Various concepts of guided transport systems for periurban applications

Claude Soulas, GRETTIA 29 09 2011

THREE IMPORTANT TERMS

• GUIDED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS : mainly railway systems, but include theoretically magnetic levitation systems and guided systems on pneumatic tyres • CONCEPTS : try to identify common general characteristics independently from particular applications in different agglomerations or regions • Systems for PERIURBAN AREAS : long lines of urban systems, or specific periurban (or suburban) systems, or regional systems.

SYSTEMS FOR PERIURBAN AREAS • ROAD SYSTEMS : BUS GUIDED SYSTEMS : • RAILBUS (THE PAST) • LIGHT RAILCARS (NOW) • GUIDED SYSTEMS ON PNEUMATIC TYRES (difficult for periurban areas) ? • « CLASSICAL » RAILWAY SYSTEMS • INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS

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TWO DIFFERENT DEUFRAKO PROJECTS (French German cooperation) TWO DIFFERENT PERIODS, TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES • In 1987 STARLIM = development of an innovative suburban system with magnetic levitation, linear motor, automatic drive (150 km/h or more : long distance between stops).

• In 2001 BAHN.VILLE = Rail oriented development and intermodality in German and French urban regions. (Bahn.Ville 1 : 2001 - 2005, Bahn.Ville 2 : 2007 - 2010)

TWO TENDENCIES FOR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS • TECHNICAL INNOVATION, WITH MORE OR LESS AMBITIOUS OBJECTIVES. NOWADAYS MORE DEVELOPMENTS FOR PRIVATE CARS THAN FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT : ELECTROMOBILITY, « INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTS », …. . • PRAGMATIC EVOLUTION, ADAPTED TO THE CONTEXT, EXAMPLE OF THE INTERCONNEXION TRAMWAY IN KARLSRUHE

The result of an « old » ambition, to be forgotten Transrapid : magnetic levitation Now periurbain system in Shanghai (link with airport) Electrical active guideway

regional public transport

An other ambition, ten years ago. Difficult

revitalisation of closed regional rail way lines

(STUDY CARRIED OUT BY FRAUNHOFER INSTITUT IN DRESDEN, in 2001)

URBAN/PERIURBAN/ REGIONAL SYSTEMS • TRAMWAY, (55 netwoks in Germany, less in France but some recent relatively long lines) • LIGHT RAIL, « Stadtbahn » or « Métro léger » , (16 netwoks in Germany, no in France according a strict definition but Rouen is a similar concept) • LIGHT METRO, eg automatic systems, VAL,… • CLASSICAL METRO • REGIONAL METRO, « S-Bahn » or « RER » , network in France) (at least 14 netwoks in Germany, at least one huge

• VARIOUS RAILWAY SYSTEMS : several concepts Frontiers between systems not always clear. Some overlapping of application fields

TYPES OF REGIONAL RAILWAY SYSTEMS

• INTERCONNEXION TRAM « ZWEI-SYSTEM-FAHRZEUG » «TRAM-TRAIN », • REGIONAL TRAM / « TRAIN-TRAM », this concept can be achieved by different systems, different rolling stocks (eg tram vehicles, sometimes light railcar) • RAILCARS « AUTORAIL », »TRIEBWAGEN » –

CLASSICAL RAILCARS

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« FRENCH-GERMAN » RAILCAR

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LIGHT RAILCARS : MANY EXAMPLES IN GERMANY, FOR EXAMPLE « REGIOSPRINTER » (60t LONGITUDINAL STRENGTH) C. SOULAS

COMPLEXITY OF THE CASE OF KARLSRUHE

• In Karlsruhe implementation of a new concept • In France invention of the term of « tram-train » or « interconnexion tram » • In Germany no universal term. In the literature many different terms according to the context : « Model of Karsruhe », « Two-systems vehicle », « Two-systems-light rail », etc, And some ambiguous terms : « bimodal », « hybrid ». In the network of Karlsruhe the system is considered as a regional metro « S-Bahn ».

• In Karlsruhe a 500 km network, in addition to the urban tram network, and in addition to regional trains : two different systems with a majority of real « two-systems-vehicles» some specific operationnal caharacteristics : eg stops on demand importance of the intermodality strategies (busses, bike, ;..) link with urban planing

Interconnexion tramway : technical adaptations in order to circulate on two different networks • adaptation of wheel profiles for two types of rail • electrical supply with two types of current • adaptation of signalization • specific devices for accessibility (gauge 2,65m)

Intermodality between tram-train and bus Station Heilbronn (regional network Karlsruhe)

Intermodality with Regional Metro « S-Bahn » and other guided systems

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Example of bicycle parking devices at a station of Francfort S Bahn. Many best practices in Germany (Munich, Cologne), Holland, Japan, Denmark, … Presentation of the results of PREDIT project PORT VERT at French Ministry of Transport, October the 5th.

