The Infrastructure Costs of New Tracks for Tilting Trains compared with Non-Tilting Trains

초록

The investment costs in infrastructure could be reduced by avoiding construction of bridges and tunnels. Tilting trains might be a less costly alternative than building new tracks with large curve radii. Because an operational model with tilting train might be to reduce the curve radius without decreasing speed, thus it will be possible to achieve lower infrastructure costs by reducing number and length of bridges and tunnels. This paper will adjust the track alignment with design standard for a tilting train, and its infrastructure costs will be compared with them for non-tilting train.