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Radical Change is Entirely Possible!

Radical Change is Entirely Possible!. 2 nd November 2011. “Rail Is A 19 th Century System!”. The Best Railway In The World?. Long Distance. Urban / Regional “Heavy Rail”. The Wrong Sort of Finances…. McNulty Evidence Local Services Revenue : Cost ratio 1 : 8. The Weight Problem….

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Radical Change is Entirely Possible!

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

  2. “Rail Is A 19th Century System!”

  3. The Best Railway In The World?

  4. Long Distance

  5. Urban / Regional “Heavy Rail”

  6. The Wrong Sort of Finances… McNulty Evidence Local Services Revenue : Cost ratio 1 : 8

  7. The Weight Problem… GB Regional DMUs

  8. Heavy Rail Doesn’t Compute…

  9. Virtuous Impact of Lighter Trains Reduced impact on track Reduced weight vehicles Reduced degradation Reduced maintenance and cost

  10. Virtuous Impact of Lighter Trains Better acceleration and braking Reduced weight vehicles Reduced journey times More customers and revenue

  11. PPM?

  12. The Connectivity Challenge…

  13. Integrated Services

  14. Station Relocation

  15. A Short Line Lesson from America?

  16. Localism At Work

  17. The Workhorse

  18. Some Freight Flows?

  19. Some Heritage Traffic…?

  20. Complement not Compete

  21. What of the Tram-Train Concept

  22. Sharing the Tram Tracks

  23. And The Heavy Rail Network

  24. The First Low-Floor - Saarbrucken

  25. Zwickau Regio Train-Tram

  26. Nordhausen Diesel Tram-Train

  27. Tram-Train Success Ratio For every City which adopted Tram-Train there are 20 which studied it and didn’t

  28. New Thinking – Kassel 2007

  29. The HSR Station Had Become Dominant Regional Lines New HSR Line Former Main Station

  30. Kassel RegioTram

  31. 750dc Overhead in the City

  32. Onto Main Network

  33. Diesel on Regional Line

  34. …To Outlying Districts

  35. Key Success Factor What makes Tram-Train worth the investment and complexity?

  36. Relationship of Main Station to City Centre Surburbs >1km

  37. Reconnecting with the City Centre

  38. Station Spacing Changes Before Typically 3 - 5 km

  39. Station Spacing Changes Before Typically 3 - 5 km After 1½ - 2 km

  40. Station Opportunities

  41. Station Opportunities Tram-Train and freight only No footbridge Low floor access Freight behind new platform

  42. Success Bringing Back Heavy Rail

  43. New Limited Stop Express Service

  44. Station Opportunities Mixed conventional and Tram Train low floor access

  45. Level Crossings Become Opportunities

  46. Level Crossings Become Opportunities Bus stops and walkways New low floor platform

  47. Level Crossings Become Opportunities Maybe add a passing loop

  48. Level Crossings Become Opportunities Barriers replaced by traffic lights

  49. Relationship of Station to Town

  50. Maybe Sell Off The Old Station?

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