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SWOMM, Scientific Workshop on Mountain Mobility and transport at CSD 18/ UIC –12th May 20101
Sustainable Mobility in Mountain Areas:Railways in mountains areas
UN CSD 18, New York, 12 May 2010
Margrethe Sagevik Sustainable Development Senior Adviser
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UIC
- the Worldwide Association representing the Railway Sector with around 200 members on all continents
Members: Active Associate Affiliate82 82 35
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Promoting the development of rail transport
at world level,
in order to meet challenges
of mobility and sustainable development
UIC Mission
UIC is the global organisation for cooperation between and promotion of railways.
UIC has a strong tradition of working on sustainability issues, both in supporting members in improving their sustainability performance as well as communicating on the sector level towards external key stakeholders.
UIC is the global organisation for cooperation between and promotion of railways.
UIC has a strong tradition of working on sustainability issues, both in supporting members in improving their sustainability performance as well as communicating on the sector level towards external key stakeholders.
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UIC’s role
Provider
Facilitator
DeveloperOrganiser
. Know How,
. Technical and Operational expertise,
. Technical solutions,
. Regulations, standards,
. Best practises.
. Exchange platforms,
. Innovation: new ideas, new concepts,. Protecting member railways’ common interests,. Support policies of development of key infrastructure projects.
- Forums,- Seminars,- Conferences,
. Congresses. WCRR 2008. UIC Highspeed,. Global Rail Freight Conference.
. Specifications,
. Standards,
. Interfaces,
. Studies,
. Interoperability for international rail corridors.
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Partnerships on transport, climate change
& sustainable development
Together we are stronger: UIC supports cooperation & bridge building
Examples:
SLoCAT:Partnership on Sustainable Low carbon Transport
Bridging the Gap:Partnership on Transport & Climate change
Examples:
SLoCAT:Partnership on Sustainable Low carbon Transport
Bridging the Gap:Partnership on Transport & Climate change
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Sustainable facts about railway (short):
- to be filled in: Low carbon performance
EcoTransIT World
Safety
Congestion
External costs
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Are railways investments sustainable according to a purely financial criterion?
No!
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Are railways investments sustainable according to a purely financial criterion? Is the question that easy?
Is it worth building new railway infrastructure in developing countries?
No!
SWOMM, Scientific Workshop on Mountain Mobility and transport at CSD 18/ UIC –12th May 20109
Are railways investments sustainable according to a purely financial criterion? Is the question that easy?
Is it worth building new railway infrastructure in developing countries?Is the question that easy?
No!
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Important aspects to include into the cost/benefit analysis:
TechnicalTopography
Operational Envisaged rail service
Financial aspects Investments costsMaintenace costs
Environmental impact
External costs (lower compared to trucks)
In addition:Strategical aspectsPolitical aspectsCultural aspectsSocial aspects
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Technical aspects:
Topography
Costs drivers for rail infrastructure in Mountians:
• Construction parameters: gradiant and curve radius
• Classification of soil and rock
• Need for avalanche and rock fall protection
• Electrification or non-electrification
• Numbers of bridges and tunnels
• Lenghts of bridges and tunnels
Technical aspects:
Topography
Costs drivers for rail infrastructure in Mountians:
• Construction parameters: gradiant and curve radius
• Classification of soil and rock
• Need for avalanche and rock fall protection
• Electrification or non-electrification
• Numbers of bridges and tunnels
• Lenghts of bridges and tunnels
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Operational aspects:
Envisaged rail service
Railway as a part of the solution for sustainable mobility in mountians:
Combined transport
i.e. ROLA: Rollende Landstrasse
Operational aspects:
Envisaged rail service
Railway as a part of the solution for sustainable mobility in mountians:
Combined transport
i.e. ROLA: Rollende Landstrasse
FreightFreight PassengerPassenger
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Operational aspects:
Envisaged rail service
Railway as a part of the solution for sustainable mobility in mountians:
i.e. High speed services in mountain areas
Operational aspects:
Envisaged rail service
Railway as a part of the solution for sustainable mobility in mountians:
i.e. High speed services in mountain areas
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Operational aspects:
Envisaged rail service
Railway as a part of the solution for sustainable mobility in mountians:
i.e. Passenger tourism services
Operational aspects:
Envisaged rail service
Railway as a part of the solution for sustainable mobility in mountians:
i.e. Passenger tourism services
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Environmental aspects:
Costs drivers for rail infrastructure in Mountains:
Environmental and land scape protection measures depending on the classification of the area
Environmental aspects:
Costs drivers for rail infrastructure in Mountains:
Environmental and land scape protection measures depending on the classification of the area
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Environmental aspects:
Costs drivers for rail infrastructure in Mountains:
I.e. Switzerland
Environmental aspects:
Costs drivers for rail infrastructure in Mountains:
I.e. Switzerland
NIBA (Nachhaltigkeitsindikatoren für Bahninfrastrukturprojekte) - Used to assess the sustainability aspects of new railway infrastructure projects
-Aim is to assure that investments in rail infrastructure are sustainable
NIBA (Nachhaltigkeitsindikatoren für Bahninfrastrukturprojekte) - Used to assess the sustainability aspects of new railway infrastructure projects
-Aim is to assure that investments in rail infrastructure are sustainable
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Financial aspects:
Investments costs:i.e. Lötschberg base tunnel (about 35 km)
Opened in 20073 Billion Euros
Godthard base tunnel (57 km)To open in 2017 8,2 Billion Euros
Maintainace costs:
Depends on amount of tunnels and bridges
Financial aspects:
Investments costs:i.e. Lötschberg base tunnel (about 35 km)
Opened in 20073 Billion Euros
Godthard base tunnel (57 km)To open in 2017 8,2 Billion Euros
Maintainace costs:
Depends on amount of tunnels and bridges
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The Swiss example: Modal shift in Swizerland
The swiss people enshrined modal shift into their Constitution in 1994, voting for the ’Alpine Initiative’: reflecting the country’s move towards environmentally sustainable transport in the volunerable Alpine ecosystem. Measures include:
1) Two new transalpine rail links
2) The ’land Transport Agreement’
3) Open access to the Swiss rail network for cargo traffic
4) Increasing countrywide the mileage-related heavy vechile fees, generating 900 million Euros in 2007
5) Subsidies and incentives for combined traffic
Revenues from the heavy veicle fee are spent on imporvemnets and extensions to rail infrasstructure, and the Swiss corridors have seen a 16% decrease in trucks croosing the Alpssince 2000.
