THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VEHICLE SIZE AND OPERATING COSTS IN URBAN TRANSIT NETWORKS
DER EINFLUSS DER FAHRZEUGGROESSE AUF DIE BETRIEBSKOSTENSTRUKTUR IM SCHNELLVERKEHR
The authors based their study on the Berlin and Hamburg networks, but a typical 20 km standard line was chosen for the study of the relationship between vehicles and productivity. Variable information concerning traffic, comfort, timetables, vehicle size and costs were used and it was seen that the volume of traffic must be determined before deciding on the size of the vehicles to be used. Operating costs for vehicles are lowest for vehicles/trains with seating for less than 100 passengers, for example, if peak traffic involves less than 3,000 passengers per hour in each direction. Trains with seating for 100 to 200 passengers are required for traffic involving 4,000 to 7,000 passengers per hour in each direction. For all types of operating, capital costs represent between 43 and 70% of rolling stock operating costs.
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Corporate Authors:
Schmidt (Erich) Verlag
Herforderstrasse 10
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Authors:
- Pampel, F
- Publication Date: 1975-11
Language
- German
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: 14 p.
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Serial:
- VERKEHR UND TECHNIK
- Volume: 28
- Issue Number: 11
- Publisher: Firmware-Entwicklung, Lumino GmbH
- ISSN: 0340-4536
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Analysis; Capital investments; Costs; Operating costs; Passenger cars; Passengers; Rapid transit cars; Travel demand; Vehicle design
- Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
- Old TRIS Terms: Car design; Passenger car design
- Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00131271
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: International Union of Railways
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 21 1981 12:00AM