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Ares(2020)1793324 - 27/03/2020 This project has received funding from the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 826055 (TER4RAIL) Deliverable D 3.1- Data Studies Handbook - including: D3.1.1 “Metro ridership and infrastructure data set collection” D3.1.2 “Light Rail data set collection” D3.1.3 “Freight and Logistics data set collection” D3.1.4 “Social, environmental, economic variables data set collection” Project acronym TER4RAIL Starting date: 01/12/2018 Duration (in months): 24 Call (part) identifier: H2020-S2RJU/OC-2018 Grant agreement no: 826055 Due date of deliverable: 31.01.2020 Actual submission date: 31.01.2020 Responsible/Author: NEWO Dissemination level: PU Status: Final Document history Revision Date Description 1 FINAL 12.09.2019 As detailed in D 3.1.2 2 FINAL 10.11.2019 As detailed in D 3.1.3 3 FINAL 10.11.2019 As detailed in D 3.1.4 4 FINAL 16.01.2020 As detailed in D 3.1.1 5 REVISION 18.03.2020 Revision of all sections after Project Officer comments Report contributors Name Beneficiary Short Name Details of contribution Dauby, Rizzi, Castagnetti UITP - NEWO As detailed in D 3.1.2 Castagnetti, Beccia, Rizzi, Toubol, NEWO – EURNEX -NEWRAIL As detailed in D 3.1.3 Carrillo Zanuy, Tardivo, Zunder Castagnetti, Beccia, Rizzi, Toubol, NEWO – FFE - As detailed in D 3.1.4 Herranz Deliverable D 3.1 P a g e 1 | 231 This project has received funding from the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 826055 (TER4RAIL) Rizzi, Wauters, Castagnetti, UITP - NEWO As detailed in D 3.1.1 Beccia Deliverable D 3.1 P a g e 2 | 231 This project has received funding from the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 826055 (TER4RAIL) Index of contents: 1. Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... 6 2. Abbreviations and acronyms .......................................................................................................... 15 3. Background, objectives and methodology ..................................................................................... 17 4. Deliverable D 3.1.1 - Metro Ridership and Infrastructure Data Set ............................................... 19 Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... 21 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 23 The benefits of metro ................................................................................................................. 24 Infrastructure .............................................................................................................................. 30 Mobile asset ................................................................................................................................ 35 Ridership ...................................................................................................................................... 38 Metro innovation market uptake: a focus on automated metros.............................................. 42 Perspectives ................................................................................................................................ 48 Appendix ..................................................................................................................................... 51 4.9.1. List of European metro lines and opening year .............................................................................. 51 4.9.2. New metro infrastructure in Europe .............................................................................................. 51 5. Deliverable D 3.1.2 - Light Rail data set collection .......................................................................... 53 Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... 54 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 55 Infrastructure .............................................................................................................................. 57 Mobile asset ................................................................................................................................ 59 Ridership ...................................................................................................................................... 61 Environment ................................................................................................................................ 66 Safety ........................................................................................................................................... 68 LRT Innovation market uptake in Europe ................................................................................... 70 5.8.1. Catenary-less power supply ............................................................................................................ 70 5.8.2. Trams on tyres ................................................................................................................................ 71 5.8.3. Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) ................................................................................. 72 Perspective .................................................................................................................................. 72 Appendix .................................................................................................................................. 75 5.10.1. ...................................................................................................... New LRT infrastructure in Europe 75 Deliverable D 3.1 P a g e 3 | 231 This project has received funding from the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 826055 (TER4RAIL) 6. Deliverable D 3.1.3 - Freight and Logistics data set collection ....................................................... 76 Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... 78 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 81 Logistics and relevance of transport on logistics costs ............................................................... 82 6.3.1. Logistics concept definition and limit ............................................................................................. 82 6.3.2. Logistics cost and transportation cost ............................................................................................ 84 6.3.3. The service dimension .................................................................................................................... 86 6.3.4. The logistics cost and the GDP ........................................................................................................ 87 Outsourcing in transition to new models ................................................................................... 90 6.4.1. Logistics outsourcing penetration and evolutions.......................................................................... 90 6.4.2. Potential new roles in digital model ............................................................................................... 94 Role of rail in co-modal freight transport ................................................................................... 96 6.5.1. Freight transport EU-other countries and rail in international traffic ............................................ 96 6.5.2. Modal split of EU freight transport ............................................................................................... 100 Existing services and projections in EU rail traffic .................................................................... 103 6.6.1. Existing rail services ...................................................................................................................... 103 6.6.2. Future traffic projections .............................................................................................................. 112 Towards Rail freight industrialization ....................................................................................... 115 6.7.1. Longer, heavier trains and capacity generation ........................................................................... 116 6.7.2. Service and cost for achieving modal shift ................................................................................... 119 6.7.3. The distance grid ........................................................................................................................... 123 6.7.4. The product grid............................................................................................................................ 131 6.7.5. Liberalization and internationalization ......................................................................................... 134 6.7.6. Wagons – fleet status
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