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The Sustainable Freight Railway: Designing the Freight Vehicle - Track System for Higher Delivered Tonnage with Improved Availability at Reduced Cost
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Zangani, D. Fuggini, C. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | A sustainable and efficient freight transport in Europe plays a vital role in having a successful and competitive economy. Freight transport is expected to grow by some 50 % (in tonne- kilometres) by 2020. However rail has, in many areas, been displaced from a dominant position as road transport services have grown and developed in capability and levels of sophistication that have not been matched by rail service providers. The EU project SUSTRAIL aims at contributing to a new era in the rail freight sector by adopting a holistic approach, implementing a clear methodology and viable procedures for a combined improvement in both freight vehicles and track components. This deliberate approach has been conceived and will be developed to achieve innovations in both vehicles and tracks. New structures and novel lightweight materials with a targeted increased in speed and axle-load will be implemented for freight vehicles, as well as optimised geometry, ground stabilisation and novel monitoring techniques will be adopted for higher reliability and reduced maintenance of the track components. The benefit will be an increased performance of the whole rail freight system (vehicle plus track), which will be assessed and quantified through the implementation of appropriate life cycle and costs analyses. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.sustrail.eu/IMG/pdf/sustrail_d5_3_290715.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/175530_en.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
