Determining the long-term changes in future needs

This deliverable will take the forecasted trends up to 2050 and using these determine and analyse the needs of the various actors in the rail sector. An online platform, interviews and workshops will be utilised in order to obtain the various opinions of the actors. In line with the S2R MAAP this deliverable will focus on four use cases: Long-distance and high-speed rail, regional passenger traffic, urban and suburban passenger traffic, and freight traffic. Attention will be given to developments in rolling stock, power supply systems, intelligent traffic management, IT solutions, and infrastructure design.