{{Infobox organization |name = German Centre for Rail Traffic Research |native_name = ''Deutsches Zentrum für Schienenverkehrsforschung'' |native_name_lang = de |image = |image_border = |image_size = |caption = |abbreviation = ''DZSF'' |formation = 2019-03-23 |type = Government agency |status = |purpose = |headquarters = Dresden and Bonn |region_served = Germany |num_members = Eisenbahn-Bundesamt |language = German |owner = Federal Government of Germany |parent_organization = |leader_title = |leader_name = Corinna Salander<ref>{{cite web |title=EBA - Homepage - Leitung des Zentrums für Schienenverkehrsforschung steht fest |url=https://www.eba.bund.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2019/03_2019_Leitung_des_Zentrums_fuer_Schienenverkehrsforschung_steht_fest.html |website=www.eba.bund.de |access-date=31 October 2021}}</ref> |num_staff = 60<ref>{{cite web |title=DZSF - Weitere Veröffentlichungen - Tätigkeitsbericht - 01.10.2020 |url=https://www.dzsf.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DZSF/Veroeffentlichungen/Weitere_Veroeffentlichungen/2020/2020_11_05_DZSF_Taetigkeitsbericht_2020_Okt.pdf |website=www.dzsf.bund.de |access-date=31 October 2021 |archive-date=31 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031141644/https://www.dzsf.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DZSF/Veroeffentlichungen/Weitere_Veroeffentlichungen/2020/2020_11_05_DZSF_Taetigkeitsbericht_2020_Okt.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |website = https://www.dzsf.bund.de/ }} {{coord missing|Germany}}
The '''German Centre for Rail Traffic Research''' ({{langx|de|Deutsches Zentrum für Schienenverkehrsforschung (DZSF)}}) is an independent, technical-scientific departmental research institution of the Federal Government. It was founded on May 23, 2019, and is located as an independent federal institute at the Eisenbahn-Bundesamt.<ref>{{cite web |title=BMVI - Scheuer: Schiene ist mehr als ein Stück Stahl auf einem Schotterbett |url=https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/DE/Pressemitteilungen/2019/042-scheuer-zentrum-fuer-schienenverkehrsforschung.html |website=www.bmvi.de |access-date=31 October 2021}}</ref> Its mission is to strengthen rail transport in Germany through application and solution-oriented research.
The budget for 2019 was 5 million euros and was expected to increase to 20 million euros in 2020.<ref name="hb-104-12">{{cite journal | author=D. Delhaes, D. Fockenbrock | title=Irrfahrt mit der Bahn | journal= Handelsblatt | number=104 | date=2019-05-31 | pages= 12 f | issn=0017-7296 }}</ref> 2020 staff should be built up first and the research content (along the federal research program) should be specified later.<ref>{{cite journal | author=Corinna Salander | title=Das DZSF ist aufgegleist | journal= Deine Bahn | issn=0948-7263 | number=1 | date= 2020-01-01 | pages= 6 f }}</ref>
== Tasks ==
The coalition agreement for the 19th Election Period foresees a German Centre for Rail Transport Research (DZSF). This center should document research findings, manage and coordinate research projects, and also carry out research itself. This is intended to achieve a more effective use of resources and a lasting strengthening of railway traffic as a mode of transport.
The DZSF deals with the central issues of the railway sector as defined in the Federal Rail Research Program and provides solutions for them. Research fields are * Economic efficiency * Environment and sustainable Mobility, and * Safety. The cross-cutting topics of digitalization, automation, migration, and legal issues are assigned to these three topic areas. These cross-cutting topics complement the integrative approach of the federal research program.
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== External links == * [https://www.dzsf.bund.de/ Internetseite Deutsches Zentrum für Schienenverkehrsforschung] * [https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/DE/Publikationen/E/bundesforschungsprogramm-schiene.pdf?__blob=publicationFile Bundesforschungsprogramm Schiene vom Juli 2021]
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