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Building the Future of Transportation with Connected Data

As transportation networks expand—linking communities, cities, and entire economies—the demand for smarter, more resilient infrastructure has never been greater. Today’s transportation designers, owners, and operators are turning to connected data as a foundational tool to drive efficiency, improve decision-making, and extend asset longevity.
This shift is reshaping the entire lifecycle of transportation projects, from initial planning and design to operations and long-term maintenance. Leading technology providers like Autodesk are helping to power this transformation, placing connected data at the heart of innovative solutions that prepare the industry not just for today’s challenges—but for the next 100 years of mobility and infrastructure evolution.

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At Autodesk, our commitment to our customers drives us to continuously enhance our offerings. 

Seamless implementation with our partnership approach

Civil 3D offers quick implementation and integration into your existing technology stack. This reduces the burden on internal teams and frees you up to focus on your core business.

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Infrastructure blog

Check out the official Autodesk blog for infrastructure design for insider tips and tricks that help you get most out of our software.

Infrastructure on YouTube

Watch how Autodesk infrastructure solutions enable construction engineers to create intelligent, networked BIM workflows.

Civil 3D features

Learn more about how Civil 3D can help you accelerate the planning, design, and delivery of transit stations and rail networks.

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Infrastructure reimagined | Blog

The official Autodesk blog for infrastructure design. Find the latest news about civil infrastructure and more.

Civil 3D Resource Board

Explore a range of Civil 3D tutorials and advanced technique videos tailored for enhancing your rail and transit project skills.

Autodesk Rail Community | Share your thoughts

Join the Autodesk Rail Community to connect with industry experts and find member-contributed resources for the future of rail.

Buro Happold | Unlocking design success with multidisciplinary teams

Discover how Buro Happold connected their global design teams. Learn about their cloud workflow challenges, key lessons, and realized ROI. Perfect for directors, managers, and design leads looking ...

Norconsult | BIM | Autodesk

For a new rail station and tunnel, Norconsult relies on BIM for complex phase planning, collaboration, and on-time delivery.

Autodesk & Esri strategic partnership

Learn about Autodesk’s strategic alliance with Esri and how BIM & GIS integration helps deliver more sustainable and resilient projects.

Other customer success stories

Read more case studies and success stories to see how innovators use Autodesk software to design, engineer, build, and make anything.

Autodesk Civil 3D 2025 | Features for Rail Design

Efficiently model and analyze rail projects with Autodesk Civil 3D. Accelerate planning, design, and delivery of transit stations and rail networks.

Max Bögl | Driving magnetic levitation technology full steam ahead

The German company Max Bögl has taken the next step in the development of magnetic levitation technology. China has recognized its great potential for local transport.

Luxembourg’s national rail leads the way with BIM

Keeping a national rail network operating at optimum efficiency demands seamless collaboration, transparency and efficient use of time and resources.

STORY | Norconsult: Complex phase planning and on-time project completion with BIM

For a new rail station and tunnel, Norconsult relies on BIM for complex phase planning, collaboration, and on-time delivery.

ON-DEMAND | Thought leadership content: Insights from Autodesk and Norconsult

Discover Autodesk's vision for a connected future and Norconsult's data-first strategy in transforming transportation projects.

LIVE ONLINE EVENT AUG 19 | Level Up Your Civil 3D Projects

Discover cloud collaboration for Civil 3D with Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro. Enhance project coordination, streamline design, and manage data efficiently in the cloud.

ON-DEMAND | Technical content: Boost collaboration for infrastructure projects

Explore how Autodesk Construction Cloud — with a focus on BIM Collaborate Pro and Civil 3D — enhances collaboration in infrastructure design projects.

Autodesk Infrastructure YouTube channel

Autodesk infrastructure solutions enable construction engineers to create intelligent, networked BIM (Building Information Modelling) workflows.

Rail Design - 04 - Rail Alignments

This video demonstrates how to create existing or proposed rail alignments using the following methods: Existing alignment based on existing rails (point cloud, 3d poly lines, feature lines), exist...

Sustainable design and construction

Norconsult and NRC collaborate on rail projects, using Autodesk technology to optimize workflows for sustainable results. By harnessing Dynamo in Revit and Civil 3D, they challenge regulations, ach...

