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1 Mass Transit Rhine- 1

2 Mass Transit Rhine- North Rhine-Westfalia Railway Country in the Heart of Europe 2

3 Mass Transit Rhine- Germany: Railway Network (Main Routes) International Airports Area: ~ 360,000 km² Population: ~ 82.5 Million Railway Net: Length: ~ 36,000 km Stations: ~ 5,700 Train Trips: ~ 37,000 Passengers: ~ 1.7 Billion / Year Freight: ~ 280 Million t / Year 3

4 Mass Transit Rhine- Regional Public Transport Associations Federal State of North Rhine-Westfalia Capital: Düsseldorf Population: ~ 18 Mllion Area: ~ 34 Mllion km² Rhine- Area covered by VRR (Rhine- Transport Ass.) VRS (Rhine-Sieg Transport Ass.) Population: ~ 10 Mllion VRR VRS Area: ~ 10,000 km² 4

5 Mass Transit Rhine- Rhine- Conurbation (Polycentric Structure) DORTMUND DUISBURG ESSEN BOCHUM WUPPERTAL DÜSSELDORF VRR VRS KÖLN 5

6 Mass Transit Rhine- Rhine- Public Transport Association Area: ~ 5,000 km 2 Population: ~ 7.5 Million Density: ~ 1,400 E/ km 2 Cities: 16 Counties: 5 Privat Cars: ~ 3.7 Million Lines: ~ 950 Network: km Pass./Year > 1 Billion Stops/Stations ~ 10,000 6

7 Mass Transit Rhine- Regional Rail Network, Express Service Urban / Regional Rail Transit (VRR 2015) Regional- Express RE Number of lines no. 15 Total line length km 750 Average station spacing km 20 / length Double Deck P&P ~ 150 m capacity Right-of-Way Basic (increased) headway Maximum train Commercial pass. 1,500 (700 seated) exclusiv / mixed with long distance trains min 60 (30) km/h 160 km/h 80 Design Capacity pphpd ~ 3,000 7

8 Mass Transit Rhine- Regional Rail Network, Normal Service Urban / Regional Rail Transit (VRR 2015) Regional- Train RB Number of lines no. 19 Total line length km 600 Average station spacing km 5 / length P&P / EMU ~ 130 m capacity Right-of-Way Basic (increased) headway Maximum train Commercial pass. ~ 1,200 (400 seated) exclusiv / mixed with long distance trains min 60 (30) km/h km/h 60 Design Capacity pphpd ~ 2,500 8

9 Mass Transit Rhine- Regional Rail Network, Suburban Service Urban / Regional Rail Transit (VRR 2015) Commuter Rail S Number of lines no. 17 Total line length km 900 Average station spacing km 2 / length capacity pass. EMU ~ 130 m ~ 1,200 (400 seated) Right-of-Way exclusiv Basic (increased) headway Maximum train Commercial min 20 (5) km/h 120 km/h Design Capacity pphpd ~ 15,000 9

10 Mass Transit Rhine- Regional Rail Network, Urban Service Urban / Regional Light Rail Transit Rail (VRR 2015) U Number of lines no. 20 Light Rail Commuter Rail Total line length Average station spacing km 400 km / length capacity Right-of-Way pass. LRV double traction m 500-1,000 ( seated) exclusiv / separated Basic (increased) headway Maximum train Commercial min 10 (2.5) km/h 80 km/h Design Capacity pphpd 3,000-25,000 10

11 Mass Transit Rhine- Urban & Regional Rail System Performance Urban / Regional Regional- Regional- Commuter Light Modern Rail Transit Express Train Rail Rail Tramway (VRR 2015) RE RB S U Tram Number of lines no Total line length Average station spacing km km / length Double Deck P&P ~ 150 m P&P / EMU ~ 130 m EMU ~ 130 m LRV double traction m Low floor tram ~ m capacity pass. 1,500 (700 seated) ~ 1,200 (400 seated) ~ 1,200 (400 seated) 500-1,000 ( seated) ~ 200 (70 seated) Right-of-Way Basic (increased) headway Maximum train Commercial exclusiv / mixed with long distance trains exclusiv / mixed with long distance trains exclusiv exclusiv / separated separated / mixed min 60 (30) 60 (30) 20 (5) 10 (2.5) 10 (5) km/h km/h Design Capacity pphpd ~ 3,000 ~ 2,500 ~ 15,000 3,000-25,000 ~ 2,500 11

12 Mass Transit Rhine- Integrated Rail Services 2006 Rapid Rail Network

13 Mass Transit Rhine- Integrated Public Transport Supply, Metropolitan Area of Düsseldorf Area 715 km² Population 1,2 Mio Lines Vehicles LRT Tram Bus Length of Lines 1,500 km Passengers/day 670,000 Train-/Bus Bus-km /day 117,000 13

14 Mass Transit Rhine- Status of Advanced LRT Implementation, Düsseldorf 2006 Lines 7 Vehicles 128 Route Length 61.2 km Completed 26.1 km Tunnel 11.0 km Line Length km Tunnel Section (4 Tracks) At Grade Alignment with Level Crossings Tunnel Section (planned) At Grade Section (planned) 14

15 Mass Transit Rhine- MetroRapid (MAGLEV) Planned Route Core Line Cologne Extension Feeder Lines 15

16 Mass Transit Rhine- Rhine--Express (RRX) Planned Route Core Line Cologne Extension Interlinked Lines 16

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