ICRTT 2026 Concludes Successfully, Highlighting Advances in Rail Transit and Transportation

ONLINE, October 30, 2026 — The 2026 3rd International Conference on Rail Transit and Transportation (ICRTT 2026) successfully concluded on October 30, 2026, as an online conference. Supported by Tianjin University of Technology and Education, the event brought together researchers, engineers, and practitioners to exchange recent advances in rail transit, transportation systems, intelligent operation and maintenance, and related technologies.

In the keynote session, Prof. Hui Liu of Central South University presented “Precision Control Technologies and Applications of Rail Transit Robotic Manipulators for Complex Station Yard Tasks,” focusing on human-in-the-loop collaborative frameworks, multimodal perception, motion control, and field validation for robotic inspection and maintenance in complex station yards.

Prof. Zhonghua Pang of North China University of Technology delivered a keynote on “Intelligent UAV Autonomous Inspection System for Refined Bridge Operation and Maintenance.” His presentation addressed high-precision positioning in GNSS-denied environments, autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance, 0.1 mm-level crack identification, and large-model-driven intelligent inspection for bridge maintenance.

Prof. Tao Liu of Southwest Jiaotong University presented “Integrated Transit Timetable Coordination Design and Vehicle Scheduling for Efficient MaaS Service.” The talk introduced integrated optimization models for multimodal public transport timetabling and vehicle scheduling, with case studies demonstrating managerial insights for seamless mobility in the MaaS era.

The oral presentation session featured Ziheng Yue from Southwest Jiaotong University on the intelligent design of railway sanding devices; Yongkang Zhou from Zhongyuan University of Technology on MC-DETR for lightweight industrial defect detection; and Qianyi Zhu from Southwest Jiaotong University on ultrasonic brake-pipe leak imaging under rail underbody reflections.

The poster exhibition covered a wide range of topics, including integrated visual–thermal comfort evaluation for metro carriages using AHP-TOPSIS; cross-driver driving behavior recognition based on vehicle speed and inertial feature fusion; dynamic thermal comfort along sequential metro passenger routes using a Thermal Response Concentration Index; multi-agent simulation of urban rail transit delay propagation; and axle-box vibration degradation prediction for high-speed train condition monitoring via prefix-informed Wiener–Bayes drift correction.

ICRTT 2026 provided an international platform for sharing research findings, technical solutions, and application experiences in rail transit and transportation. The conference concluded with thanks to the keynote speakers, oral presenters, poster authors, participants, and the supporter, Tianjin University of Technology and Education.