Our References
During more than 25 years of iRFP's company history we have been able to work with a large number of German, European and international customers:
FBS-Customers (selection)
Railway infrastructure companies
Regio Infra Service Sachsen GmbH
DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur GmbH Erzgebirgsbahn
Regio Infra Nord Ost GmbH & Co. KG
Usedomer Bäderbahn
Train operating companies (TOC´s)
DB regio AG
ÖBB Personenverkehr AG
FlixMobility GmbH
KEOLIS Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
agilis Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH
Hanseatische Eisenbahn GmbH
Go- Ahead Baden- Württemberg
Cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Integrated railways (infrastructure and traffic services)
Bentheimer Eisenbahn AG
Rurtalbahn GmbH
Niederösterreichische Verkehrsorganisationsgesellschaft mbH
Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft mbH
Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-AG
Public authorities
Thüringer Landesamt für Bau & Verkehr
Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH
Schieneninfrastruktur-Dienstleistungsgesellschaft mbH
Verkehrsverbund Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien GmbH
Zweckverband Schienenpersonennahverkehr Rheinland-Pfalz Nord
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der österreichischen Verkehrsverbund-Organisationsgesellschaften OG
Verkehrsverbund Vorarlberg GmbH
Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH
Salzburger Verkehrsverbund GmbH
Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH
Educational and research establishments
Fachhochschule Erfurt
Universität Stuttgart
České vysoké učení technické v Praze
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Fachschule für Bau, Wirtschaft und Verkehr Gotha
Heritage railways
Museumsbahn Schönheide e. V.
IG Preßnitztalbahn e.V.
Förderverein Zellwaldbahn e.V.
Expert reports, consulting and other software development
Below you will find our references for consulting and expert services as well as for activities within other software development:
Expert reports (selection)
- Expert study on the expansion of the Eifelbahnand timetable concepts based on it, currently in progress since 10/2021
- Expert reports on the feasibility of vehicle and operating concept variants on the Düren network, 10/2021
- Evaluation of closing time and tailback lengths for selected level crossings in Gütersloh, 07/2021
- Short paper on the modeling of vehicle dynamics, performance and energy balance when using alternative drive concepts, 04/2021
- Calculation of travel times and energy consumption with FLIRT and Coradia Continental electric multiple units in the Mittelhessen network, 12/2020
- Infrastructure and timetable studies for Eifelquerbahn, 11/2020
- Modeling of the current annual timetable (graphic and customers timetables + interval graphic) of the South Tyrol region, 09/2020
- Expert opinion on the operating concept Franconia - Southern Thuringia in the context of participation in a competitive tendering procedure by a TOC, 01/2020
- Timetable concept for the integration of local rail passenger transport in eastern Thuringia into the current Deutschland-Takt study, 01/2020
- Travel time calculation and route construction of the Mainschleifenbahn, for the determination of travel times of a trolley hybrid vehicle on the line Seligenstadt (b. Würzburg) - Volkach and the route construction for a possible line Würzburg - Seligenstadt (b. Würzburg) – Volkach, 12/2019
- Expert report on the evaluation of operational scenarios in rail traffic related to the Saxon-Bavarian city network, 10/2019
- Expert report on timetable and operational concepts for the Danube - Isar Project, 10/2019
- Expert opinion on the suitability of the Deutschlandtakt and known long-term plans in the Czech Republic as well as an assessment of rail traffic in the surrounding areas in northern Bavaria, southwestern Saxony and the Karlovy Vary district, 09/2019
- Closing time analysis for several level crossings, 07/2019
- Analysis and evaluation of the expected minimum train following times with ETCS and SmartRail 4.0, 05/2019
- Operational investigation road 6118 Charlottenburg - Bad Belzig, 02/2019
- Study on the effects of expansion measured on travel time on the Frankfurt (Oder) - Beeskow line, 05/2018
- Studies on the operational situation in the North Harz network (timetable technology analysis and evaluation of statistical delay data), 09/2017
- Comparison of variants for alternative EBO or BOStrab operation on the Dresden - Königsbrück route (operational part) plus interim concepts, 05/2015 and 10/2016
- Study on the feasibility of short-term implementation of express train connections between Leipzig and Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) along various corridors through the Vogtland region, 05/2016
