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Technological, economic and sociological factors on the maximum

design speed of high speed trains

Schumann, Tilo

Meyer zu Hörste, Michael

Heckmann, Andreas

Lemmer, Karsten

German Aerospace Centre 1

Abstract
The maximum design speed of high speed trains is the maximal speed the train
is operating in regular traffic. Due to certification and testing purposes the real
maximum speed is higher. Historically the maximum design speed was understood
as a constant value, which is depending on factors like distance to be travelled
between two stops, traffic volume, energy cost etc. The study to be presented
here aims to show, that the maximum design speed is a variable value depending
as well on factors as willingness to pay, which is again depending on variables like
airplane ticket prices or even petrol prices.

Keywords: Very High Speed, Aerodynamics, Signalling

1 Tilo Schumann. German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für- Luft- und Raumfahrt – DLR), Institute of Transportation
Systems. Email: Tilo.Schumann@dlr.de
Michael Meyer zu Hörste. German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für- Luft- und Raumfahrt–DLR). Institute of
Transportation Systems. Email: Michael.MeyerzuHoerste@dlr.de. (corresponding author)
Andreas Heckmann. German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für- Luft- und Raumfahrt – DLR), Institute of System
Dynamics and Control. Email: Andreas.Heckmann@dlr.de
Karsten Lemmer. German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für- Luft- und Raumfahrt – DLR). Email: Karsten.Lemmer@dlr.de

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