scholarly journals New High-Speed Rail System Proposed by August Scherl. Passenger Traffic Improvement Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 211-244
Author(s):  
Article Editorial
Keyword(s):  
System Integration ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Optimal Transport ◽  
Transport Modelling ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Transit Systems ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
Personal Rapid Transit ◽  
Business Journal

We reproduce an article first published in 1910 that describes in detail engineering projects, that were not only being developed but widely discussed. Those projects were dedicated to development of rapid, and particularly high-speed transportation in Berlin. The developments of that time reflected broad engineering views. It seems to be an attempt to integrate into a single project all the promising ideas regarding technical advancements as well as optimal transport modelling, routing schemes, traffic organisation, urban spatial planning. The discussion touched upon radial and ring traffic system, integration of the urban transportation system into national and even global one, splitting of passenger and freight traffic and infrastructure, and engineering decisions have reminded about contemporary monorail, elevated railways, light metro, and even personal rapid transit systems… The article attracted attention in Germany, as well as in other countries, and was reproduced in Zheleznodorozhnoe Delo [Railway Business] journal. Probably, many described aspects besides historical ones might be of interest today as well.

Struttura competitiva dopo la crisi Alitalia: il caso dela tratta Milano-Roma

2009 ◽  
pp. 167-178
Author(s):  
Giovanna Campopiano ◽  
Josip Kotlar ◽  
Andrea Salanti
Keyword(s):  
Price Competition ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Substantial Reduction ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Real Price

Air travel routes and high speed rail connection between Milan and Rome after the Alitalia crisis This paper analyses the first available data about changes in passenger traffic and air/rail fares after the Alitalia crisis and the substantial reduction of the travel time between Milan and Rome, due to the improvement of high speed rail on this connection. As recently happened in similar cases within Europe, the rail has gained a significant share of traffic previously attracted by air transport services. Apart from that, a real price competition is prevented by a number of inefficiencies which are mainly due to the monopolistic position of the new Alitalia on the route Milan Linate-Rome Fiumicino and problems of accessibility affecting our airports, and partly our rail stations too. The role of the various authorities potentially involved is burdened, in the last instance, by infrastructural deficiencies.

scholarly journals HSR Development in Russia Considering the Dynamics of Passenger Traffic and Public Opinion

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 248-270
Author(s):  
E. A. Ivanova ◽  
T. A. Flyagina
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Rolling Stock ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Passenger Traffic

To study the problems and opportunities for implementation of high-speed railway (HSR) projects, as well as to confirm the potential demand for highspeed transportation services, the authors studied public opinion regarding three of the potential HSR lines as well as the experience of foreign countries in implementation of projected passenger traffic, financing of construction of high-speed main lines and assessing their impact on the general economic growth of regions.When conducting the study, the authors used the methods of a questionnaire sociological survey, analysis, comparison, induction.The main results of the study have shown that in development and implementation of expensive highspeed rail projects, it is of particular importance to identify the demand of passengers for high-speed transportation, the general attitude and readiness of the population of countries to use such main lines. The article has studied the dynamics of demand for passenger transportation by branded and non-branded trains on key directions, which made it possible to identify several of them as the most promising for development of high-speed lines. The sociological research carried out by the authors, using the method of questioning in social networks, made it possible to reveal the attitude of the country’s residents towards the most potentially promising for high-speed rail projects directions: Moscow–St. Petersburg, Moscow– Kazan and Moscow–Rostov-on-Don. According to the results of the survey, Russians have a positive attitude to development of high-speed railways in the country, most of the respondents intend to use them when it is necessary to make interurban trips, especially on Moscow–St. Petersburg route.The authors present the external economic effects and risks of development of high-speed railways in Russia. The effects comprise the growth of the population’s transport mobility. The potential risks of developing high-speed rail projects are associated with complexity of ensuring reliable operation of rolling stock and infrastructure of these main lines under difficult climatic conditions in Russia, as well as with high cost of travel for Russians, which negatively affects demand. To overcome the latter risk, it is important to form a positive image of projects by modelling public opinion.

scholarly journals RESEARCH DIRECTIONS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPEED AND HIGH-SPEED PASSENGER TRAINS ON RAILWAYS UKRAINE

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larisa Parkhomenko
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Railway Network ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
Passenger Transportation ◽  
Partial Interaction ◽  
Normal Speed ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Passenger Trains ◽  
Railway Passenger

