IRSE CBTC & Beyond Conference
December 4th and December 5th, 2025
Fairmont Royal York in downtown Toronto
The CBTC and beyond conferences are hugely popular, providing an opportunity to hear about implementing CBTC and other advanced train control systems on metro, light rail, intercity, freight and commuter systems.
The conferences also provide an opportunity to meet those working on, and interested in, these systems.
For further enquires, please contact the conference organiser Yousef Kimiagar via yousef.kimiagar@irse.org
We are looking for presentations covering all advanced train control solutions with submissions to be made by 30 September 2025
Papers analyzing, assessing and comparing Advanced Train control Systems:
Communications-Based Train Control Systems (CBTC)
European Train Control Systems (ETCS)
Positive Train Control (PTC) Systems
Enhanced Train Control (ETC) Systems
- Papers providing updates for advanced technology train control projects currently being implemented or planned for Metros, Intercity, Light Rail Transit (LRT), Freight and Commuter rail systems
- Papers providing lessons learned in implementing advanced train control systems in a brownfield environment
- Papers on actual revenue service operating and maintenance experience
- Papers looking into the future; what are the user business needs? What research & development is currently underway on new/improved technologies to further improve operating performance while reducing life cycle costs?
For sponsorship opportunites please contact Yousef Kimigar
CBTC and Beyond 2025 Sponsorship.pdf
