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INFRASTRUCTURE

French Highspeed on South East TGV line: 25 years of evolution

Jean-Paul BALENSIVice-president of Operation System and Safety DivisionSNCFEURAILSPEED 2005Milano, 7-9 November 2005

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Introduction

First French HSL was open in 1981/1983 on Paris – Lyon route.

General lines scheme:

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Building the first HSL: a bet for the National Railway Company SNCF

A French strategic and economical choice in order to revitalize railway passenger traffic.

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TGV traffic in 2002: 87.8 million pax

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Building the first HSL: a bet for the National Railway Company SNCF (2)

A completely new technical environment and a major investment for SNCF: new dedicated infrastructure, new signalling system, new type of rolling stock.

Investment costs:

TGV Sud-EstTGV Sud-Est

Infrastructure : 1.86Rolling stock : 1.56Total : 3.41(billion Euros)SNCF own moneyand borrows

A 90% increase in traffic ridership,

18.2 million passengers in 1991

24.3 million passengers in 2000

Profitability for:SNCF: 15% (IRT)whole community : 30%

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How to ensure safety running at 300 km/h?

Adapting infrastructure to highspeed: Enclosed line and no level crossing Wider distance between tracks Either-direction working tracks

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How to ensure safety running at 300 km/h? (2)

The cab-signal: a specific on-board system for highspeed.

Scheme of TVM 300 et TVM 430 stopping sequences:

TVM 430 system

TVM 300 system

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How to ensure safety at 300 km/h? (3)

Co-operation between SNCF and ALSTOM to build the TGV, a rolling stock designed for HSL.

Specificities of a TGV train-set:

MotorizationMotorization concentratedconcentrated underunder the the power carspower cars

4 power trucks under each trainset

Un train articulé

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How to ensure safety at 300 km/h? (4)

A new dedicated maintenance organisation: No commercial traffic during the night, Massive organisation with dedicated maintenance technical means

along the line,(extension of this organisation to conventional lines as more efficient and profitable),

Set up of a « sweeping train » with speed limit at 160 km/h every morning after maintenance works and before the first commercial train

A centralized dispatching centre grouping train operation and power supply management

Adapting safety rules to a new environment: Implementing temporary operating safety rules to be progressively

included in general rules Specific measures to be taken in case of incidents on rolling stock Specific procedures to be followed in case of infrastructure

incidents

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Results in terms of safety and regularity

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For-coming evolution on Paris-Lyon HSL

Paris-Lyon HSL is the first piece of the French current highspeed network

Passenger demand is still increasing on this route

The opening in 2001 of HSL continuation until Marseille brought more trains on the line section between Paris and Lyon

New HSL projects connected with this route will also bring more trains

The consequence is a lack of capacity on the Paris-Lyon route

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Solutions to increase line capacity

Increasing rolling stock capacity:

TGV Duplex (double-deck) offers +40% seats

Modifying train graphic in order to add paths and using ERTMS level 2 combined with current TVM system it is the solution retained for the future Eastern HSL Paris-Frankfurt)

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Thank you for your attention!