IRICoN 2020: High-Speed Lines – The Future of Czech Railways

The conference IRICoN 2020 was held in Prague, in November 10, 2020. The Student Scientific Conference IRICoN 2020 is focused on the current topic "High-speed lines - the future of the Czech railways". The main theme of the conference is the preparation and implementation of high-speed lines in the Czech Republic. High-speed lines (HSL) are planned on the following routes: Prague – Brno and further to Vienna and Bratislava, Brno – Ostrava – Katowice, Prague – Dresden, Prague – Munich and Prague – Wroclav. The construction of high speed lines is scheduled to begin in 2025 with a pilot project on the route Prague – Poříčany. Based on the professional requirements and for orientation of the conference participants, the following areas of the conference topics were determined: Railway infrastructure. Energy and environment. Control command signalling. Maintenance. Logistics and management. Information systems. Rolling stock for high-speed rail connections. Scientific comittee:Josef Jíra (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences)Tomáš Brandejský (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences)Pavel Hrubeš (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences)Martin Jacura (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences)Jana Kaliková (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences)Zdenek Kaufmann (TP IZI, Prague)Martin Král (SŽDC – Railway Infrastructure Administration, Prague)Martin Leso (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences)Petr Nachtigall (University of Pardubice – Jan Perner Transport Faculty)Otto Plášek (Brno University of Technology – Faculty of Civil Engineering)Jindřich Sadil (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences)Richard Svoboda (Brno University of Technology – Faculty of Civil Engineering)Lukáš Týfa (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences)Jaroslav Vašátko (Railway Research Institute, j.s.c., Prague)Martina Vitteková (Czech Technical University in Prague – Faculty of Transportation Sciences) Local organizing comittee:Vít FáberaJitka JírováJana KalikováDušan KamenickýPetr KouteckýJitka Řezníčková st.Jitka ŘezníčkováJan Zelenka Guarantor of the peer review process:prof. Ing. Josef Jíra, CSc. &nbsp