SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking
Integrated Passenger-Centric Planning of Multimodal Transport Networks
Overview
The vision of MultiModX is that of a multimodal European transport system in which air and rail networks are planned and managed in a coordinated manner to maximise the efficiency, predictability, environmental sustainability and resilience of the door-to-door passenger journey.
Project objectives
The goal of MultiModX is to develop a set of innovative multimodal solutions and decision support tools for the coordinated planning and management of multimodal transport networks. MultiModX develops a multimodal modelling and evaluation framework, including a set of key performance areas and indicators, that enable a comprehensive characterisation of the impact of multimodal transport systems and multimodal solutions for a range of stakeholders. It will improve existing indicators and metrics and complements current frameworks by more meaningful passenger-centric metrics for better measures of significant disruption (for example longer delays, missed connections, denied boarding and cancellations).
Facts & Figures
- Project acronym
- MultiModX
- Combined budget
- 1 750 380 €
- Duration
- 30 months
- Start date
- 1 July 2023
- End date
- 31 December 2025
- Partners
- 6 partners from 5 countries
- Coordinator
- Bauhaus Luftfahrt EV
- Work programme
- HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-ER-01
- Grant agreement
- 101114815
What the project delivers
Goals
- Identify and characterise current and future scenarios for long-distance passenger multimodal transport in Europe.
- Develop a multimodal performance framework, with key performance indicators and the mechanisms that measure them.
- Build a modelling and evaluation framework inside a Performance Assessment Solution, focused on scheduling and disruption management.
- Develop a Schedule Design Solution that shortens waiting times at transfer nodes.
- Develop a Disruption Management Solution based on coordinated air and rail tactical adjustments and passenger reallocation.
- Prepare the solutions for later research and innovation stages, with stakeholders involved throughout the project.
Three solutions
- SOL-1 Performance Assessment (WP4, University of Westminster) — passenger-centric KPIs for planned and delivered multimodal journeys.
- SOL-2 Schedule Design (WP5, Nommon) — coordinated air and rail timetables that offer more and better connections.
- SOL-3 Disruption Management (WP6, TU Dresden) — tactical schedule, trajectory and passenger-reallocation response when operations are disrupted.
Organisation of the work
Overall structure of MultiModX. Each work package is led by one beneficiary. WPTitleLead 1Project management and coordination, including governance and strategic decision-making.BHL 2Data management, including the Data Management Plan and its updates.Nommon 3Scenario definition for current and future long-distance multimodal passenger transport in Europe.BHL 4Performance assessment. A multimodal performance framework and the Performance Assessment Solution (SOL-1, TRL2).UoW 5Schedule design. An integrated air and rail schedule design solution (SOL-2, TRL2) that optimises waiting times at transfer nodes.Nommon 6Disruption management. A passenger-centric solution (SOL-3, TRL2) based on coordinated tactical adjustments and passenger reallocation.TUD 7Communication, dissemination and exploitation.ARC
Consortium
Six organisations from five countries. Bauhaus Luftfahrt coordinates the project. Bauhaus Luftfahrt is an interdisciplinary research institution funded by Airbus Group, IABG, Liebherr-Aerospace and MTU Aero Engines, and by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy. The non-profit association is an internationally oriented think tank, founded in November 2005 and based on the Ludwig Bölkow Campus in Taufkirchen near Munich since 2015. UIC is the worldwide organisation for international cooperation among railways and the promotion of rail transport. Founded in 1922, it gathers around 200 members on all five continents, among them rail operators and infrastructure managers. The University of Westminster planning and transport research team has worked in transport research, consultancy and teaching for over 40 years. Its Centre for ATM Research examines air transport in a door-to-door context, including air-rail integration, performance assessment and passenger mobility.
Deliverables
| WP | Deliverable | Deliverable name | Lead partner | Delivery | Dissemination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WP2 | D2.3 | DMP final | Nommon | M29 | |
| WP3 | D3.1 | Scenario definition | BHL | M20 | |
| WP4 | D4.2 | SOL-1 ERR | UoW | M21 | |
| WP4 | D4.3 | SOL-1 FRD | UoW | M22 | |
| WP4 | D4.4 | SOL-1 OSED | UoW | M22 | |
| WP4 | D4.5 | SOL-1 ECO-EVAL | UoW | M23 | |
| WP5 | D5.2 | SOL-2 ERR | Nommon | M21 | |
| WP5 | D5.3 | SOL-2 FRD | Nommon | M22 | |
| WP5 | D5.4 | SOL-2 OSED | Nommon | M22 | |
| WP5 | D5.5 | SOL-2 ECO-EVAL | Nommon | M23 | |
| WP6 | D6.2 | SOL-3 ERR | TUD | M21 | |
| WP6 | D6.3 | SOL-3 FRD | TUD | M22 | |
| WP6 | D6.4 | SOL-3 OSED | TUD | M22 | |
| WP6 | D6.5 | SOL-3 ECO-EVAL | TUD | M23 | |
| WP7 | D7.2 | White Paper | BHL | M28 | |
| WP7 | D7.4 | CDE Plan Final | ARC | M29 |
News
- 04 March 2025Release of the MultiModX 2nd Workshop Report
- 10 February 2025Multimodal innovation explored at the SESAR Performance Framework workshop on passenger experience
- 14 November 20242nd MultiModX Workshop: advancing multi-modal transport innovation
- 18 October 2024Workshop announcement: integrated and coordinated air-rail networks for seamless passenger journeys
- 19 July 2024Release of the MultiModX First Industry Board Feedback Report
- 24 May 2024MultiModX at the ARC Spring Conference in Vantaa, Finland