«Shaping the Railway of the 21st Century»

IRICEN FOUNDATION DAY 21st March 2005

High Speed Rail Transport Challenges for Civil Engineers

Vipin Sharma

Director World Department

UIC, Paris

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OUTLINE

• Brief introduction to UIC

• Evolution of high speed rail transport and current trends

• UIC’s strategy for HS development in Indian and China

• Civil engineering aspects

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AffiliateActive Associate

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The new organisation scheme

General AssemblyGeneral Assembly

World Executive Council

World Executive Council

Executive CommitteeExecutive Committee

Chief Executive Deputy Chief

Executive

Chief Executive Deputy Chief

Executive Communication

Communication

Interoperabilite & Secutite

Interoperabilite & Secutite

Administration

& Controlling

Administration

& Controlling

DepartmentInfrastructure

DepartmentInfrastructure

DepartmentEntreprises

Ferroviaires (EF)

DepartmentEntreprises

Ferroviaires (EF)

DepartmentTechnologie

System

DepartmentTechnologie

SystemDepartment

World

DepartmentWorld

Filiales

Filiales UIC

PatrimoineETF Railway Technical Publications

LT Technical Language Services

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World Activities

• Important projects• International rail freight corridors

– Rail transport to play a dominant role in global logistics

• International Railway Strategic Management Institute (IRSMI)– Develop future railway leaders through learning from each

other and best academic input

• International Railway Research Board (IRRB)– Railway technology for global application– Synergies in rail research

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HIGH SPEED RAIL TRANSPORT

• Evolution

• Current developments

• UIC strategy for China & India

• Trends in civil engineering aspects

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(Year)

TGV380km/h

TGV515.3km/h

ICE406.9km/h

STAR21425km/h

300X443km/h

210km/h220km/h

240km/h230km/h

270km/hTohoku ・ Joetsu Line

Tokaido ・ Sanyo Line

Win350350.4km/h

550

500

450

400

350

300

250

200

150

1001980 　 　　　　　 1985 　　　　　　 1990 　　　　　　 1995　　 　　　　 2000

(km

/h)

300km/h

275km/hSeries 300325.7km/h

Evolution of high speed on conventional rail wheel technology

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2020

EuropeanHigh-Speed Network

High-Speed Lines(250 - 300 km/h)

Upgraded Lines(200 km/h)

0 500 km

Bordeaux

Valencia

Barcelona

Lyon

Marseille

Porto

Madrid

London

Brux.

Sevilla

Lisboa

Rennes

Paris

Tallinn

København

Ankara

Bucuresti

Chisinau

München Wien

Nürnberg

ZürichLjubljana

Zagreb

Oslo

Amsterdam

GlasgowEdinburgh

Hamburg

Hann.

Köln

Berlin

Fr.Lux.

Istanbul

Bratislava

Budapest

Skopje

Tirana

Sarajevo

BariNapoli

Roma

Málaga

Genève

Praha

Stockholm

Göteborg

Milano

Kiev

Moskva

BolognaBeograd

Genova

Sofia

LvivKatowice

Helsinki

Riga

Warszawa

Minsk

Vilnius

St.Petersburg

Dublin

Athinai

Gdansk

Umeå

Reggio di C.

High-Speed Division

10.10.2003

Information given by the Railways

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High-speed Lines in Japan

Sapporo

Hachinohe

Sendai

Yamagata

Niigata

Fukushima

Tokyo

Osaka

Hakata

Akita

Nagano: 260km/h

Joetsu： 275km/h

Nagano

Tohoku： 275km/h

Sanyo： 300km/h

Tokaido： 270km/h

Takasaki

Nagasaki

Kagoshima

Morioka

SHIN-KAN- SEN

新　幹　線New Trunk Line

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MAGLEV PROJECT

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MAGLEV Test Line in Japan

Train Depot

Control Center & Test Platform

Substation

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Structure of MAGLEV Guideway

Levitation and guidance coils

LCX(Leaky coaxial cable)Panel-type

Side-wall

Feeder cable Propulsion coilsCross-inductive cablePower/communication

cables

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High Speed rail transport as important aspect of High Speed rail transport as important aspect of national policy related to:national policy related to:

• Land usage

• Energy security

• Environmental issues

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Impact of economic and population Impact of economic and population growthgrowth

• Asia’s population will be 5 billion, more than 50%

in China and India (Shanghai 27 million, Tokyo 29

million, Beijing 22 million habitants with 11 out of

23 mega cities being in Asia)

• With average car usage alone, China’s carbon

emissions will be more than 1 billion tons,

equivalent to annual emission from world wide

transport today!

In 2025

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• China will need more than 13 million hectares of

land (mostly cropland) related to automobile

transport. Constituting more than 50% of 23

million hectares available for cropland

• Indian economic development will produce similar

data

• Impact on oil reserves is reflected by the fact that

21st century will be consuming 5 times that of 20th

century

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• While fuel efficient cars/ alternative forms of

energy and high yield cropping are progressing it is

rail transport in particular high speed will play an

important role

• UIC along with CR & IR will work on specific

studies

• UIC will lead a study with UNEP + IEA + WFO to

highlight the challenges

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HIGH-SPEEDPROJECTS

IN INDIA

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High-Speed & Dedicated Passenger Railway Network Plan in China

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KTX　（ Korean Train eXpress ）

Seoul

Daegu

Busan

412km

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Taiwan High Speed Rail Project

Taipei

Kaohsiung

345km

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CIVIL ENGINEERING ASPECTS

• Track Parameters

• Technical and Financial factors

• Human resource factors: Training, Technical, Pschychology

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Cash flow for slab track