Railway Recent Developments Sri Lanka.ppt...1 Recent Developments in the Railway Sector Madan B....
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Recent Developments in the Railway Sector
Madan B. Regmi, DEng
Transport Division
UNESCAP, Bangkok
National Capacity Building Workshop on Sustainable and Inclusive
Transport Development
9-10 July 2015
Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Outline
� Regional Rail Connectivity
� Technology
� High Speed Rails
� Urban Rails
� Concluding remarks
World Transport Mode Share, 2011
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IEA & UIC, 2014
Share of Energy Consumption, 2011
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IEA & UIC, 2014
Railway- A system
� Track
� Locomotives
� Stations
� Signals
� Operation
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Share of emission from fuel combustion
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Sri Lanka Railway System
� Carries- 4% pass anger
� Freight- 2%
� Speed – 30-45 km/hr.
� Single track
� Revitalization- Modernization and Marketing
� Fare structure- operational loss
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Regional Railway Connectivity
Countries working to improve regional railway connectivity
� Iran and Pakistan
� Thailand Laos
� China and Laos
� Nepal – East West Link, Links from India, Link form
China
� (Not much on HSR)
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Environmental benefits
� Less Emission
� Fuel consumption
� Energy Mix in Sri Lanka
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Myanmar - Thailand
Myanmar - India
China - Kyrgyzstan
ASEAN - China
Islamic Republic of Iran – Azerbaijan
(ongoing)
Thailand - Cambodia
Cambodia - Viet Nam
Thailand - Lao PDR
(inaugurated March 2009)
Turkey - Georgia
(ongoing)
Islamic Republic of Iran – Armenia
Islamic Republic of Iran – Pakistan
(completed end 2008)
Completing the Trans-Asian Railway Network
Islamic Republic of Iran – Afghanistan
(ongoing)
US$ >25 billion
117,000 km, 28 countries
10,500 Km Missing Links
Main Rail Freight Activity
� China
� Russian Federation
� India
� Kazakhstan
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High Speed Rails
� UIC Definition� More than 250 Km/Hr
� Countries with High Speed Rails� Japan� Republic of Korea� China� France� Germany
� Countries planning high speed rails� Thailand
� Malaysia- Singapore
� India
High Speed Rails
1. China 11500 km
2. Japan 2664 Km
3. Spain 2515 Km
4. France 2036 Km
5. Germany 1334 Km
6. Italy 923 Km
7. Rep. of Korea 412 Km
8. Turkey 444 Km
9. USA 362 Km
10. Taipei, China 345 Km
11. Belgium 209 Km
12. UK 113 Km
13. Netherlands 120 Km
14. Austria 93 Km
15. Switzerland 35 Km 13
IEA & UIC, 2014
Facts about High Speed Rails
� Average costs� 8.84 million euro per Km for 250 km/hr (China)
� 16.5 Million Euro per Km for 350 Km/hr (China)
� Double the cost from 250 km/Hr to 350 km/Hr
� Minimum traffic
� Operation costs
� HSR feasible from 150- 800 km roads
� Can compete with airlines
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Technology
� Signaling
� Regenerative brakes
� Driverless trains
� Business models
� Financing models
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Concluding remarks
� Evaluate top down and bottom-up approaches
� Railway Development Master Plan
� Feasibility
� Operation Sustainability
� Prioritization
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