Railways have a huge environmental impact. This is not only valid for railways conceived as a transport modality, but also for railways as a mechanical system. The impact is noticeable on different thema's:

• Emission of vibration
• Noise emission
• Air quality
• Ground pollution
• Energy consumption
• Sustainability & renewability in the Life Cycle
• Life Cycle Management (technical ideas & innovations)

A complicating factor is that these effects are interrelated.The problem field even becomes an incentive for industrial innovations.
On the basis of developments lies technical and scientific research and progress.

Railways and Environment offered a two-days podium in order to discuss these developments and their directions, in a both national and international setting. The main conclusions and outcomes of the different themes will soon be available on this website.