Railway Engineering: Design, Simulation and VR Visualization
A paid course running over two days for 6 professional development hours (PDH) (0.6 CEU).
The workshop covers railway engineering, track design, VR visualization, signaling, operations, and capacity analysis over two days.
Day 1 - Track Design
Day 2 - VR Visualization, Signaling & Operations
Each session blends theoretical background with practical, software-based exercises to provide a comprehensive understanding of modern railway engineering.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Develop a real-world railway corridor in OpenRail including essential track infrastructure elements such as alignments, turnouts, and crossovers.
2. Create 3D railway environments and VR/360-degree presentations using Unity.
3. Build a rail simulation model in SUMO including train scheduling and signaling.
4, Integrate railway design, visualization, and simulation workflows into a practical digital project (demo video + template website).
Course fee must be paid to register. Fee is non-refundable.
A couple of free registrations are available to WIE members and people new to the job market using request form
Bursary request https://forms.gle/8XrDsifkSTiURo9V8
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- Starts 21 May 2026 04:01 AM UTC
- Ends 23 June 2026 03:59 AM UTC
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Dr. Ahmad Mohammadi
Course Instructor
Biography:
Dr. Ahmad Mohammadi is a Postdoctoral Fellow in transportation engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering at York University in Toronto, Canada, where he earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering in 2022. He is also the developer of RoadwayVR, an immersive transportation visualization and educational platform supporting teaching, training, and research in transportation engineering.
His work focuses on intelligent transportation systems, railway and freight transportation, multimodal transportation simulation, and immersive extended reality (XR) technologies. His research bridges transportation design, simulation, and interactive visualization to support the evaluation of emerging mobility systems.
Ahmad has collaborated with Canadian public-sector partners, including Transport Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO), and the Regional Municipality of Durham, to develop traffic simulation and interactive visualization interfaces for evaluating managed lanes for freight transportation.
Email:
Address:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Agenda
This workshop provides a hands-on, project-based introduction to railway engineering & simulation including three phases of a railway system:
1. Track Design (Bentley OpenRailConceptStation): Create a real-world rail network on top of aerial imagery and elevation GIS maps including track geometry (horizontal, vertical, superelevation) and track layout (turnout, yard, bridge, and crossover).
2. 3D Visualization & Virtual Reality (Unity Game Engine): Developing 3D environments including train stations, surrounding buildings, trees and develop VR 360 degree video.
3. Train Operations, Scheduling and Signaling (SUMO Traffic Simulation): Create a simulated rail network & rail signal in traffic simulation and conduct scheduling, operations and capacity analysis including number of trains, av dwell time in stations (fixed block)
(Detailed agenda in attached file.)
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