Rail Design - 03 - Create Surfaces in Civil 3D

This video demonstrates how to create surfaces in Civil 3D using the following methods: Contour Data from GIS (shp file), Survey data (asci data or CAD), Point Clouds, and Land XML

Rail Design - 01 - Into to Civil 3D

Just getting started in Civil 3D? This video will help you get familiar with function and layout of Civil 3D.

Rail Design - 10 - Rail X-Sections, Volumes, Sheets, and Labels

This video demonstrates how to create cross sections and use the sections to evaluate material quantities and cut/fill volumes. It also covers how to create section sheets and plan & profile sheets...

Autodesk Rail Summit 2024: Save the Date!

The Autodesk Rail Summit will take place on November 13 and 14 2024 at the renowned facilities of the Danish Railways, Banedanmark, in Copenhagen.

Autodesk Rail Summit 2024 | Save the Date!

The Autodesk Rail Summit will take place on 13 and 14 November 2024 at the renowned facilities of the Danish Railways, Banedanmark, in Copenhagen.

Rail Design - 09 - Rail Corridors

This video demonstrates how to use the alignment, profile, and assemblies to create a track corridor. It covers a few ways to set up a corridor. It also demonstrates the corridor transition tool an...

Decision Makers / Project Managers

Rail design for today, and tomorrow Specialist Rail Industry solutions for planning, designing, and building the future of travel.

Rail Design - 07 - Turnouts, Crossovers, Platform Edge & Rail Lines

This video reviews a few methods for laying out special trackwork. It takes a look at the details of the Turnout and Cross over tools. It also covers the platform edge and rail lines tools.

Rail Design - 05 - Rail Cant Calculation

This video demonstrates how to set up a rail alignment and calculate the rail cant. It also covers some new features to add cant to specific locations on our alignment, including tangent sections. ...

Towards greener railways with the integration of BIM and GIS

Italian Railways Group is prioritizing environmental protection to reduce its carbon footprint and improve its environmental performance. FSTechnology, a division, integrates Autodesk (ACC, Revit, ...

Introducing our new Rail Community

- Connect with a worldwide community of rail experts to discuss and share rail knowledge - Meet rail industry thought leaders - Network with your peers - Hear about upcoming rail events, workshops,...

Autodesk Rail Summit | on demand

Autodesk Rail Summit

The State of Design & Make Special Edition | Spotlight on Rail

New research shows the rail industry's top challenges are talent (31%) and sustainability (26%). Complex data management is also a major issue. Leaders are addressing these through digital transfor...

What is EBA?

Your business already has EBA (Enterprise Business Agreement), but what is it? EBA offers a vast range of benefits that you can use right now. It includes tools and services that enable you to asse...

Autodesk Rail Workflows

Ben Wardell Technical Marketing Manager | Autodesk

Tech Admin

Build resilience into your operations. Increase productivity with the power of Autodesk rail design solutions.

Rail Track Designers

Create efficient end-to-end workflows for the entire railway structure and deliver projects at speed

Rail Design - 08 - Rail Assemblies & Sub-assembly composer

This video reviews the Rail Sub-assemblies that are available in Civil 3D. It also looks briefly at the Sub-assembly composer to set up custom assemblies prior to creating a rail corridor.

Rail Design - 02 - Connector for ArcGIS and Publish to ArcGIS

This video shows how to access existing data using the Autodesk Connector for ArcGIS. It also shows how to use the utilize the PUBLISH to ArcGIS feature to share final project elements on ArcGIS.

Mott MacDonald | Designing intelligent 3D models

See how track design teams working within design-build joint ventures can ensure they are delivering exactly what the client and/or contractor needs.

Rail Design - 11 - Rail Reports, Project Explorer, Dynamo for C3D

This final Rail Back to Basics video will review the different reports in Civil 3D look at Project Explorer. It also briefly covers Dynamo for Civil 3D and how it can add to the corridor model.

Rail Design - 06 - Rail Profiles

This video demonstrates how to create an existing and proposed profiles. It covers different ways to do this create the alignments. It also demonstrates a simple method to evaluate existing cant ba...

Virgin Hyperloop One | The future of transport

Learn how Virgin Hyperloop One is pushing the boundaries of the industry by developing a new mode of transport with Autodesk solutions.

BIM Implementation in Banedanmark’s Signalling Program

The class will cover the use of digital solutions in order to ensure the integration of the ERTMS solution (signalling) into the Danish infrastructure plan. The signalling program is using BIM to i...