This paper analyzes the trends of high-speed and high-speed passenger trains on the railways of Ukraine on the basis of market research and analysis of passenger traffic plying the effectiveness of conventional and high-speed passenger trains within the existing operating model railroad network. The analysis of changes in the competitiveness of rail transport in the passenger transportation market in the implementation of high-speed and high-speed rail passenger traffic. This paper analyzes the effectiveness of most profitable running of passenger trains normal speed (speed up to 120 km/h ) and passenger trains new Hyundai and Skoda (speed up to 160 km/h), which began to run from 2012 on the railway network inUkraine. We prove the efficiency of high-speed railway passenger transportation to Ukraine on the basis of an extensive network of specialized upgraded lines on which trains are capable of speeds up to 180 km/hwith the possibility of partial interaction with conventional network.

scholarly journals Comparison of Forecasting Methods for Intercity Passenger Flows for Various Modes of Transport

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-92
Author(s):  
N. A. Makutsky ◽  
M. S. Fadeev ◽  
P. A. Chistyakov
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Measurement Errors ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Data Series ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Historical Aspect ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Passenger Flows

The article is devoted to methodological features of forecasting intercity passenger flows under the conditions of transformation of the transport system of Russia, namely, the emergence of a new type of rail transport which is high-speed rail. The objective of the article is to present the authors’ methodology for forecasting passenger flows and to prove its higher efficiency relative to the methods used in Russia today. The article considers the historical aspect of forecasting passenger flows, analyzes strengths and weaknesses of existing approaches to forecasting and modelling passenger flows. The authors argue that it is impossible to simulate the number of trips with changes in transportation parameters only on the basis of patterns identified by retrospective data series (the most common approach to forecasting passenger flows in Russia). The article proposes an alternative methodology based on the calculation of passenger’s total costs of a trip, which depend on cost of travel, loss of time, frequency of departure of vehicles and their comfort, as well as considering the dynamics of key social-economic indicators. The technique allows minimizing measurement errors arising from the lack of primary information about some types of passenger transport, as well as calculating the induced demand for trips arising as a result of improved transportation characteristics. The authors identified and expressed in quantitative terms the main factors of redistribution of passenger flows to newly introduced types of transport. The article discusses the experience of forecasting passenger flow according to the proposed method at the example of four itineraries where movement of high-speed trains of Lastochka type started. The forecasted results are compared with the actual volumes of transportation, on the basis of which conclusions are drawn about the effectiveness of the forecasting method and its applicability in modern realities of the Russian transport system. The advantages and disadvantages of the proposed approach to forecasting passenger traffic, as well as the possibilities of its implementation and further development in Russia are identified.

scholarly journals Improvement of Characteristics of the Railway Direction Kharkiv-Dnipro with the Purpose of Introducing the high-speed Passenger Traffic

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 02004
Author(s):  
Maksym Kutsenko ◽  
Sergii Zmii ◽  
Oleksandr Rozsokha ◽  
Ganna Shapoval ◽  
Olga Semenova
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Rail Transport ◽  
Small Radius ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
High Speed Trains ◽  
Service Sectors ◽  
Circular Curves ◽  
Transition Curves

The high efficiency of high-speed rail transport contributes to its development both in the service sectors and in the construction of devices for servicing high-speed trains, in particular, track development. At the same time, it is necessary to take into account the obvious problems that accompany the process of reconstruction of railways during the transition to high-speed passenger traffic. Among them, the presence of small radii of circular curves, an insufficient length of straight inserts and transition curves should be noted. In this paper, it is proposed to consider small-radius curves located close to each other as one common module when reconstructing railways with the aim of introducing high-speed passenger traffic. The implementation of this approach will allow solving one of the main problems - straightening of the railway section. This will increase the speed of passenger trains and reduce travel time by reducing the length of the route. The article deals with the task of reconstruction of modules consisting of three adjacent curves, which occur when improving the characteristics of the plan of the Kharkiv-Dnipro railway direction.

scholarly journals ENSURING TRAIN SAFETY ON HIGH-SPEED RAIL-HIGHWAY

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Dayana Bitigova ◽  
Dinar Bekzhanov ◽  
Saule Bekzhanova
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Normal Operation ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Traffic System ◽  
Rail Network ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
High Speed Trains ◽  
Train Safety

