MOBILISING PUBLIC TRANSPORT RAIL ENGINEERING AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES WWW.RAMBOLL.COM CONTENT SELECTED SERVICES Rail Engineering 4 Capacity Analysis 6 European rail traffic management system (ERTMS) 8 Intercity and High Speed Railways 12 Metro and light rail 14 World class train station 16 Track renewals and upgrades 20 Rail safety 24 Rail engineering 26 Rail service 27 FEATURE PROJECTS Europe’s largest Re-Signalling Scheme 10 Copenhagen Ring 3 18 Safer train stations with 3D technology 22 Ramboll january 2020 MOBILISING PUBLIC TRANSPORT 3 SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY Mobility and transport is essential for the development of any modern society. With people and goods crossing ABOUT RAMBOLL borders every day, globalisation has increased the importance of an efficient and sustainable transport system. Ramboll is a leading engineering, design and consultancy company founded in Denmark in 1945. It is expected that in near future the number of people living The company employs 13,000 in cities globally will exceed the number of people living globally and has especially strong in the countryside. This means that everywhere, more and representation in the Nordics, UK, more cities will be crammed with people. In order to avoid North America, Continental Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific. congestion and a complete standstill of traffic, a functional and attractive public transport system is needed. Big cities With more than 300 offices in will have to adapt to this new reality. Balanced solutions are 35 countries, Ramboll combines needed to improve city infrastructure while not isolating the local experience with a global countryside. knowledgebase constantly striving to achieve inspiring and exacting solutions that make a genuine With increasing urbanisation, road congestion and a focus difference to our clients, the on the environment and energy consumption, railways offer end-users, and society at large. a strong alternative to road transport for people and freight. Ramboll works across the markets: Buildings, Transport, Planning & As a result, construction and upgrading of railways is rapidly Urban Design, Water, Environment increasing all over the world. & Health, Energy, Oil & Gas and Management Consulting. WWW.RAMBOLL.COM 4 RAIL ENGINEERING RAIL ENGINEERING Who we are What we do We draw on our vast experience Ramboll provides professional Our technical expertise comprises from local, national and international engineering, design and consultancy permanent way, traction power, projects and can therefore deliver services for all public transport and overhead catenary systems, internationally competitive and systems, including the complete interlocking systems, signalling, integrated holistic solutions that range of rail systems, from high-speed traffic management, telecoms, and are tailored to local conditions and rail to urban transport systems, such rolling stock. With our extensive fully compliant with international as metro and light rail. We combine expertise within railway and urban standards. our expertise within rail consultancy transport services, we offer planning, with all of Ramboll’s other service design, approval, operational, and Our approach areas – allowing us to deliver fully commissioning services spanning the Our clients include all major integrated transport solutions. whole project cycle, from inception to stakeholders in the rail market, evaluation upon completion. covering government departments, railway authorities, railway Holistic and multidisciplinary infrastructure agencies, operators, planning contractors, consultants, suppliers, Through our expertise within As a multidisciplinary consultancy, rolling stock operators, private rail consultancy and our Ramboll is capable of delivering major investors, banks and other financial multifaceted rail services, complex projects requiring specialist institutions. Having a diversity Ramboll helps to improve railway expertise as well as more of clients, we have acquired city infrastructure and bring general capability in civil engineering, unique understanding of different communities closer together. structural engineering, environmental stakeholder needs and this gives us services, commercial advice and valuable insight for finding solutions support, IT and project management. suitable for all stakeholders. BRINGING COMMUNITIES CLOSER TOGETHER 6 RAIL ENGINEERING CAPACITY ANALYSIS In many countries, rail systems need to accommodate increasing volumes of trains and passengers. The optimisation of network capacity is therefore a prerequisite for efficient, reliable and punctual train services. In many countries, rail systems COMPETENCIES need to accommodate increasing WITHIN CAPACITY volumes of trains and passengers. The optimisation of network capacity is • Scheduling and comparison of therefore a prerequisite for efficient, different timetable structures reliable and punctual train services. • Analysis of passenger service levels • Optimisation of platform and Railway capacity analysis plays station track usage an integral role in planning and • Simulation of railway networks, optimising railway services as well stabling yards, and station areas • Capacity consumption as enabling problems to be readily calculations using the UIC 406 identified and rail capacity to be method managed effectively. Within this • Capacity and bottleneck analysis area, Ramboll assists rail operators • Support for capacity allocation and infrastructure managers and including development of new tools and processes has helped create new operational • Optimisation of rolling stock and models and plans for various staff usage operational scenarios. In our projects • Optimisation of maintenance and we work closely with train operating depot usage • Optimisation of traffic control companies and other operators in the operations rail industry, including universities, • Disturbance management research institutes, and other • Running time calculations consultancies. • Analysis of capacity consumption and evaluation of operator’s annual capacity requests mobilising MOBILISING PUBLIC TRANSPORT 7 01 Spårväg city to Lidingöbanan tram line Ramboll’s market-leading traffic simulation capabilities enabled a thorough understanding of client needs and the delivery of results in a short timeframe. 02 Capacity consumption and capacity calculations for the entire Finnish rail network Ramboll’s capacity evaluations combined detailed knowledge of the Finnish rail network and use of specialised analytical tools with wide-ranging capacity experience. 03 Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link This railway capacity analysis and scheduling of various traffic scenarios draws on Ramboll’s extensive experience and specialist expertise in the application 01 02 of analytical tools within this field. Image: Ramboll-Arup TEC by architects Wilkinsson Eyre and Schönherr. 04 Light rail as enabler for urban development The future light rail connection along the ring road ‘Ring 3’ just west of Copenhagen not only promotes a more coherent city infrastructure. It also has the potential to become a powerful enabler for urban growth and development. 05 Directing of tracks into Oslo S The Norwegian Rail Administration (JBV) selected Ramboll to analyse the capacity of a future Oslo Central Station (Oslo S), having new lines from different directions into the station. This was a simulation of a future situation with, among other 03 features, a completed Follo line (from south-west, designed by Ramboll) and four tracks in tunnel (only two today) from the west into Oslo S. 04 05 8 RAIL ENGINEERING EUROPEAN RAIL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ERTMS) Over the next 10-15 years, all European countries will need to operate signalling systems based on the European standard, ERTMS, which will enable seamless rail travel across national borders. Ramboll’s market leading expertise competitive and a sustainable Adding value throughout the project in this area includes the design of the alternative to road traffic. life cycle world’s first and largest nationwide In order to establish the most ERTMS system. Through many Many countries are developing appropriate setup for ERTMS studies, signalling and ERTMS projects, strategies for implementing ERTMS, ERTMS projects, and conventional Ramboll has established extensive and face significant challenges signalling projects, we collaborate experience with ERTMS, ETCS and such as obsolete and unreliable closely with our clients to define the GSM-R radio. signalling systems. Ramboll can best approach. By involving specialist assist infrastructure managers in expertise from across our disciplines Improving capacity, punctuality defining strategies, investigating and international offices, we are able and safety business cases, planning projects, to meet the individual requirements ERTMS will create significant benefits developing technical solutions, and of each project. for passengers and freight companies. facilitating migration from old to new This includes improved capacity, signalling systems. Ramboll also has better punctuality and improved the expertise to simulate and analyse safety. It will also help ensure that scenarios and provide models to rail transport systems become more improve the capacity of existing lines. 01 ERTMS strategy in Finland Ramboll is helping to create a comprehensive plan to support the Finnish Transport Agency’s national ERTMS implementation strategy. The project includes selecting the track sections to be targeted and developing phased construction timetables. 02 Signalling Programme, Denmark