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

Call for papers!

Please submit your abstracts for papers covering advanced train control solutions to Yousef Kimigar at yousef.kimigar@irse.org by 30 September 2025.

We are looking for:

• 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

 We would like to thank all our sponsors for their support in 2023

 To see the 2023 programme and speakers, please click here  6th CBTC and beyond programme 2023 version4 - FINAL VERSION