History of Railways
The lecture will begin with the ancient “track roads” dating back to 600 BC, followed

Managing Risks in the Railway System – A Practice-Oriented Guide
Managing Risks in the Railway System – A Practice-Oriented Guide Series: Springer Tracts on Transportation and

“PPM – the Projects Progress Monitoring tool”
“PPM – the Projects Progress Monitoring tool” is a tool developed in MS Excel to

Project Management (and the challenges for the Public Sector)
By Kostas Tzanakakis, Railway and Transport Expert Do we need to apply project management? There

Project Delivery Methods (What are best methods for delivering the projects?)
There are various project delivery methods. But, what are the best methods for delivering the

Creating a Successful Organization
There are two basic questions for executives: How to establish a successful Organizational Unit, how

Brainstorming (Running a successful brainstorming session)
„The best way how to have a good idea is to have many ideas“ Brainstorming

Building Strong Teams
By Kostas Tzanakakis, Senior Railway and Transport Expert, November 2019 The right people are the

Strategic Decision Making (…how to make good decisions…)
By Kostas Tzanakakis, Senior Railway Expert “It is not that they can’t see the solution.

Best practices of track maintenance for a High performance railway track
By Kostas Tzanakakis, Senior Railway Expert This presentation has been delivered at a Workshop at

The Railway Track and Its Long Term Behaviour
The book provides the necessary functional knowledge of the track behaviour, covering the function of

Project Delivery Methods for the Transport Infrastructure
By Kostas Tzanakakis, Railway and Transport Expert Governments are executing many projects – new infrastructure

Transport Infrastructure Development in an Economic Crisis Environment
By Kostas Tzanakakis, Railway and Transport Expert This book addresses the challenges for developing the

Connecting Europe and Asia by rail
By Kostas Tzanakakis, Railway and Transport Expert This study presents the success of the rail

Achieving an innovative, sustainable and interoperable Rail Network
Presentation to provide ideas, best practices, suggestions for an #innovative, #sustainable and #interoperable rail network, focused in the

The Regulation of the Railway Sector – Targeting an optimal level of service quality and efficiency
The objective of the railway sector is to ensure an optimal level of service quality and

Transport strategies for an ageing society – What will be the challenges for the railways?
Follow the the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9allzHFvJA&t=16s Our societies are ageing, and a rethink of current transport strategies

What is Railways? – An introduction to the Railway System (for beginners)
It is a general presentation of the railway system, targeting beginners with no railway experience.

Constructing Railway Timetables in Practice (an introduction)
You can download this presentation as a video: https://youtu.be/EWVRqhypxEU What is a timetable? How is the

Achieving High Performance of the Railway Infrastructure
The new challenges for the Infrastructure Managers

Railway Capacity Allocation (an introduction)
In rail transport, a train path or (train slot) is a license that allows its

COTIF – Promoting Legal Interoperability for Railways
You can download this presentation as a video: https://youtu.be/Sc1FGhNcns0 This presentation Explains why a sound legal