Trainers at WS Academy partner of Railway Systems

As a training provider in the railway sector, the WS Academy partner of Railway Systems is distinguished by the combined expertise of the top businesses ÖBB Infrastruktur AG, voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH, Weichenwerk Wörth GmbH, and WS Service GmbH. The trainer pool's distinctive composition is a result of this. Thus, we ensure the finest knowledge transfer possible with the assistance of our experts from numerous "Track Systems" fields.

Christian Aichberger, MSc

Christian Aichberger, MSc is responsible for sustainability at voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH and is responsible, among other things, for preparing environmental product declarations and conducting LCA analyses. He is a member of relevant committees and has several years of practical experience in the assessment of CO2 emissions in the mobility sector. He is in charge of sustainability at voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH, where he is responsible for producing environmental product declarations and conducting LCA assessments, among other things. He serves on relevant committees and has years of practical expertise assessing CO2 emissions in the mobility sector.

Ing. Thomas Klemen

Ing. Thomas Klemen has many years of professional experience in the field of turnout technology. He initially worked in the design and engineering department of voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH worldwide in the areas of mass transit TRAM and METRO, mainline, and heavy railway. Since April 2017 working in Customer Solutions of voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH, with the technical market and customer responsibility for all areas in Africa, China, India, the UK, Finland, and Greece.

Gerald Lach

Gerald Lach has worked in the design and engineering department of voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH for over 20 years and has also worked worldwide in the fields of grooved rail turnout and light rail/tramway. Thus, he has an extensive amount of experience in this field. Since 2018, he has worked in the Customer Solutions department at voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH, mostly in the tramway and public transport sectors throughout Europe.

Ing. Markus Pösendorfer

Ing. Markus Pösendorfer has many years of professional experience in the field of turnout technology. He is an employee of the engineering department of voestalpine Turnout Technology Zeltweg GmbH with responsibility for the customer ÖBB.

Ing. Christian Unterweger

Ing. Christian Unterweger has many years of professional experience in the field of turnout technology. He works in the engineering department of voestalpine Turnout Technology Zeltweg GmbH and is in charge of projects with SBB and Swiss private railway.

Dipl.-Ing. Erich Wipfler

Dipl.-Ing. Erich Wipfler has many years of professional experience in the field of turnout technology. He is the head of the engineering department of voestalpine Turnout Technology Zeltweg GmbH (design of turnout systems and rail extraction devices for Austrian and Swiss customers). He has also been in charge of voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH's international engineering branch since 2017.