Effects of operating freight trains on high speed lines to be studied

[John Ashworth]

Effects of operating freight trains on high speed lines to be studied

to study the effects of passenger and freight trains passing on mixed-traffic sections of the 1 435 mm gauge high speed network.

The 16-month project will include field tests to observe and analyse the aerodynamic forces exerted when 120 km/h freight trains cross passenger trains running at more than 200 km/h in the open air or in tunnels.

ADIF has found there is little information on the behaviour of wagons and payloads at such speeds, in particular the effects on lightly-loaded intermodal containers...

This is in Spain.