LINKS BETWEEN SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS AND REGIONAL/URBAN PLANING •

ADEQUATION BETWEEN SYSTEM AND TERRITORY

(e.g. distance between stopping points)

• INSERTION CHARACTERISTICS • TYPE OF LEVEL CROSSINGS • ACCESSIBILITY FOR VARIOUS USER CATEGORIES • SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF SAFETY

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SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS

• TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE

SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION (TRACTION, MASS, LONGITUDINAL STRENGTH)

• AESTHETIC PARAMETERS

GAUGE, HEIGHT, DESIGN, CATENARY INTEGRATION

• IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT

EXHAUST EMISSIONS, NOISE

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TRAM-TRAINS

Application Longueur hors tout (mm) Largeur max (mm) Hauteur / rail (mm) Résistance à la compression (kN) Masse à vide (t) Masse maximale (t) Charge à l’essieu max (t) Hauteur du plancher /rail (mm) Zone plancher haut Zone planche bas Embarquement % de plancher bas Places assises Places debout à 4 p/m 2 Vitesse maximale (km/h) Accélération maximale (m/s 2 ) Accélération de 0 à 50 km/h Décélération de service max (m/s 2 ) Décélération freinage d’urgence Rayon de courbure minimum (m) Diamètre des roues neuves (mm) Diamètre des roues usées Courants d’alimentation Moteurs : type puissance (kW) GT 8-100 C/2S GT8-100D/2S-M Stadtbahn SAAR Karlsruhe 37 610 2 650 3 700 600 58,6 75,5 10,4 Karlsruhe 37 610 2 650 3 860 600 58,5 82 11 Sarrebruck 37 870 2 650 3 360 600 55,5 81,6 10 1000 1000 0 100 115 95 0,9 0,75 1,6 2,73 23 740 660 750VDC/15 kV AC c t continu 2 x 245 880 630 580 35 100 115 100 805 400 400 48 96 147 100 AC 1 0,85 1,6 2,73 23 1,1 0,94 1,6 2,73 à vide 23 en charge 25 760 660 750V DC/15 kV asynchrone 4 x 127 660 580 750VDC/15 kV AC asynchrone 8 x 120

Source VDV

Light or semi light railcars (Germany )

REGIO-SHUTTLE RS1 DoSto VT 640 LVT/S GTW 2/6 Integral (5 caisses) EBO-LINT LINT VT 641 (X73500) REGIO-SPRINTER a) Düren b) Vogtland VT 642 Desiro TALENT 2 caisses TALENT 3caisses VT 643 VT 644 VT 628,4 (autorail classique plus ancien) référence autocar SETRA Roulement bogies essieux essieux bogies essieux bogies bogies essieux et bogie central bogies bogies bogies bogies pneus t Masse Matériel Puissance kW 42,1 44 27,5 21 51 79,5 38,5 45 31,5 64 57 72 84 70,4 11,5 454 514 250 265 550 945 315 514 396 550 630 630 1000 485 184 1,79 1,77 1,50 1,50 1,61 1,51 1,67 2,25 Critère de légèreté m 2 /t 1,38 1,32 2,62 1,87 1,62 1,75 1,50 1,34 Critère global m 2 /t x kW/t 14,84 16,08 23,81 23,55 17,18 20,78 12,25 15,34 22,52 25,29 12,88 16,58 14,07 17,98 11,51 36

Source VDV

SYSTEMS COMPARIZONS « MINIMAL CASE »

• EXAMPLE OF A 40 km TYPICAL LINE WITH 7 INTERMEDIATE STOPS, ACCORDING TO THE LITTERATURE (CERTU PUBLICATION ) • CLASSICAL FRENCH RAILCARS : between 50mn and 43mn • FRENCH-GERMAN RAILCAR : 39mn • TWO SYSTEMS VEHICLES : KARLSRUHE 39mn , SAARBRUCKEN 37mn • GERMAN LIGHT RAILCARS : 38mn NEW INVESTIGATIONS IN BAHN.VILLE 2 on the line St Etienne Firminy

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R&D PROGRAMS since 2000 (IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT)

