THE COST STRUCTURE OF TUBE VEHICLE SYSTEM FOR HIGH SPEED GROUND TRANSPORTATION

This report examines the estimation of capital and operating costs for a range of general assumptions concerning the physical and cost features of tube vehicle systems. Costs are broken down as follows: costs of land acquisition (right of way, land prices, the cost of land), tunnels, at-grade construction, overhead construction, track and control (investment and maintenance), station, terminal and yard, vehicle and crew, vehicle power and evacuation systems, (electricity, aerodynamic drag, magnetic suspension drag, evacuation systems); total and unit costs are quoted together with vehicle capacity and headways. The costs of the above parameters are incorporated in the economic case study of a hypothetical tube vehicle system for which total annual and unit costs are compared /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Loughborough University

  Transport Studies Group
  Department of Civil and Building Engineering
  Loughborough, Leicestershire  United Kingdom  LE11 3TU
• Authors:
  • Bunting, P M
  • Gralewskik, Z A
  • Hawkins, N M
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 80 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus stops; Construction; Costs; Electricity; Evacuation; Future; Ground transportation; Headways; High occupancy vehicle lanes; High speed ground transportation; High speed vehicles; Investments; Land use; Maintenance; Operating costs; Pipe; Pneumatic conveyors; Property acquisition; Public transit; Railroad stations; Rapid transit; Right of way (Traffic); Speed; Transportation modes; Tunnels; Vehicle capacity; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Tube vehicle systems
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132891
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: R&D Rpt.
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 13 1982 12:00AM