Is railway capacity unlimited? a practical analyse, applied to South African cases
| dc.contributor.author | Peens, C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Onderwater, P. | |
| dc.contributor.coadvisor | ||
| dc.contributor.other | Southern African Transport Conference (33rd : 2014 : Pretoria, South Africa) | |
| dc.contributor.other | Minister of Transport, South Africa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-06-18T07:48:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-06-18T07:48:19Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2014 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description | This paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material was published using Adobe Acrobat 10.1.0 Technology. The original CD ROM was produced by CE Projects cc. Postal Address: PO Box 560 Irene 0062 South Africa. Tel.: +27 12 667 2074 Fax: +27 12 667 2766 E-mail: proceedings@ceprojects.co.za | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Southern African Transport Conference 7-10 July 2014 "Leading Transport into the Future", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | Rail is said to have an almost unlimited capacity. The PRASA Technology Framework states that a rail corridor is able to carry 60 000 - 80 000 passengers per peak hour. This paper analyses the practical optimum capacity of metropolitan rail services: an Underground Metro, an All-Stop train, and an Express service. In a practical situation the capacity of rail systems seems to be limited to some 35 000 passengers/hr on one track per direction; only in crush situation the maximum capacity is approaching 50 000. It would need four tracks per direction over great part of a corridor, to accommodate almost 60 000 passengers/hr in a mix All-Stop and Express service, and 80 000 only as crush capacity. | en_ZA |
| dc.format.extent | 12 pages | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Peens, C & Onderwater, P 2014, "Is railway capacity unlimited? a practical analyse, applied to South African cases", Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Southern African Transport Conference 7-10 July 2014 "Leading Transport into the Future", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-920017-61-3 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45527 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | University of South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Railway | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Prasa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Technology framework | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Is railway capacity unlimited? a practical analyse, applied to South African cases | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Presentation | en_ZA |