Course syllabus

Järnväg i ett europeiskt perspektiv
Railway in a European Perspective

VVB645, 4,5 credits, G2 (First Cycle)

Valid for: 2016/17
Decided by: Education Board D
Date of Decision: 2016-04-08

General Information

Compulsory for: IBYI3
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish

Aim

The course aims to give the students fundamental knowledge of the extensive work going on internationally with regard to improving the competitiveness of the railways through harmonisation of the system of rules, technical infrastructure solutions and so on

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• describe the EU-system of rules in the area of transport and relate this to its Swedish counterpart
• be able to give an account of and understand the significance of standardisation in the railway sector
• give an account of the actors that are involved in standardisation work and what roles they have, as well as identify their interests.

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

review and analyse the technical standardisation work ongoing in respect of TEN (Trans European Network), and present the results in a report

Contents

• The EU’s system of rules in respect of the transport field
• Organisation and control of renewal work on the system of rules, technical standards and the like
• Sweden’s role in this work

Rules and organisation are combined in a project

Examination details

Grading scale: UG
Assessment: Satisfactory final report.

Admission

Required prior knowledge: VTVA50 Transports and Society
The number of participants is limited to: No

Reading list

• Students have access to a course library.

Contact and other information

Course coordinator: Andreas Persson, andreas.persson@tft.lth.se
Examinator: Andreas Persson, andreas.persson@tft.lth.se
Course coordinator: Stellan Jönsson, stellan.jonsson@trafikverket.se
Course homepage: http://www.tft.lth.se/utbildning/grundutbildning/
Further information: The course is given at Campus Helsingborg