Rail Vehicle Technology

About this programme

The transport sector accounts for more than 25% of the global energy consumption, and the most impactful action to reduce this is to shift passengers and goods to the modes of transport with highest capacity and energy efficiency; which, for most operations, is Railways. Rail Vehicle Technology gives an extensive overview to rail vehicles and their technical basis, while you as a student design a commuter-type train in a course-long project task. The lectures and the project task advance in parallel throughout the course, in a weekly basis, so that technical aspects used in the design of the vehicle are available to the students throughout the lectures and online recordings. Additionally, the course offers an optional study visit to the SJ Hagalund depot, so that you can see and feel in reality how different rail vehicles are, linking theory and simulations from the course to real life engineering practice. Choose semester and course offering to see current information and more about the course, such as course syllabus, study period, and application information. Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format. Introduction to railway technology. Track technology. Rail vehicles - overview. The railway and the environment: energy consumption, air pollutions, external noise, external vibrations. Railway traffic development and future. Rail vehicles - technical basis. Aerodynamics and running resistance. Running gear, bogies and car body tilting. Traction technology: traction motors, transmission, traction mechanics a