Andrew McNaughton 1 Radical Change is Entirely Possible! 2 nd November 2011.

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Radical Change is Entirely Possible!2nd November 2011

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“Rail Is A 19th Century System!”

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The Best Railway In The World?

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Long Distance

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Urban / Regional “Heavy Rail”

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The Wrong Sort of Finances…

McNulty Evidence

Local Services

Revenue : Cost ratio

1 : 8

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The Weight Problem…

Average Weight (per vehicle)

tonne

Installed Power (per vehicle)

kWYear

Power / Weight Ratio

kW / tonne

Class 156 38.2 213 1980 5.6

Class 158 38.5 300 1985 7.8

Class 175 49.6 335 2005 6.7

GB Regional DMUs

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Heavy Rail Doesn’t Compute…

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Virtuous Impact of Lighter Trains

Reduced weight vehicles

Reduced impact on track

Reduced degradation

Reduced maintenance and cost

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Virtuous Impact of Lighter Trains

Reduced weight vehicles

Better acceleration and braking

Reduced journey times

More customers and revenue

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PPM?

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The Connectivity Challenge…

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Integrated Services

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Station Relocation

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A Short Line Lesson from America?

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Localism At Work

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The Workhorse

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Some Freight Flows?

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Some Heritage Traffic…?

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Complement not Compete

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What of the Tram-Train Concept

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Sharing the Tram Tracks

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And The Heavy Rail Network

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The First Low-Floor - Saarbrucken

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Zwickau Regio Train-Tram

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Nordhausen Diesel Tram-Train

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Tram-Train Success Ratio

For every City which

adopted Tram-Train

there are 20 which

studied it and didn’t

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New Thinking – Kassel 2007

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The HSR Station Had Become Dominant

Former Main Station

Regional Lines

New HSR Line

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Kassel RegioTram

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750dc Overhead in the City

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Onto Main Network

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Diesel on Regional Line

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…To Outlying Districts

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Key Success Factor

What makes Tram-Train

worth the investment

and complexity?

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Relationship of Main Station to City

Centre

Surburbs >1km

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Reconnecting with the City Centre

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Station Spacing Changes

Typically 3 - 5 km

Before

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Station Spacing Changes

Typically 3 - 5 km

1½ - 2 km

Before

After

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Station Opportunities

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Station Opportunities

Tram-Train and freight onlyNo footbridge

Low floor accessFreight behind new platform

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Success Bringing Back Heavy Rail

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New Limited Stop Express Service

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Station Opportunities

Mixed conventional and Tram Train low floor access

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Level Crossings Become Opportunities

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Level Crossings Become Opportunities

New low floor platform

Bus stops andwalkways

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Level Crossings Become Opportunities

Maybe add a passing loop

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Level Crossings Become Opportunities

Barriers replacedby traffic lights

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Relationship of Station to Town

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Maybe Sell Off The Old Station?

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Tram Train Advantages…• Reconnects rail to the city / town centre• Works with existing railway• Extra stations at minimal cost• Diversion into town centres when finances permit• Reduced journey times• Freight / other passenger services still operable• High “24/7” availability• Dual power – no need for total electrification• Lower infrastructure maintenance costs• Lower energy demand• Simple signalling and level crossing controls

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There Is Potential For Tram-Train In The Right Circumstances

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We Can Do It… Will We?