How dedicated HS-lines will affect capacity on the conventional network Bo-Lennart, NELLDAL 12 th July 2012, Session: Operation 3 - Capacity
Content Rail system in Sweden Rail development in Sweden Plans for High Speed lines Evaluation of how HSL affect capacity on conventional lines Conclushions 2
Rail operation in Sweden - Mixed passenger and freight operation Freight trains in max 100 km/h Passenger trains in max 200 km/h Example: X 2000 tilting trains with average speed 150 km/h Many regional trains with average speed 80 km/h Freight trains with average speed 80 km/h (station stops included) 0 Förbigångsstationen använd för att köra fler persontåg och godståg Avstånd [km] 83.5 167 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 Tid [min] 3
Passenger Rail development in Sweden Quality problems
HSR in Sweden Town size Stockholm >1 milj inhabitants Göteborg 0,5-1 milj inhabitants Malmö 250-500 thousand inh. 100-250 thousand inh. Uppsala Gävle 50-100 thousand inh. Luleå Uleåborg Skellefteå Trondheim Bremen Göteborg Odense Trollhättan Ålborg Hamburg Skövde Varberg Östersund Lund Malmö Jönköping Köpenhamn Halmstad Helsingborg Plans for real High Speed Sundsvall network dedicated for passenger trains Bergen Falun Gävle Borlänge Oslo Uppsala in 300-350 km/h Västerås (186-218 mph) Stavanger Örebro Eskils- Stockholm tuna Norrköping Linköping Örnsköldsvik Umeå Åbo Tammerfors S:t Petersburg Helsingfors Tallinn Riga Performance Dedicated HSR 350 km/h Kiev Mixed possible 250 km/h Mixed maximum 200 km/h Mixed other lines 5
TVEM Time table Variant Evaluation Model 1. Representative traffic system for passenger trains will be constructed 2. Set infrastructure and train/vehicle characteristics 3. Time table analysis where position and time between the passenger trains will be varied 4. The space between the passenger trains will be filled up with as many freight trains as possible 5. Evaluation of the number of freight trains in each time table variant Constraint: Not more than 25% supplement in running time for freight trains caused by overtaking passenger trains Programmed in MATLAB by Olov Lindfeldt (PhD at KTH 2010) 6 6
Principal timetable of Southern Main Line (without a new HS Line) Mjölby 2,720 timetable variants found 2008 Sommen Tranås Frinnaryd Nässjö Grimstorp Stockaryd Grevaryd Gåvetorp Alvesta Eneryda Osby Hässleholm 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360 Tid [minuter] 7 7
Principal timetable of Southern Main Line upgraded for tilting trains in 250 km/h 86,700 timetable variants found Mantorp Mjölby Sommen Fbg 1 Frinnaryd Nässjö Grimstorp Fbg 2 Stockaryd Grevaryd Gåvetorp Alvesta Fbg 3 Eneryda Fbg 4 Osby Fbg 5 Hässleholm 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360 8 8
Time table of Southern Main Line with a new HS Line Mjölby 4,700 timetable variants found 2020 Sommen Tranås Frinnaryd Nässjö Grimstorp Stockaryd Grevaryd Gåvetorp Alvesta Eneryda Osby Hässleholm 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360 Tid [minuter] 9 9
Slots for freight trains per direction on day-time 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Capacity for freight trains with different investmentsstrategies for Stockholm-Gothenburg and Stockholm-Malmö Maximum 2008 With uppgraded main lines With high speed lines Järna - Hallsberg Hallsberg - Göteborg Mjölby - Hässleholm 10
Conclusions 2-3 times more freight trains in daytime on the old track if high speed trains move to a dedicated line At least quadruple capacity for high speed trains on the new line Reduced dependence and conflicts between trains Increased punctuality on both track pairs Extremely short journey times with high speed trains Building of dedicated HSL directly in Sweden is at the end cheaper than successive upgrading existing double track lines to four track and 250 km/h 11
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