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Equipment | Common standard | Incremental changea | System changea |
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Wagons | |||
Running gear | Different | 50 % track-friendly | All track-friendly |
Brakes | Cast brakes | LL brakes | Disc brakes |
Brake control | Pneumatic | Radio controlled EOT | Fully electronic |
Couplers | Screw couplers | Automatic couplers on some trains | Automatic couplers on all trains |
Max Speed | 100 km/h | 120 km/h | 120–160 km/h |
Max Axle load | 22.5 tonnes | 25 tonnes | 30 tonnes |
Floor height lowest | 1200 mm | 1000 mm | 800 mm |
IT-system | Way-side | Some in wagons | All radio controlled |
Locomotives | |||
Tractive effort kN | 300 | 350 | 400 |
Axle load | 20 tonnes | 22.5 tonnes | 25 tonnes |
Propulsion | Electric | Some duo-locos | All duo-locos |
Fuel | Diesel | LNG/Diesel | LNG/electric |
Drivers | Always drivers | Some driverless | All driverless |
Trains | |||
Train lengths in RFC | 550–850 m | 750–1050 m | 1050–2000 m |
Train weight | 2 200 tonnes | 4 400 tonnes | 10 000 tonnes |
Infrastructure | |||
Rail Freight Corridors | 18,000 km | 25,000 km | 50,000 km |
Signalling systems | Different | ERTMS L2 in RFC | ERTMS L3 in RFC |
Standard rail weight | UIC 60 kg/m | 70 kg/m | 70 kg/m |
Speed standard freight | 100 km/h | 100–120 km/h | 120 km/h |
Speed fast freight | 100 km/h | 120–160 km/h | 120–160 km/h |
Traffic system | |||
Wagonload | Marshalling - feeder | Marshalling - feeder | Automatic marshalling |
Some liner trains | Liner trains - duo-loco | ||
Trainload | Remote controlled | All remote controlled | |
Intermodal | Endpoint-trains | Endpoint-trains | Endpoint-trains |
Liner trains with stops at siding | Liner trains fully automated loading | ||
High Speed Freight | National post trains | International post and parcel trains | International post and parcel train network |
IT /monitoring systems | |||
Some different | Standardised | Full control of all trains and consignments |