The Swiss example: Modal shift in Swizerland
The swiss people enshrined modal shift into their Constitution in 1994, voting for the ’Alpine Initiative’: reflecting the country’s move towards environmentally sustainable transport in the volunerable Alpine ecosystem. Measures include:
1) Two new transalpine rail links
2) The ’land Transport Agreement’
3) Open access to the Swiss rail network for cargo traffic
4) Increasing countrywide the mileage-related heavy vechile fees, generating 900 million Euros in 2007
5) Subsidies and incentives for combined traffic
Revenues from the heavy veicle fee are spent on imporvemnets and extensions to rail infrasstructure, and the Swiss corridors have seen a 16% decrease in trucks croosing the Alpssince 2000.
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Improving sustainability of rail infrastructure in mountains:
dry and hotsummer
extreme stormevents
high and low waterperiods
freeze spell withincreasing wet snow
dry and hotsummer
extreme stormevents
high and low waterperiods
freeze spell withincreasing wet snow
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Adapting rail infrastructure to climate change (ARISCC)
“Preparing for when extreme weather of today becomes tomorrow’s normal
weather!” John Dora, Rail & Climate expert, Network rail
Improving sustainability of rail infrastructure in mountains:
- a UIC-project aiming to increase...:
...readiness/preparedness before extreme weather events
...robustness/resilience during extreme weather events
...recovery after extreme weather events (reduce time to business as usual)
- a UIC-project aiming to increase...:
...readiness/preparedness before extreme weather events
...robustness/resilience during extreme weather events
...recovery after extreme weather events (reduce time to business as usual)
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Future scenarios:Railway as a part of the solution of sustainable mobility in mountains
Priorities:
1) Maininting the existing infrastructure for ’regional’ train services
2) New infrastructure: Mainly tunnels for high speed and
heavy freight services (national and international train services)
– increased capacity: efficient in terms of train load and time saving
Future scenarios:Railway as a part of the solution of sustainable mobility in mountains
Priorities:
1) Maininting the existing infrastructure for ’regional’ train services
2) New infrastructure: Mainly tunnels for high speed and
heavy freight services (national and international train services)
– increased capacity: efficient in terms of train load and time saving
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Future scenarios:Railway as a part of the solution of sustainable mobility in mountains
Railways will play an important role to achive sustainable mobility especially in sensitive mountainous regions
To avoid problems with car traffic (traffic jams, parking space,...) attractive combinations of public transport are needed
Innovative solutions may also add for example electro-mobility for the last mile, special solutions for the transport of baggage, optimal information to the customer about transport chains, etc.
In Switzerland there are several car-free destinations in the Alps with good railway and public transport connection (e.g. Zermatt, Ascona, Mürren: http://www.autofrei-wohnen.de/UrlaubSwitzerland.html) that build on this advantage successfully.
Future scenarios:Railway as a part of the solution of sustainable mobility in mountains
Railways will play an important role to achive sustainable mobility especially in sensitive mountainous regions
To avoid problems with car traffic (traffic jams, parking space,...) attractive combinations of public transport are needed
Innovative solutions may also add for example electro-mobility for the last mile, special solutions for the transport of baggage, optimal information to the customer about transport chains, etc.
In Switzerland there are several car-free destinations in the Alps with good railway and public transport connection (e.g. Zermatt, Ascona, Mürren: http://www.autofrei-wohnen.de/UrlaubSwitzerland.html) that build on this advantage successfully.
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Thank you for your kind attention!
For more information: Margrethe Sagevik (sagevik@uic.org)
Thank you for your kind attention!
For more information: Margrethe Sagevik (sagevik@uic.org)
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