• SYSTEMS WITH ELECTRIC TRACTION : ENERGY BIMODALITY,

EXAMPLE OF THALES PROJECT, WITH SUPERCONDENSATORS « TRAM-TRAIN HYBRIDE A ALIMENTATION ELECTRIQUE PAR SUPERCONDENSATEURS » NO INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION

• SYSTEMS WITH THERMIC TRACTION

(DIESEL OR GAS) :

HYBRIDATION

BY MEANS OF FLYWHEELS - ULEV-TAP : MODIFICATION OF AN INTERCONNEXION TRAMWAY IN KARLSRUHE - LIREX « LIGHTWEIGHT INNOVATIVE REGIONAL EXPRESS » , DIESEL-ELECTRIC RAILCAR, EVOLUTION TOWARDS AN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT « CORADIA-LIREX »

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NEW IDEAS IN THE FIELD OF URBAN PUBLIC TRANPORT : SIMPLIFIED CHRONOLOGY • 1970-1980 : invention of automatic « new transportation modes » with a decreasing complexity : PRT (Personal Rapid Transit), then ARAMIS, then light automated metros such as VAL system • 1980-1990 : beginning of tramway reintroduction in some towns • 1990-2000 : new concept called «intermediate systems», but in fact three différents types of new guided systems on pneumatic tyres (on ground transportation) • 2000-2010 (particularly 2005) Haut Niveau de Service : definition of BHNS concept «Bus à » / BHLS

IT IS NECESSARY TO TAKE ALL THE TRANSPORTATION MODES IN CONSIDERATION, ON A LONG PERIOD

COMPLEXITY IS MOVING : LESS COMPLEXITY FOR THE SYSTEM OR THE CONCEPT, BUT COMPLEXITY FOR THE INTERFACES, AND SOMETIMES FOR NEW COMPONENTS

AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS : 40 YEARS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT • • Considered as an universal potential solution in 1970 and later : it contributed to delay tramway reintroduction as well as bus netwoks improvements • Main limitation of the diffusion : difficult acceptance of aerial guideway in towns, high cost of tunnels (or cut-off effect at groung level) • In the context of European countries it is an adequate solution in some cases : for metros and mini-metros in order to increase system attractivity during off-peak hours, and for short to middle range sytems where high frequency is necessary

A LONG TIME FOR MATURATION , eg for VAL sytem : after 40 years it appears the NEOVAL system with an optimized guiding device

LE VAL 208 DE RENNES Source Siemens

NEW GUIDED SYSTEMS ON PNEUMATIC TYRES

MECHANICAL GUIDANCE

Chronology : • lateral kerb-guidance (above rolling plan) O-Bahn Essen , guided busses • central rail, vertical guidance GLT / TVR Nancy, Caen • central rail, oblique « V » guidance Translohr : Clermont, Italy, China,…

« IMMATERIAL» GUIDANCE

Chronology : • wire guidance old experiments : F ürth, + (Channel tunnel) • optical guidance CIVIS Castellone ,… TEOR Rouen • electronic guidance PHILEAS Eindhoven , EVEOLE Douai (trajectory storage and transponders)

Tramway on pneumatic tyres Translohr in Clermont Ferrand (Since october 2006)

Translohr in Padoue (Italy)

Guidance device of Translohr, « in form of V »

Deux paires de galets obliques pincent un monorail central

Source : Lohr Industrie

BHLS AND TRAM COMPARIZON

• Cost comparizon is not the only one criteria and has to be replaced in its context . Eg 30 years ago a demonstration that fully automatic H-Bahn was cheaper than bus system for a network in the town of Erlangen . But hypothesis 1mn frequency.

• Compared to other investigations the FGSV cost comparizon (publication 2008) coordinated by V Deutsch (University Wuppertal) has two advantages : it avoids to compare « apples with peers », by choosing identical conditions - has limited the scope of the comparizon to a reasonable ridership for European context The choice of some parameters remains of course difficult

A PRUDENT INTERPRETATION OF BHLS AND TRAM COMPARIZON

Results depend on the context : in term of total cost during a 30 years period, in some conditions a 24m biarticulated

diesel

BHLS could be significantly cheaper than tram, eg 30%, but not 2 times cheaper ; - for a 24m biarticulated BHLS trolleybus total costs are comparable to that of tram, if we consider a 5mn interval for trolleybus and 8mn interval for tram.

Comparizon relevant only for ridersip not higher than 2 500 pasengers/ h/ direction • Some elements are difficult to monetarize, eg smaller width of tram lanes, better regularity (longer vehicles at traffic lights) • Importance of some questions such as impact of electric supply