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http://dx.doi.org/10.7782/JKSR.2012.15.4.334

Effectiveness Evaluation of the Bogie Exchange and the Automatic Variable Gauge System using LCC Analysis  

Chung, Kwang-Woo (Department of Railway Operation System Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation)
An, Joon-Yong (Department of Railway Management and Logistics, Korea National University of Transportation)
Kim, Chul-Su (Department of Railway Vehicle System Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation)
Na, Hee-Seung (New Transportation System Research Center, Korea Railroad Research Institute)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society for Railway / v.15, no.4, 2012 , pp. 334-342 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is connected with various gauges existing in Euro-Asian continents. Such differences impedes the operation seriously as on the contact of railway tracks of different gauge the cargo must be either transshipped or the running assemblies of rail vehicles must be exchanged. Those operations are costly, time-consuming and require extended infrastructure together with very expensive storage and transshipment facilities at border-crossing point. Moreover, those operations extend transportation time considerably. Therefore, effectiveness of railway transportation systems significantly depends on track gauge change 1435/1520mm, which connects with complicated handling-shifting operations. The paper concerns assessment of effectiveness in strategical rail systems with gauge changing. The paper presents short description of transport system with gauge changing and initial assessment of shifting technologies. Method of system assessment comparison based on Life Cycle Cost model is described here as well.
Keywords
Track gauge change; Bogie exchange; Automatic variable gauge system; LCC analysis; Effectiveness of railway transportation system;
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