Modern high-speed trains in normal operation develop speeds of up to 350-400 km / h, and in tests they can even accelerate to 560-580 km/h. Due to the speed of service and high speed of movement, they seriously compete with other modes of transport, while maintaining such a property of all trains as low cost of transportation with a large volume of passenger traffic. For the first time the regular movement of high-speed trains began in 1964 in Japan under the Shinkansen project. In 1981, VSNT trains began to run in France, and soon most of Western Europe, including even the island of Great Britain, became connected by a single high-speed rail network. At the beginning of the XXI century, China became the world leader in the development of a network of high-speed lines, as well as the operator of the first regular high-speed maglev.In Russia, the regular operation of high-speed trains "Sapsan", on common tracks with conventional trains, began at the end of 2009. Since 2013, the idea of building the first specialized high-speed railway Moscow-Kazan (cargo-passenger) for the national high-speed traffic system has been discussed.Most of the high-speed trains carry passengers, but there are varieties designed for the transport of goods. For example, the French service La Poste has used special TGV electric trains for 30 years, which served to transport mail and parcels (their operation was completed in June 2015 due to the decrease in the volume of mailings in recent years).

Exploring the Airline-High Speed Rail Collaboration Model

2016 ◽  
pp. 144-154
Author(s):  
Peggy Daniels Lee ◽  
George VandeWerken ◽  
Raj Selladurai
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Alternative View ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Security Screening ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
Transportation Modes ◽  
Airline Passenger ◽  
Air Carriers

Studies have shown that short-haul airline passenger traffic (less than 500 miles) is decreasing nationwide. This decline may be attributed to legacy airlines' rising costs (especially fuel), increased airport congestion, and increased travel time due to post-September 2001 TSA security screening. Previous studies tended to look at the substitution of high-speed rail and other transportation modes for air travel, especially as travel times shorten. Substitution usually takes the form of collaboration or competition between competing modes and competing carriers. This chapter presents an alternative view – with a discussion of the proposition that air carriers may benefit more from collaborative arrangements that allow them to “own” at least a portion of the intermodal passenger experience rather than shifting or transferring passengers to competing non-air modes. As we believe that this proposal has merit and is worth consideration, we conclude the chapter with a research agenda designed to empirically test the proposition.

Comparing the Size of the Market in Potential High Speed Rail Corridors of the Midwest

2016 ◽  
pp. 34-52
Author(s):  
Joseph P. Schwieterman
Keyword(s):  
Gravity Model ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Twin Cities ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Considerable Potential ◽  
Passenger Traffic

Transportation planners in the Midwest are advancing an agenda for high-speed rail while simultaneously investing in numerous corridors that have different strengths and weaknesses. To assist in establishing priorities, this paper compares the size of the travel markets in seven of these Midwestern corridors. Using a technique known as the gravity model, it demonstrates that the corridors linking Chicago to Cincinnati and Detroit likely exceed the others on the basis of total passenger traffic, and, along with the Chicago – Twin Cities route, rank at the top with respect to the passenger-miles of travel. The routes to Cleveland, St. Louis, and other locales compare less favorably. The top corridors, while shown to be only a fraction of the size of the California and Northeast Corridor routes, are found to be appreciably larger than most of the country's proposed high speed rail corridors, suggesting they have considerable potential for rail-passenger development.

Improved Performance Track Components for Heavy Axle Loads and High Speed Rail

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
David D. Davis ◽  
Joseph LoPresti ◽  
Semih Kalay
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Dynamic Performance ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Traffic Demand ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
Traffic Growth ◽  
Heavy Haul ◽  
Axle Loads ◽  
Improved Performance

North American railways have experienced significant traffic growth over the past 20 years to the point where many lines are at or near capacity. While the current worldwide recession has eased capacity constraints momentarily, the long-term trends are for continued traffic growth. Faced with the prospects of perhaps doubling freight traffic demand in the next 20 years and adding significant passenger traffic, the railroads are developing cost effective ways to increase capacity. Besides constructing additional tracks, improving the performance (i.e., safety, reliability, and service lives) of key track components is expected. Both heavy axle loads (HAL) and high speed rail (HSR) passenger traffic require high quality, durable track. The paper will describe recent work done to improve the dynamic performance and durability of these track components: • Special trackwork. • Rail joints. • Crossties. • Track transitions. For example, turnouts are being developed that can accommodate freight shippers served from mainline track that also carry high speed traffic. These continuous mainline rail switches and frogs allow slow speed diverging operations that will not affect mainline track performance. The paper will also discuss further heavy haul infrastructure research and development needs.

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