RailOpt User Group 2024 – also up to date in the museum

On June 12 and 13, the annual RailOpt User Group Meeting took place once again. This time, it was held at a historic site in Olten, near the railway kilometer 0 of Switzerland. Since the participants of the meeting, both from the railway companies and Qnamic, are all railway enthusiasts, a visit with a guided tour at SBB Historic was a perfect fit. Many unique exhibits and some historical anecdotes delighted the participants.

But of course, it wasn’t just about reminiscing the past. The first day of the meeting began with the presentation of the Release Highlights 2024.1, which will also be presented here shortly. The focus was particularly on the innovations in qualification management, which make the administration and monitoring of personnel qualifications significantly more efficient and cost-effective.

Following this, Urs Oberholzer (SOB) presented future developments in European railway traffic. The technical requirements and impacts on planning processes in the course of the TMS introduction were then vividly discussed. In this context, Qnamic also presented the new possibilities of the DSS regarding construction site planning and automatic personnel assignment (see also Fall release 2023.2 • QNAMIC)

On the second day, the focus was particularly on stabling planning in dispatching (Excelling at digitalization: CFL goes live with digital depot planning • QNAMIC). The new track diagram as well as the solutions for automatic coupling and personnel changes were also presented. To conclude the event, Silvan Zeiter provided an exciting insight into the use of RailOpt DIS at the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn.

With the amount of topics to be discussed, the exciting discussions, and the engaging input from the guest speakers, the two days of the meeting flew by. We certainly could have filled another two days. But as the saying goes, you should stop when it’s at its best, and we are already looking forward to the User Group Meeting 2025!