Concepts for Rail based city distribution Requirements and case studies

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1 Concepts for Rail based city distribution Requirements and case studies Reinhard Dorner 5th BESTUFS Workshop, Dresden 30. August 2001 Beraten Planen Realisieren Betriebsberatungsgesellschaft m.b.h., A-1230 Wien, Birostraße 12 Telefon: DW, Telefax DW 33 Firmenbuch FN 85673s

2 Intro ECONSULT established: 1980 legal form: private limited company, subsidiary of the D.Logistics Group, Germany certification: EN ISO 9001 since 1995 workforce: locations: services: 32 employees in Austria Vienna and Vösendorf logistics, organization - information: management information systems (MIS), company management and - administration, finance, marketing, quality management, Presentation Mainly results of National Research and Development Project Cargo tram funded by the ITF (Innovations- und Technologiefonds) Vienna. 2

3 Contents Visions History Today The Pros and Cons of Rail Technical Requirements Technical Solutions Logistic Requirements Logistic Solution Case Study: Berlin Case Study: Vienna Conclusions 3

4 Visions... MAIL RAIL Since 1927, between Whitechapel Eastern and Paddington, 23 miles network, 4 million letters per day, Serving four main sorting offices in the capital. New hitech concepts for urban distribution Use of existing infrastructure networks terminals in the center of the cities Low costs No congestion Low emission 4

did research because of energy crisis; Results: adapting of passenger

5 History Urban freight transport by tramways with adapted wagons - got lost during the phase of the growing car industry trucks Eighties: GDR did research because of energy crisis; Results: adapting of passenger wagons for freight transport (Berlin, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Dresden, and others) 5

1978 Local train (Tramway) system operating between Wien

6 Today: Mixed systems (passengers and goods) Local Train (Tramway) system operating between Köln and Bonn since 1978 Local train (Tramway) system operating between Wien (Freight terminal Matzleinsdorf) and Baden (about 30 km) 6

7 The Pros and Cons of Rail + About 25% of energy usage as compared to street based transports + High reserve on moving capacity ( %) + By using new technolgies: higher speed possible (compared to street based transports) - Limited flexibility - Rail mounted - Often more expensive than road based transports - Additional transshipment neccessary 7

8 Technical Requirements Rail Regional, long dist. Railway systems 15 KV AC + Diesel Local, urban Tramway systems 750 V DC Receiver Different technical systems Transshipment neccessary More standards needed Especially standardized container systems Track 1435 mm Track 1435 mm, 1000mm... Road 8

9 Technical Solutions (Examples) Cargo Sprinter 2-system (750 V DC and 15 KV AC) unit in Karlsruhe 9

10 Technical Solutions (Examples) Unimogsystem: Bretty-LOG (small vehicle for city deliveries) Special transshipment technology referring to the problems of overhead line horizontal movement Logistic box standardized boxes with different sizes used by rail and road vehicles 10

11 Logistic Requirements Quality Time critical aspects Add on services Information system (tracking and tracing) Small sized shipments (parcels) High frequencies of deliveries Costs Flexibility Very limited potential of goods for city logistics and rail based distribution 11

12 Logistic solution: City logistic system Wholesale Güterverkehrs -zentrum Freight center Ladezonenmanagement City- Logistik Leitstand Büro- Outlet Einzelhandel Load zone management CARGO TRAM Großhandel City- Terminal Umschlag punkt Rail->Road CARGO TRAM 12

13 Case study: City Terminal Concept Berlin General objectives Different functions Intermodality Consolidation strategy Location with logistic functions close to the center Transshipment and storage function Better planning of shipping routes and bundelling of shipments Local retail warehouse serving outlets Transshipment for distributing local outlets Single operation base of a single freight carrier System of combined units (together with the peripheral freight center) of a freight carrier City logistic shuttle between a peripheral freight center and city terminal Source: IVU 13

14 Berlin: Intermodal freight center and city terminal Rail based city distribution Main focus on Ostgüterbahnhof and Großbeeren Source: IVU 14

Long distance trains Freight Center Shuttle train concept Trains on a fixed schedule between the city terminal and freight center

15 Logistic concept Intermodal concept Long distance trains directly Trains coming directly to city terminal Trains coming via peripheral intermodal freight center to city terminal train coupling and train sharing by use of special technologies like logistic box, ACTS, etc. Long distance trains Freight Center Shuttle train concept Trains on a fixed schedule between the city terminal and freight center Accompanied shuttle: Rola (trucks and drivers) Unaccompanied shuttle: containers, logistic boxes City logistic shuttle trucks Long distance trains Source: IVU 15

16 Berlin: System of Terminals 3 intermodal freight centers 5 city terminals Source: IVU 16

17 Berlin: Evaluation of Shuttle Train Concept Rail based city distribution Requirements: Savings caused by Shuttle concept minus additional productions costs (more transshipment) minus investment costs (city terminal,..) minus transaction costs (maintenance of the system) should be > 0 Time savings only with accompanied shuttle train Cost savings with unaccompanied shuttle trains but terminal costs excluded Shuttle concept leads to less environmental emissions and less trips (kilometers) but UNREALISTIC because of costs and time factor Source: IVU 17

18 Case study: Cargo Tram Concept Vienna Long distance transports via rail XXI 3 City terminals City distribution by small sized XIV XIII XIX 1 XVIII XX XVII IX XVI VIII I II VII 2 XV VI IV III V 3 XII X X XXIII XI XXII vehicles (Unimog trucks) supported by Cargo tram circle line Container (logistic box) for fast transshipments Shuttle-Ringzugverbindung Shuttle train Nahverkehr Domestic transports Long Fernverkehr distance transports Bahnhof Wien Nordwest Bahnhof Wien West Bahnhof Wien Matzleinsdorf 18

19 City Terminal Model Intermodality Warehouse Transshipment 19

20 Cargo Tram Design 20

21 Cargo Tram Freight Flow

22 Cargo Tram Freight Flow

23 Cargo Tram Freight Flow

Conclusions Although there are several advantages of rail based transports the implementation is difficult: System based disadvantages compared with road transport and distribution

24 Conclusions Although there are several advantages of rail based transports the implementation is difficult: System based disadvantages compared with road transport and distribution Not useful for local distribution Implementation depends on cooperation between partners in a logistic system Benefits like environmental impacts require private public partnership 24

Stane Bozicnik. Sustainable City Logistics Conference Copenhagen

Stane Bozicnik. Sustainable City Logistics Conference Copenhagen Stane Bozicnik Sustainable City Logistics Conference Copenhagen 30.11.2010 Contents City logistics today Rail freight: mismatch between market needs and existing rail freight paradigm New innovative rail