Towards The 2030 Railway

Prof Andrew McNaughton 8 June 2007

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2030 Assumptions

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Implications

• The railway of the future will be part of a complete transport system which is…

– “Whole journey” – Open 7 days a week– On-time– Low maintenance– Energy efficient & sustainable– Affordable

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Stations

• An integral part of the door to door journey– Friendly, bright, secure– Allow for reduced agility / mobility– Easy ticketing, reservation and information

• Redesigned to promote interchange– Connections which are quick, easy, certain

and weatherproof• At the right locations

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Modular Small Station

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Wayfinding

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Infrastructure

• Design for– Very low maintenance– Very high reliability – Minimal service disruption

• We have started– “Predict and prevent” replacing “find and fix”

• Measurement Trains• Derby Engineering Centre• Intelligent Infrastructure programme

– New installation techniques– New materials

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Modular Turnouts

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Infrastructure

Do it in

8 HOURS8 HOURS……or lessor less

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Recycled Plastic Waste Sleepers

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Trains• High reliability / low maintenance• Reduced journey time

– Improved acceleration and braking– Reduced dwell times

• Reduced energy consumption• Reduced weight• Requires changes across the railway system

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Infrastructure

• Higher track quality to reduce vertical forces– High renewal and whole life maintenance

specification– Absolute track geometry trials

• Control of train collision risk• Elimination of train risk at level crossings

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Virtuous Circle

Reduced weight vehicles

Reduced impact on track

Reduced fatigue load

Reduced maintenance

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Capacity Improvement

• Not (usually) about more tracks• Bi-directional signalling and greater automatic

train control • An “on time” railway with standard trains and

stopping patterns• Segregation of traffic flows • Grade separation at junctions• Station track design

– Japanese and Swiss “lean infrastructure” approaches

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Tokaido Shinkansen: Tokyo Station

• 15 arrivals and departures per hour

•19 hours per day

• 6 platform faces

• 8 point ends

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Very highspeedrailway

Light railroute

Tramway

Communityrail route

One Railway, Different Needs

Metroroute

Regionalmixedroute

Freightonlyroute

Multipurposeroute

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Between Cities

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General Freight

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Suburban / Urban

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Local

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Long Distance (Inter Metropolis)

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Heavy Freight

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Core Theme

• We must engineer our railway as a complete transport system which is…– “Whole journey”– Open 7 days a week– On-time– Low maintenance– Energy efficient & sustainable

…at an affordable price