Transcript City Class 29.2400.3 Tram

TRAM Power Ltd and
USP’s of its products
web : www.trampower.co.uk
Presentation to
Baker Tilley
18th Dec. 2007
Manchester
TRAM Power Ltd.USP’s
 City Class tram
 Passenger friendly and flexible
 Low power consumption
 Low maintenance costs
 Low cost of ownership
 LR55 track
 Strong and durable
 Low installation costs
 Flexible and wide rail use
 Minimum disruption
 OHL power
 High performance
 Low cost
 Light weight and aesthetic
 Turnkey
 Opens commercial projects
 More schemes and so more sales
 Faster start to opening, no need for grants ?
Competitors
Tramcars
Alstom, Bombardier, Siemens, Skoda
Track
Balfour Beatty, Grant Rail
OHL
Balfour Beatty, Brecknell Willis
Whole systems
No commercial for 100years
The Team
Lewis Lesley, (Technical) Director
Lincoln Shields, Business Development
Mike Kilroy, Production Manager
David Bostock, Finance
UK (public) transport market
 Buses about 7% of passenger km
 Trains about 7% of passenger km
 Motor cars about 80% of Pass. km
Urban transport market
 Buses about 15% of passenger km
 Trains about 5% of passenger km
 Motor Cars about 70% of pass. km
 Walking and cycling about 5%
 75% of car trips under 8km.
Role of urban tramways
Proven to attract motor car users
Manchester 25% of patronage
Sheffield 20% of patronage
Better energy efficiency
Lower or nil (carbon) emissions
Reduce dependency on oil
BUT low priority of Government
Reducing tramway costs
TRAM Power Ltd. aims
To lower capital costs
To lower operating costs
To make some tramways commercial
Private funds could build new
systems without subsidies
Busy bus routes more economical as
tramways
TRAM Power Products
City Class tramcar (Patented)
LR55 Street track (Patented)
Overhead power supply (Patent pending)
The package = affordable tramways
City Class tram
200 passenger prototype on test in Birkenhead
City Class v Metrolink
 City Class
COTS
200 pass
22tonnes
State of Art
controls
1kWh/km
c£1m new
 Metrolink
Bespoke
200 pass
46tonnes
20years old
controls
4kWh/km
£2.25m +
new
COTS = Components Off The Shelf
Design Principles:
Less cost without mass production
Proven design concept
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The City Class tram from TRAM Power Ltd.
Has world wide application.
Innovative design
Less costs COTS = “components off the shelf”.
Mock up
 4 tonne
 Low/High floor - 25% length full size
 Exhibited and market research in
Birmingham, Blackpool, Chatham, Dublin, Edinburgh,
Gloucester, Liverpool, London & Sheffield
Slave Tram
 Redundant 1930’s tram for scrapping
 One original bogie and drive removed
 TRAM Power bogie
 90kW 3phase industrial motor and
 Inverter drive fitted
 Tested on Blackpool Tramway 1995 - 1997
Prototype Tram
29m long
single articulation
bogie, motor and inverter from Slave tram
with second identical set added
tested with HMRI approval 1998 - 2000
The City Class Family
•15 m horizontal track radius
•200 m vertical curve capable
•Magnetic track brakes for emergency braking
•Multiple Unit compatible
•200-250 passenger capacity
Preliminary Energy Results
Blackpool old tram =
Manchester Metrolink =
Sheffield Supertram =
TRAM Power City Class =
Why ?
Lower weight
High efficiency drive
1.5kWh/km
4.0kWh/km
4.8kWh/km
1.0kWh/km
Tram sales, progress:
 Approach from Iran (60)
 Commercial schemes
 Trafford Centre (12)
 Middlesbrough (19)
 Liverpool (20)
 Invitations to bid
 Toronto (200)
 Melbourne (100)
 Amman (turnkey project)
 Discussions with
 Blackpool (16)
 Galway (15)
LR55
&
why old tracks have high costs ?
Manchester
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relocation of utilities
massive track slab
expensive reconstruction
long possession
traffic disruption
business inconvenience
replacement of failed
tracks
Sheffield
LR55 Components
*The LR55 Rail
*rail grade steel
*weldable
*delivered in 18m
lengths
*12m radius curve
*S & C to match
*transitions etc.
LR55 Installation
 Rail bonded into Trough
with PU grout
Pre cast
Concrete
trough
LR55 & Network Rail
Tunnel enlargement
Extra headroom
Without
Rebuilding tunnel
LR55 delivers:
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Robust (up to 80 tonne axles)
Durable (since 1996 in Sheffield)
Small footprint (400mm wide/rail)
Shallow (200mm depth)
Utilities undisturbed & accessible
Rapid installation (500m/week)
About 50% of cost of other systems
LR55 Sales:
Discussions opened with Network Rail
Product Approval
Loading Gauge enhancement
All Commercial schemes
Trafford Centre
Middlesbrough
Liverpool
Need to get Steel Mill to Roll
New Overhead Power Supply
at Carnforth
New and Old : installation
OHL PROTOTYPE RESULTS
OHL installed Nov 2004, simplified
OHL costs reduced (£50k v £160k)
Elastic supported single wire
good for speeds up to 150km/hr
Low electric resistivity
Jan.2005 severe storms – no damage
branch lines to be electrified
reduce cost of new (light) rail & tram
projects ?
Putting all 3 products together
Commercial Projects
Privately funded, less Grants
Projects on table
Manchester - Trafford Centre
Middlesbrough
Liverpool
Galway
Limerick
TRAM Power
- next stage funding
Pre-production City Class Tram (£0.7m)
Staff for marketing, bids & fees (£0.25m pa)
Promote one of the schemes (£0.5m)
2 years = £2m total
Set up factory to build trams (£4.0m)
Winning Contracts:
Set up time
Advance contract payment
Contract completion
Retention payment