Born in 1969. MSc in Economics at Free University of Berlin. Start of professional life in Transport Planning (Hannover, Gdańsk). With VDV since 2001, Head of Railway Operations in VDV since 2004. Co-ordination of VDV recommendations in the field of railway operations. Manager of VDV’s committee of railway operations. Since 2008 member of ERA’s TSI OPE Working Party. Engaged also in many other topics e. g. TDD, Route Knowledge, cross border operations.

Data on infrastructure: An indispensable requisite of planning ond operation of Railway Undertakings.

The business of Railway Undertakings is best service for clients, i. e. freight customers or passengers. In order to design, plan and operate their services the Railway Untertakings are needing a broad scale of data of the infrastructure on which they are operating or desire to operate. The data has to be provided by the Infrastructure Managers in the detail and format necessary. I’ll explain with some details the expectations of the RUs and the challenges at IM as well on RU side.

VDV is the German sector organisation of railways and public transport. VDV advises and supports its member companies and politicians, supports the exchange of experience and know-how between the members and prepares technical, operational, legal and economic principles.  The VDV also represents the interests of its member companies towards parliaments, authorities, industry and other institutions. Therefore, the VDV has offices in Brussels (European office) and Berlin (capital office) besides its head office in Cologne.