Impact of High-Speed Passenger Trains on Freight Train Efficiency in Shared Railway Corridors
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Record Type: UTC

Development of high-speed passenger rail (HSR) can improve mobility, reduce highway congestion, contribute to sustainable development, and reduce foreign oil dependency. As a result of the interest in HSR, there is a need to understand the complex interactions between high-speed passenger trains and freight trains in shared railway corridors. This project will develop a decision support tool that can help evaluate the impact of higher-speed passenger trains on freight corridor capacity while answering the following fundamental questions: (i) how does the introduction of higher-speed passenger trains on freight railroads affect line and network capacity; (ii) how is this impact related to various design factors; and (iii) what policies will be suitable for public agencies and the private sector to support the development and deployment of the proposed high-speed passenger trains.
Start date: 2012/9/1
Status: Active
Contract/Grant Number: DTRT12-G-UTC05
Total Dollars: 124654
Source Organization: Purdue University, West Lafayette
Notes: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date Added: 07/12/2012
Index Terms: High speed rail, Freight trains, Shared corridors, Network capacity, Passenger trains, Decision support systems,

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Ouyang, Yanfeng
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Barkan, Christopher
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Saat, Rapik

Zhang, Kuilin