E-mail:                      kuehn.axel@web.de

Address :              Karlstraße 119 or 127
                           D - 76137 Karlsruhe
                           Germany

Curriculum vitae
Proposed position:       Expert
Profession:                 Civil engineer (Dipl.-Ing.)

Date of birth:              24th May 1959
Nationality:                 German

Professional service:    19 years

Key qualifications:

Excellent speaking and writing capabilities in German / English
Serious background in most aspects of modern public transport
Expert reputation in the field of Light Rail and tram-train
International record of presentations, papers and publications
Excellent international network

Employment record:

2002 –           Independent consultant
1996 – 2002    Deputy director of TransportTechnologie-
                        Consult Karlsruhe GmbH (TTK)
1992 – 1996    Part-time consultant for Verkehrs-Consult
                        Karlsruhe GmbH (VCK)
1986 – 1996    Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe (VBK) /
                        Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH (AVG)

Major tasks carried out:

2004 – 2005    TramTrain-potential of the Greater Oslo region,
                       study within Oslopakke 2 framework, contract
                       with state road authority
2004              Advice for Aarhus City and Region regarding an
                       optimised use of an existing railway at the urban
                       waterfront (Zwickauer Modell")
2004              Coventry Nuneaton LRT Feasibility Study; part
                        of the project team with Parsons Brinckerhoff,
                        Interfleet and NEXUS; contract with CENTRO
2003 – 2005    Member of the expert panel for the
                          Interreg (North Sea)-project HiTrans
2003 – 2005    Cost benefit analysis for the light rail extension
                          through the centre of Rastatt (update of 
                          earlier studies with the new "Standardisierte
                          Bewertung, Verfahren 2000"); in co-operation, 
                          project leader;
                          contract with Rastatt municipality
2003 – 2005   "Shared stop infrastructure for trams and buses" study;
                          contract with London Buses / Transport for London
2003 – 2004    Update of the Local Transport Plan for the area of the
                           Freiburg Passenger Transport Authority (ZRF)
2002 –            Organisation and implementation of study-tours and
                           workshops for international clients
                          (Denmark, Norway, UK)
2002 – 2003    Technical and regulatory issues related to a mixed use of a
                           planned new S-Bahn-tunnel in Basle, Switzerland
2002               Advising expert regarding traffic and transport issues within
                          the architects competition for the Ljubljana Passenger 
                           station (Slovenia)
2001 – 2002    Concept, partner search and proposal for EU-Thematic
                           network on Light Rail (LIBERTIN), main partners UITP 
                           and UNIFE, project start 2002 
                          Rolling stock consultancy services for 
                           SIEMENS TRANSPORTATION Vienna
2000 – 2001    EU-research project CROSSRAIL (Growth FP4) on
                           integration of local and regional rail (tram-train) and 
                          cross-border aspects 
                          EU-study on the obstacles to a better functioning of the
                           internal market for rail mass transit with special regards 
                           to different standards and regulations 
                          Study for the UK DETR on Light Rail and 
                           complementary Measures, part 2
1998 – 1999    Expert advisor for a tram-train project in 
                           Stavanger, Norway 
                          Expert advisor for the Briztram project in 
                           Brisbane, Australia
1997 – 1998    Technical team leader of an international consortium
                          for the design of the Northern section of the planned
                          Luxembourg TramTrain scheme. 
                          Strategic concept and feasibility study for the Passenger
                          Transport Authority of Kassel, Germany, with regard to 
                          an optimised and cost-efficient use of existing
                          infrastructures for railway, tramway and TramTrain 
1996 – 2002    Project leader for the operational, technical and
                          economical evaluation and the preliminary design study
                          for the Ljubljana tramway / TramTrain scheme
1996 – 1997    Technical feasibility study to determine a combined
                          vehicle for the three Oslo rail systems railway, metro
                          and tramway
                          Safety features of conductor rail electrified railway routes
                          in Southern England with regard to TramTrain and 
                          low-floor issues. 
                          Study for Strathclyde Passenger Transport to investigate
                          the opportunities of a tram-train LRT system in the
                          Glasgow region. 
1992 – 2002    Involvement and project leadership for a number of
                          German railway, tramway and TramTrain projects,
                          mainly on the infrastructure and rolling stock side
1986 – 1996    Various projects within the Karlsruhe region including
                          the first tram-train routes: 
                           Karlsruhe – Bretten, Karlsruhe – Wörth, 
                           Karlsruhe – Pforzheim and new light rail  
                           routes in suburban village areas like 
                           Karlsruhe – Hochstetten, Karlsruhe –  
                           Rheinstetten and Karlsruhe – Stutensee

Education:

1984               Diploma: Planning of a cycle alignment between
                           Durlach and the city centre of Karlsruhe, was awarded a
                           prize in the Schinkel-competition 1985 in Berlin.
1980 – 1984   Studies in Civil Engineering, specialising in traffic planning at 
                           Karlsruhe Fachhochschule