- Infrastructure and travel time investigations for the purpose of stabilizing the timetable and operating quality on the line (Berlin -) Ahrensfelde - Werneuchen, 04/2016
- Infrastructure and travel time studies in the context of acceleration and upgrading projects for the Frankfurt (Oder) - Eberswalde route, 12/2015
- Testing the operability of a sample timetable for two variants of an electric commuter railcar on the Kehl-Strasbourg route, 05/2015
- Operating concept for the tender E-Netz Mittelsachsen (timetable construction according to the specifications of the tender, circulation optimization, preparation of documents), 02/2015
- Operational concept for the preparation of the public rail transport tender procedure Erfurt - South Thuringia - Würzburg with comparison of variants (preparation of various service scenarios with regard to routes and through connections of lines, travel time and circulation studies for various vehicle concepts, coordination of the sample timetables with the EIU DB Netz and ThE, preparation of the tender documents), 10/2014
- Operational concept for the preparation of the local rail passenger transport award procedure for the Saxony-Anhalt diesel network (timetable design, journey time studies, round trip optimization), 09/2014
- Update and modification of the operating concept in the Vogtland network as well as feasibility study for the ALEX North, additional variants for operating levels 1 and 2 of the Vogtland lines under changed planning boundary conditions, 11/2013
Until 2012
- Competitive tendering procedure Regionalschnellbahn Ostbayern (RSO) III: Bamberg - Lichtenfels - Hof/Bayreuth (timetable design according to tender specifications, circulation optimization, statistical evaluations), 12/2012
- Construction of regular-interval railroad tickets (long-distance passenger rail transport + local passenger rail transport) in the Free State of Bavaria for the timetable years 2011 and 2012, 02/2012
- Kissinger Stern timetable concept (development of operating concept variants in preparation for a local rail passenger transport contract competitive tendering procedure in the Gemünden/Bad Kissingen/Schweinfurt area), 02/2012
- Timetable and operational concept for the Central German S-Bahn II (journey time study and timetable and circulation planning in preparation for the competitive tendering procedure for the Central German S-Bahn network, Part II), 02/2012
- Application of PZB 90 in the network of Usedomer Bäderbahn (Investigation into the safety equipment and optimization of the infrastructure at Usedomer Bäderbahn), 08/2011
- Operating concept Ringzug West (travel time studies and operational conceptual planning in preparation for an SPNV award procedure on the routes Munich - Ingolstadt - NBS/Treuchtlingen - Nuremberg and Augsburg - Nuremberg), 06/2011
- Operating concept for the Northern Thuringia Diesel network competitive tendering procedure (timetable design in accordance with the tender specifications, vehicle rotation optimization), 05/2011
- Operating concept for the competitive tendering procedure Diesel network Ostthüringen (timetable design according to the specifications of the tender, optimizing the circulation), 08/2010
- Operating concept for the competitive project E-Netz Rosenheim/Salzburg/Kufstein as well as Mangfalltalbahn and Bayerisches Oberland (preparation of the operating concept according to the specifications of the responsible authority, examination of circulation compatibility, train kilometer calculation, coordination of the sample timetables with the EIU DB Netz, preparation of the tender documents), 12/2009
- Operating concept for the Vogtlandnetz competition project (preparation of a cross-border vehicle concept, preparation of an operating concept in accordance with the specifications of the public authority responsible for the project, examination of the compatibility of trains, calculation of train kilometers, coordination of the sample timetables with the EIU DB Netz and SVZ, preparation of the tender documents), 12/2009
- Operating concept for the competitive tendering procedure for the Upper Franconia Diesel network (timetable design in accordance with the tender specifications, optimization of circulation), 06/2008
- 2008 service concept for long-distance traffic in the Czech Republic, 10/2006-1/2007, iRFP Prague
- Vehicle dynamics calculations, train path design and energy demand calculation for a block train service in the relation Austria - Allgäu, 12/2006
- Operating concept for the EifelMosel competitive tendering procedure (timetable design according to the tender specifications, circulation optimization, energy calculation), 12/2006
- Operating concept for the competition project in the Regensburg area including the Danube Valley Railway (preparation of vehicle concept, operating concept according to the specifications of the responsible authority, examination of circulation compatibility, calculation of train kilometers, coordination of sample timetables with the EIU DB Netz, preparation of tender documents), 12/2006
