INFLUENCE OF THE VEHICLE SPEED ON THE COST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN A RAPID SURFACE TRANSPORT SYSTEM

INFLUENCE DE LA VITESSE DES VEHICULES SUR LE COUT DE L'INFRASTRUCTURE D'UN SYSTEME DE TRANSPORT TERRESTRE RAPIDE

A study (in collaboration with SETRA) on infrastructure costs for a hovertrain service operating at three speeds: 250, 300, and 500 km/h. The route envisaged, Metz-Strasbourg-Mulhouse (210 km), passes through regions with widely varying topography (across the Vosges and the Alsace Plain). The financial assessment does not take into account track, station and city centre installations, but determines approximate values as regards the correlation between infrastructure costs and the operating speed of the vehicles.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transport Research

  Avenue du General Malleret-Joinville, Arcueil
  Val de Marne, 94,   France 
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 60 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Guideways; High speed ground transportation; Intelligent transportation systems; Magnetic levitation vehicles; Tracked air cushion vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems; Guideway systems
• Subject Areas: Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149974
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 14
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1977 12:00AM