== Abstract ==

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Smart-Rail has targeted the alignment of rail freight services performance with the requirements of the “new” rail freight market that should be attracted in order to achieve a modal-shift. In general terms this implies that in order to be able to compete with the road options, a reduction of logistical costs should be achieved and not only a reduction of the price paid for the rail services. A significant share of the rail related logistical costs for the user can be reduced by improvement of reliability, lead time, flexibility and visibility. Smart-Rail has focussend on:<br> • Contribution to a mental shift of the rail sector toward a client oriented and supply chain focus.<br> • Developing supply chain oriented business models for cooperation of different stakeholders.<br> • Development of a methodology and architecture for exchange of data/information between stakeholder.<br> • Establishment of three operational Continuous Improvement Tracks (CIT’s) with the purpose to identify the practical barriers and improve and test the innovative measures in a real life situation.<br> The H2020 project Smart-Rail is a lighthouse projects of Shift2Rail running between May 2015 and April 2018.

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* [https://zenodo.org/record/1435627 https://zenodo.org/record/1435627],

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* [https://zenodo.org/record/1435627 https://zenodo.org/record/1435627],

: [http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1435627 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1435627] under the license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

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DOIS: 10.5281/zenodo.1435627 10.5281/zenodo.1435626

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