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General information
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Description
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General criteria
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Status of development: research & experiments |
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Time horizon for broad application: in > 10 years |
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Expected technological development: highly dynamic |
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Benefits (other than environmental): big |
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Barriers: high |
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Applicability for railway segments: medium |
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Type of traction: not applicable
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Type of transportation: passenger - high speed
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Grade of diffusion into railway markets:
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Diffusion into relevant segment of fleet: 0 % |
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Share of newly purchased stock: 0 % |
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Market potential (railways): highly uncertain |
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Environmental criteria
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Impacts on energy efficiency:
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Energy efficiency potential for single vehicle: (no data) |
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Energy efficiency potential throughout fleet: (no data) |
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Other environmental impacts: ambivalent |
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Economic criteria
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Vehicle - fix costs: high |
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Vehicle - running costs: (no data) |
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Infrastructure - fix costs: high |
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Infrastructure - running costs: (no data) |
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Scale effects: (no data) |
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Amortisation: (no data) |
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Application outside railway sector (this technology is railway specific)
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Overall rating
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Overall potential: interesting |
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Time horizon: long-term |
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Swissmetro is a highly innovative concept for future high speed passenger transport worth considering. As such it is still affected by many uncertainties. Environmental performance could be convincing if one takes into account that such a system could gain back some market share from air transport. Major obstacle will be high initial investment. |