SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 04/2020
Operational concept for the NGT CARGO on the European reference route Madrid–Bukarest
With the NGT CARGO, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is researching on one possible future of rail freight transport with high speeds up to 400 km/h. For the needed investments in high performance rolling stock to be justified, the infrastructure has to be designed for these speeds, too. In this study a possible route between Spain and Romania was identified based on a previously defined reference route. By means of a microscopic simulation, journey times, energy consumption and necessary vehicle numbers were calculated....