sessions
O = Oral Sessions
S = Specialist Sessions
P = Poster Sessions

Comments? Inquiries?
Contact:
wcrr99@rtri.or.jp