The contribution of the rail industry for the development of rail freight transport

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The contribution of the rail industry for the development of rail freight transport

Axel Schuppe

German Railway Industry Association (VDB)

Bucharest, October 9th, 2013

Agenda

I. The German Railway Industry Association (VDB)

II. Some thoughts on the development of freight transport

III. Rail freight transport and sustainability

IV. The backbone – European legislation

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I. The German Railway Industry Association (VDB)

German Railway Industry Association ▪ Railway Days - The wider Black Sea area railway investment summit ▪ Bucharest, 8.-9. October 2013

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The German Railway Industry Association

The German Railway Industry Association (VDB) is the industrial association of the railway equipment manufacturers in Germany.

It represents the interests of more than 170 member companies – many of them are worldwide leading system integrators and highly specialized small and medium sized suppliers (SME’s).

The VDB members develop and manufacture systems and components for rail vehicles and their infrastructure. In addition to that they offer a broad range of services for the railway engineering.

The VDB is organized in 19 working and topical committees.


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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Umsatz in Mrd. €

Auftragseingang in Mrd. €

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Turnover and orders received of the railway industry (VDB member companies)

Turnover in billion €

Orders received in billion €


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The VDB member companies


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VDB members and their business segments

Railway Industry Association

Long-distance passenger transport Regional passenger transport Local public transport freight transport

Service providers

Infrastructurecompanies

Component and subsystem

manufacturers

Engineering companies

System integrators

Control and safety systems:

- Signal boxes- Signalling systems- Route clear indicators

Track construction

Switches

Electrification …

MotorsGearboxes

CouplingsAir-conditioning and electrical engineeringBrakesInterior fittingsWagons

Components …

Planning

Product development

Engineering

…

Rolling Stock:

Motor train sets

Locomotives

Metros

Light rail vehicles

Wagons

Turnkey solutions …

Maintenance

ServicingModernisationSpare parts

…


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Organisational structure of VDB


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II. Some thoughts on the development of freight transport


Freight traffic and GDP

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source: Nadia Caïd (OECD EnvironmentDirectorate)

tkm

per

cap

ita

GDP per capita (in 1995 US$)

Freight traffic performance and GDP (per capita)


A view to 2025 in Germany

Growth in freight traffic is increasing Linkage between traffic performance and GDP is decreasing Growth in passenger traffic is decreasing

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ifmo-Szenariostudie, 2005


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Development of rail freight traffic in Germany

prognosis 2020

+21%

2,8% p.a. based on the prognosis for 2013

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ance

in b

illion

tkm

Progtrans AG, Statistisches Bundesamt, own calculations

projection 2013

progTrans prognosis

2,8% p.a.


Rail Liberalization Index


source: IBM Global Business Services 2011

Development of rail freight traffic performance (2003 - 2010)


-25% 0% 25% 50%-50%

Netherlands

Sweden

Germany*

16,3%

25,9%

France-36,0%

44,0%

source: Eurostat, VDB 2012* Germany 2003 - 2011

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III. Rail freight transport and sustainability


Sustainability - Growth factors of freight traffic

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Quiet

Light

Robustness

Logistics capabilties

LCC-oriented

ProfitabilityEnvironmental

and climate protection

Quiet significant reduction of noise

emissions

Light Larger payload Less net mass

Robustness Reduction of downtime Increase in annual mileages

Logistic capabilities Integration in supply chains High quality control

LCC-orientation Optimized return on investment Operations and maintenance savings

source: TIS 2012


The LL-brake pads: A milestone in the fight against railway noise

Noise can affect the public acceptance of rail freight traffic potential barrier for growth in rail freight traffic

Since 2007 approximately 20,000 new freight wagons have been equipped with low-noise K-brake pads but…

… in Europe there are still about 300,000 wagons equipped with noise causing cast-iron brake pads; about 180,000 in Germany alone

LL-brake pads were authorized in June 2013 after decades of development and regulatory work 1:1 exchange of cast-iron pads against LL-brake pads is possible!

Finally, an important requirement for noise reduction of the existing fleet and its braking system is fulfilled. And possible without expensive remodeling.



note: Total emissions including energy upstream chain (WTW) source: IFEU 2012

in p

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Development of the environmental performance of freight transport in Germany:

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Rail RoadWaterway(inland)

Specific CO2- emissions 2011 in g/tkm

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Greenhouse gas emissions per ton-kilometers

Diesel locomotive with an electric power unit consists of:

Battery Diesel generator Electric engine Mechanical gear

Selected railway innovations: Hybrid-locomotive

source: Alstom

Ecological and economic advantages:(compared to traditional Diesel-hydraulic power units)

No idle operation of the Diesel power unit, saving up to 40% of fuel and CO2

Up to 60% particles and up to 40% less nitrogen oxides emissions Reduction of noise exposure by 15 dB during electrical operation LCC-reduction up to 30%


Selected railway innovations: Recovery of previously unused energy to increase energy efficiency

60% of the energy stored in fuel escapes in the form of unusedwaste heat

Integration of a heat pump into exhaust system: Through the hydraulic-coupling a part of the heat is converted

into useful torque and is returned to the driveline Alternatively, the generator can be used to provide additional

components with power (e.g. auxiliary drive or comfort drive)

Ecological and economic advantages:

Significant reduction in fuel consumption and therefore CO2 emissions;Potential savings between 5 and 12% depending on the operational profile

Alternatively the engine power can be raised without increase of fuel consumption

source: Voith Turbo



Selected railway innovations: Anticipatory driving & energy saving by ETCS

source: TU Berlin


Realistic scenarios illustrate that 5% to 20% of energy can be saved with anticipatory driving based on ETCS

source: European Commission

ERTMS logo: www.ertms.net

Six priority Corridors for the deployment of ERTMS/ETCS

These are major European rail freight axis

Increase of infrastructure capacity Making rail freight transport more

competitive

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IV. The backbone – European legislation



1st railway package

2nd railway package

European railway packages – regard to rail freight traffic

Liberalization of trans-European freight traffic

Network Access

Regulatory bodies

Complete liberalization of freight traffic

European Railway Agency (ERA)

European locomotive drivers license

Cross Authorization of rail equipment

Additional competition rules

Technical pillar:

Revision of the interoperability and safety directive

ERA as one stop shop

Additional interoperability rules

3rd railway package

4th railway package

Innovative locomotive concepts in freight train traffic made in Germany

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TRAXX (Bombardier)

Vectron AC high power(Siemens)

Gravita (Voith Turbo Locomotive)


DE 18(Vossloh)

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The German railway industry: The worldwide leading innovator

The German railway industry is the worldwide market and technology leader. Every boy knows that a Porsche accelerates within 17 seconds from 0 to 200 km/h. What he does not know is: A modern high-performance locomotive with a power

of 7,000 kW can do the same!


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