Some suggestions for the growth of railway performance/ the necessity of setting up a long train in the Iranian railway network

According to the economic correspondent of Fars news agency, on July 19 of this year, the South Korean railway company KORAIL conducted a test of a 777-meter long freight train, which ran from Seoul to busan was moving, in the direction of the Korean railway policies to increase the cargo carrying capacity in the country’s rail network, it was put into trial operation.

The South Korean Railways, which was earlier due to the consequences of coronavirus with a financial loss of 150 million euro faced, it follows this action in order to increase the capacity of rail freight to compensate for its financial losses of last year.

As you say SongCEO of South Korea Railway Company has announced: The creation of metered freight trains can increase the cargo carrying capacity in the country’s rail network by 50%.

This test train was able to cover a distance of 402 km busan and pass Seoul in less than 6 hours with an average speed of 70 km/h. In the process of doing this test, the passenger trains on this route also continued to work.

The International Union of Railways of the World has named the average journey of freight and passenger trains in South Korea’s railway network as 257 kilometers.

Creating a long train is a solution to increase the performance of the rail network

Creating long trains or the so-called meterage is a common thing in world-famous rail networks. This action is due to reducing the need to maneuver, increasing capacity block Also, the maximum use of power and capacity of traction force can increase the overall capacity of moving and transporting cargo on a rail route.

Countries such as China, Russia, Australia, and the United States are among the pioneers in using long trains to move a large amount of cargo through their rail network. The distances that long trains in these countries transport cargo by rail are 700 to 1500 kilometers. .

According to the international researches, the amount of distance that is necessary for the transportation of goods by rail network to gain an advantage over road transportation, the distances are higher than 400 to 500 km, in this respect, the countries that have more width and also the type of cargo Most of what is moved in them is in the form of minerals or bulk, it is better to use this mode of transportation to transport their goods.

Studies show that more than 40% of the loads moved in the country over the past years are rail-friendly loads, which need to be transported over 500 km, as well as the type and volume of the load, to be moved through the country’s rail network. In a series of upstream policies and documents, the same intermediary has paid attention to the priority of the rail network for cargo transportation in the country, so that the general policies of the 6th Development Plan had set the share of rail transportation of domestic cargo at 30%. But what has been achieved so far is the 10% share of the country’s rail transportation network in domestic cargo transportation.

Qualitative development in the operation of Iran’s railway network should take place

In this regard, Mohammad Javad ShahjooiIn an interview with Fars news agency, the transportation economics expert said: If the country’s rail network has not been able to reach the goals set in the upstream documents and achieve its 30% share of domestic cargo movement, it is due to low productivity and interest. It is a traditional survey of the country’s rail network and existing rail assets. In a way that currently, in many operation indicators, the country’s railway network is lagging behind other countries.

He added: It is true that there is a need for hardware development in order to increase the share of cargo transportation in the rail network, but it must be accepted that our rail network is not using its existing capacities and assets optimally and development is difficult. Software cannot solve the problem of the country’s rail network.

He continued: Many countries have started the development of their rail network not through hardware development, but with software development and adopting optimal operation solutions. Basically, software development should be on the agenda of the country’s rail network before quantitative development. Undoubtedly, the fruit of qualitative development in the exploitation of the country’s railway assets will be increased revenues, increased attractiveness for investment in this important economic sector, and in one sentence, the hardware development of the railway network.

The railway uses software and low-cost solutions work order put

This economic expert emphasized: Many solutions have not yet been used in Iran’s railways to increase the productivity and performance of rail lines. Therefore, until the operation models are not modified, we cannot expect a drastic change in the state of the country’s rail network with the increase of railway assets.

Shahjooi It was titled: There are several solutions that the railway company seems to need as the main custodian of operating the rail network. work order put seriously

He added: creating longer and longer trains, expanding scheduled freight trains, creating complete trains, modifying the signaling system in old axes, changing the operating model of some axes, or modifying capacity bottlenecks with technological and low-cost methods are among the solutions. which has been experienced in the world and can help to increase the level of performance in the country’s rail network to reach the goals set in the upstream documents.

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