- Operating concept for the competitive tendering procedure of the Mosel-RB (timetable construction according to the tender specifications, circulation optimization, energy calculation), 12/2006
- Operating concept for the IR replacement service on the Saxony-Franconia corridor in 2007 and 2008 (timetable design, coordination with the EDUs DB Regio and Vogtlandbahn, the EIU DB Netz and the public transport authorities concerned), 11/2006
- Special timetable for the 2nd construction phase of the local rail transport line Neudietendorf - Ritschenhausen, section Oberhof - Grimmenthal (preparation of a construction timetable concept, preparation of a rail replacement service concept with line consideration, circulation optimization), 10/2006
- Operating concept for the Southern and Western Palatinate network tender (timetable design according to the tender specifications, circulation optimization, energy calculation), 07/2006
- Operating concept for the tender Südhessennetz (timetable construction according to the specifications of the tender, circulation optimization, energy calculation), 03/2006
- Operating concept for the lines of the EFVM railroad of CVRD (Brazil), 02/2006
- Operating concept for the competitive tendering procedure of the Mittelrheinbahn (timetable design according to the tender specifications, circulation optimization, energy calculation), 12/2005
- Engineer study to the invitation to tender of passive body-tilting technique Munich-Oberstdorf/Lindau (Derivation of the speed profiles for passive body-tilting technique, run time comparison, operational concept), 02/2004
- Operational concept of long-distance traffic in the Czech republic (time horizon 2005-2010), run time calculation, company concepts, introduction of interval timetable, train-km-compensation), 10/03-02/04, Prague iRFP
- Ingolstadt operational concept 2007 (see below) and bordering lines (infrastructure, timetable variants, iteration step after passenger forecasting, circulation planning and definition of the vehicle number), 11/2003
- Preliminary investigation to the operational concept Ingolstadt 2007 (infrastructure and run time comparison on the expansion route Munich-Ingolstadt and new building route Ingolstadt-Nuremberg), 07/2003
- Variants for the timetable organisation Vogtland /East Thuringia/North Bavarians (short-term, medium-term and long-term measures), 05/2003
- Timetable organisation as well as infrastructural possibilities and reserves in the Sonneberger net (partial variant/capacity variants, new halts, driving investigations and buffer time investigations, connection organisation on the route Sonneberg-Neuhaus am Rennweg), 04/2003
- Comparative vehicle and driving time comparisons (ITINO Dm2D) for the lines in the area of the invitation to tender East net Brandenburg, 8/2002
- Operational concept for the reopening of the lines of the Thuringian railway (Sonneberg-Ernstthal-Neuhaus am Rennweg und Sonnberg-Eisfeld), 10/2001-02/2002
- Preliminary investigations to operational and technical realisation variants of a city surrounding railway Munich, 02/2002
- Study for the capability of the route section Grimmenthal-Meiningen (comparison and recommendation of infrastructure measures, reinstalling of a block subdivision, reconstruction of a second line track) as well as investigation of the line section Neudietendorf-Ritschenhausen for the use of body-tilting technique trains (construction of the body-tilting technique infrastructure variants and preparation of operationally concepts), 02-08/2002
- Operational concept for the takeover of the regional and IR-traffic through the DVB AG/CONNEX Regiobahn in the section Goerlitz-Cottbus, 01/2001
Until 2000
- Operational concept for the takeover of the regional and IR-traffic through the DVB AG/CONNEX Regiobahn in the section Goerlitz-Cottbus, 01/2001
- Run time study to the potential use of electrical vehicles with fuel cell in the relation Dresden-Koenigsbrueck, 10/2000
- Run time study for the possible reconstruction of the BR 219 through replacement of the engines or use of the GS gears 30/5,8; 09/1998
Consulting and education
Other softwaredevelopment
- vehicle dynamics and labor control for the railroad labor of the TU Dresden
- vehicle dynamics and labor control for the railroad labor of the ETH Zürich
- vehicle controle for a city railway simulator Inchon/Südkorea
- vehicle dynamics and control of a simulation system for ETCS running with automatic an manual regulation (order of the ALCATEL SEL AG, Stuttgart in cooperation with TU Dresden and Fraunhofer IVI)
- simulator for alternating procedures of negotiation of space (including prototypical driving dynamics) for the Fraunhofer IVI Dresden