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Andrew McNaughton 1 Radical Change is Entirely Possible! 2 nd November 2011
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Andrew McNaughton 2 Rail Is A 19 th Century System!
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Andrew McNaughton 3 The Best Railway In The World?
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Andrew McNaughton 4 Long Distance
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Andrew McNaughton 5 Urban / Regional Heavy Rail
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Andrew McNaughton 6 The Wrong Sort of Finances… McNulty Evidence Local Services Revenue : Cost ratio 1 : 8
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Andrew McNaughton 7 The Weight Problem… Average Weight (per vehicle) tonne Installed Power (per vehicle) kW Year Power / Weight Ratio kW / tonne Class 15638.221319805.6 Class 15838.530019857.8 Class 17549.633520056.7 GB Regional DMUs
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Andrew McNaughton 8 Heavy Rail Doesnt Compute…
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Andrew McNaughton 9 Virtuous Impact of Lighter Trains Reduced weight vehicles Reduced impact on track Reduced degradation Reduced maintenance and cost
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Andrew McNaughton 10 Virtuous Impact of Lighter Trains Reduced weight vehicles Better acceleration and braking Reduced journey times More customers and revenue
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Andrew McNaughton 11 PPM?
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Andrew McNaughton 12 The Connectivity Challenge…
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Andrew McNaughton 13 Integrated Services
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Andrew McNaughton 14 Station Relocation
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Andrew McNaughton 15 A Short Line Lesson from America?
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Andrew McNaughton 16 Localism At Work
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Andrew McNaughton 17 The Workhorse
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Andrew McNaughton 18 Some Freight Flows?
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Andrew McNaughton 19 Some Heritage Traffic…?
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Andrew McNaughton 20 Complement not Compete
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Andrew McNaughton 21 What of the Tram-Train Concept
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Andrew McNaughton 22 Sharing the Tram Tracks
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Andrew McNaughton 23 And The Heavy Rail Network
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Andrew McNaughton 24 The First Low-Floor - Saarbrucken
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Andrew McNaughton 25 Zwickau Regio Train-Tram
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Andrew McNaughton 26 Nordhausen Diesel Tram-Train
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Andrew McNaughton 27 Tram-Train Success Ratio For every City which adopted Tram-Train there are 20 which studied it and didnt
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Andrew McNaughton 28 New Thinking – Kassel 2007
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Andrew McNaughton 29 The HSR Station Had Become Dominant Former Main Station Regional Lines New HSR Line
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Andrew McNaughton 30 Kassel RegioTram
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Andrew McNaughton 31 750dc Overhead in the City
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Andrew McNaughton 32 Onto Main Network
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Andrew McNaughton 33 Diesel on Regional Line
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Andrew McNaughton 34 …To Outlying Districts
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Andrew McNaughton 35 Key Success Factor What makes Tram-Train worth the investment and complexity?
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Andrew McNaughton 36 Relationship of Main Station to City Centre Surburbs >1km
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Andrew McNaughton 37 Reconnecting with the City Centre
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Andrew McNaughton 38 Station Spacing Changes Typically 3 - 5 km Before
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Andrew McNaughton 39 Station Spacing Changes Typically 3 - 5 km 1½ - 2 km Before After
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Andrew McNaughton 40 Station Opportunities
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Andrew McNaughton 41 Station Opportunities Tram-Train and freight only No footbridge Low floor access Freight behind new platform
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Andrew McNaughton 42 Success Bringing Back Heavy Rail
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Andrew McNaughton 43 New Limited Stop Express Service
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Andrew McNaughton 44 Station Opportunities Mixed conventional and Tram Train low floor access
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Andrew McNaughton 45 Level Crossings Become Opportunities
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Andrew McNaughton 46 Level Crossings Become Opportunities New low floor platform Bus stops and walkways
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Andrew McNaughton 47 Level Crossings Become Opportunities Maybe add a passing loop
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Andrew McNaughton 48 Level Crossings Become Opportunities Barriers replaced by traffic lights
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Andrew McNaughton 49 Relationship of Station to Town
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Andrew McNaughton 50 Maybe Sell Off The Old Station?
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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
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Andrew McNaughton 52 There Is Potential For Tram-Train In The Right Circumstances
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Andrew McNaughton 53 We Can Do It… Will We?
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