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The Future of High Speed System  

TC KaoRailroad Transportation & Engineering Center (RailTEC) 

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Review of the Development of HSR in the past 50+ years

• HSR Has been in service since 1964.• HSR provides a high speed, high capacity, low pollution and high energy efficiency modern transportation tool.

• 30,000 km HS lines were built. (April, 2015)• 1.6 billions passenger per year• 80% modal split to air transport for less than 2.5 hour train travel time

• 26 countries are operating or building their HSR systems.

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Evolution of world HSR networks 

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How train travel timeinfluences the market share 

Source: UIC

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Multi‐model market share in Japan

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UIC World HSR CongressRound table topics 

What is going to happen by 2046? 

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Round Table 2:What´s going to happen by 2046?

Mr Katsuji AKITA, President RTRI, Japan

Mr Volker KEFER, CEO DB Netz AG, GermanyMr Bert KLERK, Chairman EIM, The Netherlands

Mr Luc LALLEMAND, CEO Infrabel, Belgium

Mr Hubert Du MESNIL, Chairman RFF, France

Mr Stéphane RAMBAUD-MEASSON, President Mainline & Metros, Bombardier Transport, France

Mr Joern SENS, CEO Rolling Stock Siemens Mobility Division, GermanyMr Vipin SHARMA, Deputy Chief Executive, UIC

Mr Marcel VERSLYPE, Executive Director European Railway Agency, Belgium

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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10 events that may occur between now and 2046

1. From the end of oil towards clean energy

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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2. New infrastrucutre technology and innovation

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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3. Full interoperability of trains

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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10 events that may occur between now and 2046

4. Shell and Air France – KLM in the rail operators top ten

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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10 events that may occur between now and 2046

5. Complete success of Magnetic

Levitation Systems

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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10 events that may occur between now and 2046

6. Consolidation of external effects intoproduction costs

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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10 events that may occur between now and 2046

7. Car ban in the centre of large cities

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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8. New communication systems reduce mobility

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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9. Widening of standard gauge

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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10. Single European Railway Authority

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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Future

New Technology InnovationNew Paradigm

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Public Phones in THSRC Station

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Phone Booth in THSRC Train

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NEW Technology Innovation

• New Technology are being developed– New HS Systems: Faster trains, Maglev, Vacuum Train, Hyperloop, 

– New cars: Driverless car, Electric Car, Car‐car communication

– New business mode: Uber– Artificial Intelligence (AI): Big data, Deep learning, Machine Learning, Image recognition

– New energy source: Shale oil, Hydrogen car,– Next generation robotics, Drone technology, Distributed manufacturing

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Technology Innovation #1 –Driverless car

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Current Development of Driverless Car

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Multi‐model market share

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Technology Innovation #2 –Driverless Uber

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Current Development of Driverless Uber

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Impact of driverless Uber

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Multi‐model market share

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Technology Innovation #3‐Maglev

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10 events that may occur between now and 2046

5. Complete success of Magnetic Levitation Systems

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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The Only Commercial Maglev Line 

Courtesy of China Daily

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Chuo Shinkansen (中央新幹線 )

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Route Map

Total investment: $90 billion ( to Nagoya $55 billion = 192 m/ km)

Shinkansen MaglevTokyo‐ Nagoya 90min 40minTokyo‐ Osaka 150min 67min

285km/h 500km/h

Travel Time

Speed (source: JR Central 2017)

SC Maglev line

Existing Tokaido‐Shinkansen line

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Economic Impact

Predicted annual benefit

Tokyo area$2.6 billion

Nagano area$800 million

Osaka area$1.6 billion

Nagoya area$1.4 billion

Others$600 million

Total$7.1 billion

Tokyo areaNagoya areaOsaka area

18 11 35(million)

64 million

Megaregion

(source: Ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism 2010)(source:JR Central 2010)

assumed rate: $1=¥100

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10 events that may occur between now and 2046

6. Consolidation of external effects intoproduction costs

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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Maglev in China

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Multi‐model market share in Japan

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Vacuum Tube Train 

Daryl Oster,1999: Evacuated Tube Transport 

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Hyperloop

Elon Musk: Hyperloop,2013

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Technology Development #4 ‐Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• Big data & data mining • Deep Learning• Machine Learning• Image recognition

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AI Assisted Travel Plan

Now• People who 

grow up using Mobile Devices & Apps

• Use iPhone & Starbuck apps to order a coffee.

• Use program to set thermostat• Organize travel plan with apps 

from various transportation agents

Future• People who expect 

Devices & Apps to be “smart” and work for them

• Want apps to suggest a particular flavor of coffee on a particular time

• Expect program to set itself • Expect apps to organize a 

“tailor made” comprehensive travel plan, with weather input, personal preference. Hi! Siri. 

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Emerging HSR Mobility OS

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New Paradigm

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10 events that may occur between now and 2046

1. From the end of oil towards clean energy

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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Global Warming (Climate Change)

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In search of green mobility

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The New Railway‐We tie Europe Together

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10 events that may occur between now and 2046

10. Single European Railway Authority

Round table 2: What´s going to happen by 2046?

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Terrorism and Refugee

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Future of Europe

Europe is at Crossroad………

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Modi in Davos: Globalization is under attack

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The Belt & Road Initiative (BRI)

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Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) 

• Jan 2016• 84 members• authorized capital of $100 billion

• 24 projects,  $4.23 billion loan

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Southeast Asia Railway network

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UIC/Universities Alliancefor UIC‐ Universities Alliance Charter 

for High Speed RailRail

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The parties

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Initial members

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Subject 2:Virtual coupling

Idea: replace the physical coupling of trainsets by a virtual one so that two trainsets can run at 300 kph or more while being separated by, let’s say, 1 metre only.Advantages:This way the track capacity could be increased not only because the stop is avoided, but also because one could imagine to have trains made up of more than 2 trainsets.Objective: evaluate the implications of this idea and its feasibility.

Other formulation of the problem: can we suppress the signalling systems and replace them by autonomous trains in a similar way road is progressively adopting driverless cars.

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Subject 3:

Wireless train

Idea:Eliminate the catenary either through powerful and high capacity batteries or by energy catchment from a wire underground (under the track)

Advantages:Less incidents, less maintenance, wider gauge

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Questions?

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Subject 4:

Rail & Urbanism

Idea:HSR is said to have a large impact on urbanism. But how can we as matter‐of‐factly show evidence of the benefits drawn by cities or regions from the implementation of a HSR system.

Expectations:What measures would boost the urban development and the real estate management when implementing or reshuffling rail services in a city?

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Vision for HSR in America

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Social Economical & Environmental Impact

• Climate Change• Petroleum Energy Resource• Development in Clean Energy• Urbanization

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Geopolitical uncertainty

• New Geopolitical Changes‐ New world order– Terrorism – Refugee – Globalization vs. isolationism 

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Case‐by‐case transportation solution

(Thomas SAUTER‐SERVAES) – UIC 9th World Congress)  

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Other Innovative Researches

• Virtual coupling : eliminating the headway, increase the capacities of HSR

• Wireless train: Eliminate the catenary either through powerful and high capacity batteries or by energy catchment from a wire underground (under the track)

• Platform‐less Station:

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Social, Economical & Environmental  Evolution

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Dissolution of the Soviet Union‐ Euro‐Asia Railway Net work 

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Development of IT Technology 

• Artificial Intelligence (AI), • Virtual Reality Computation (VR) ,• Apple pay

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Pan Asia HSR Network 

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Urban Sprawl vs. Urbanization

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Case‐by case solution