Andrew McNaughton 1 Radical Change is Entirely Possible! 2 nd November 2011

Andrew McNaughton 2 Rail Is A 19 th Century System!

Andrew McNaughton 3 The Best Railway In The World?

Andrew McNaughton 4 Long Distance

Andrew McNaughton 5 Urban / Regional Heavy Rail

Andrew McNaughton 6 The Wrong Sort of Finances… McNulty Evidence Local Services Revenue : Cost ratio 1 : 8

Andrew McNaughton 7 The Weight Problem… Average Weight (per vehicle) tonne Installed Power (per vehicle) kW Year Power / Weight Ratio kW / tonne Class Class Class GB Regional DMUs

Andrew McNaughton 8 Heavy Rail Doesnt Compute…

Andrew McNaughton 9 Virtuous Impact of Lighter Trains Reduced weight vehicles Reduced impact on track Reduced degradation Reduced maintenance and cost

Andrew McNaughton 10 Virtuous Impact of Lighter Trains Reduced weight vehicles Better acceleration and braking Reduced journey times More customers and revenue

Andrew McNaughton 11 PPM?

Andrew McNaughton 12 The Connectivity Challenge…

Andrew McNaughton 13 Integrated Services

Andrew McNaughton 14 Station Relocation

Andrew McNaughton 15 A Short Line Lesson from America?

Andrew McNaughton 16 Localism At Work

Andrew McNaughton 17 The Workhorse

Andrew McNaughton 18 Some Freight Flows?

Andrew McNaughton 19 Some Heritage Traffic…?

Andrew McNaughton 20 Complement not Compete

Andrew McNaughton 21 What of the Tram-Train Concept

Andrew McNaughton 22 Sharing the Tram Tracks

Andrew McNaughton 23 And The Heavy Rail Network

Andrew McNaughton 24 The First Low-Floor - Saarbrucken

Andrew McNaughton 25 Zwickau Regio Train-Tram

Andrew McNaughton 26 Nordhausen Diesel Tram-Train

Andrew McNaughton 27 Tram-Train Success Ratio For every City which adopted Tram-Train there are 20 which studied it and didnt

Andrew McNaughton 28 New Thinking – Kassel 2007

Andrew McNaughton 29 The HSR Station Had Become Dominant Former Main Station Regional Lines New HSR Line

Andrew McNaughton 30 Kassel RegioTram

Andrew McNaughton dc Overhead in the City

Andrew McNaughton 32 Onto Main Network

Andrew McNaughton 33 Diesel on Regional Line

Andrew McNaughton 34 …To Outlying Districts

Andrew McNaughton 35 Key Success Factor What makes Tram-Train worth the investment and complexity?

Andrew McNaughton 36 Relationship of Main Station to City Centre Surburbs >1km

Andrew McNaughton 37 Reconnecting with the City Centre

Andrew McNaughton 38 Station Spacing Changes Typically km Before

Andrew McNaughton 39 Station Spacing Changes Typically km 1½ - 2 km Before After

Andrew McNaughton 40 Station Opportunities

Andrew McNaughton 41 Station Opportunities Tram-Train and freight only No footbridge Low floor access Freight behind new platform

Andrew McNaughton 42 Success Bringing Back Heavy Rail

Andrew McNaughton 43 New Limited Stop Express Service

Andrew McNaughton 44 Station Opportunities Mixed conventional and Tram Train low floor access

Andrew McNaughton 45 Level Crossings Become Opportunities

Andrew McNaughton 46 Level Crossings Become Opportunities New low floor platform Bus stops and walkways

Andrew McNaughton 47 Level Crossings Become Opportunities Maybe add a passing loop

Andrew McNaughton 48 Level Crossings Become Opportunities Barriers replaced by traffic lights

Andrew McNaughton 49 Relationship of Station to Town

Andrew McNaughton 50 Maybe Sell Off The Old Station?

Andrew McNaughton 51 Tram Train Advantages… Reconnects rail to the city / town centre Works with existing railway Extra stations at minimal cost Diversion into town centres when finances permit Reduced journey times Freight / other passenger services still operable High 24/7 availability Dual power – no need for total electrification Lower infrastructure maintenance costs Lower energy demand Simple signalling and level crossing controls

Andrew McNaughton 52 There Is Potential For Tram-Train In The Right Circumstances

Andrew McNaughton 53 We Can Do It… Will We?