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Elimination of dining car

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From the point of view of space utilisation, a restaurant coach is a waste of seating space. In the corresponding perspective of specific energy consumption (per seat), the elimination of a restaurant coach can be seen as an energy efficiency measure. However target conflicts between efficiency and service quality have to be taken into account.

Technology field: Space utilisation



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General criteria

	Status of development: not applicable
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	Time horizon for broad application: not applicable
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	Expected technological development: not applicable
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	Motivation:
		Cost efficiency

	Benefits (other than environmental): medium
		Cost efficiency

	Barriers: high
		Customer preferences Attractiveness of long distance railway transport is reduced by an elimination of restaurant coaches.

	Success factors:
		Success factors Perform customer survey assessing the "willingness to pay" for the additional service quality offered by a dining car.

	Applicability for railway segments: medium
	Type of traction: electric - DC, electric - AC, diesel
	Type of transportation: passenger - main lines, passenger - high speed
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	Grade of diffusion into railway markets:
	Diffusion into relevant segment of fleet: (no data)
	Share of newly purchased stock: (no data)
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	Market potential (railways): not applicable
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Application outside railway sector (this technology is railway specific)

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