International Heavy Haul Association Conference (IHHA 2025)

The International Heavy Haul Association Conference (IHHA 2025) gathers global experts to discuss innovative and resilient railway operations, engineering, maintenance, and technology.

Topics

• Sustainability challenges and opportunities for heavy haul railways
• Alternate fuels
• Bridge rehabilitation and strengthening
• Signalling system
• Vehicle/track interaction
• Resource efficiency
• Structural health monitoring of bridges
• Heavy axle loading (HAL) economics
• Track maintenance
• Wagon design and maintenance
• Condition monitoring
• New design, re-designs, new materials
• Decarbonisation of rail
• Safety and derailment prevention
• Long haul trains
• Automation in heavy haul systems
• Service reliability
• Wheel/rail interface analysis, optimization and management
• Bridge loading
• Traction power supply
• Track geometry
• High horsepower locomotives
• Big data analytics with prognostics
• Brake systems
• Circular economy
• Structural performance assessment
• Vehicle/track systems and optimization
• Environment, energy and sustainability
• Condition and structure performance assessment
• Electrification technology
• Motive power, traction and efficiency
• Security and safety
• Increasing axle loads on existing infrastructure
• Track component performance
• Track construction and maintenance standards
• Tunnel operations, management and maintenance
• Rail welding
• Network capacity and operational efficiency
• Train control and capacity optimization
• Locomotive maintenance and reliability
• Detector-based wagon maintenance

Who should Attend

• Policy-makers
• Innovators
• Researchers
• Industry leaders
• Engineers
• Railway operators
• Technicians
• Infrastructure managers