RTRI REPORT February 2002
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE REPORTS

WCRR 2001 is Held in Cologne, Germany

Yuji NISHIE


  The 5th World Congress on Railway Research, WCRR2001, was held in Cologne, Germany, from November 25 to 29, 2001. Deutche Bahn served the Congress as a main host and successfully completed it under the motto, "Market-Products-Technology." More than 1,000 participants from 32 countries attended and 408 papers were presented in total. RTRI's papers on Cyber Rail won the Best Paper Award. A technical exhibition was also opened during the congress period and joined by 48 companies and organizations and 10 universities. RTRI exhibited one booth on behalf of the JR group companies.


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