What is the UIC World Congress on high-speed rail?

Bespoke sessions can be proposed for groups of sufficient size at the request of UIC members. The UIC World Congress on High-Speed Rail offers direct access to people and ideas, all gathered in a single location. It is globally renowned as the most prominent and large-scale global event on high-speed rail.

What is the High-Speed Rail Alliance?

The Alliance is a global academic network including universities, institutes of technology, polytechnics, engineering, architecture and business schools that have shown substantial involvement in the development of high-speed railways. ICHSC members may also decide to work jointly on specific High-Speed Rail (HSR) studies.

What is high-speed rail?

The high-speed rail (HSR) network in Europe, now in a continuous process of growth, reflects the differences in rail services and technological culture of each country involved, their different city systems and hierarchies and their distinct political and decentralisation frameworks.

What is the InterCity and high-speed Committee?

The Intercity and High-Speed Committee brings together several UIC railway members who are either active in long distance or high-speed rail domains in their day-to-day operations or have identified it as a development objective.