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From: Options for reducing external costs from freight transport along the Brenner corridor
Starting assumptions for the calculation of external costs | ||||
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Data | Features | Data selected in the study | ||
Vehicle type 1 | Vehicle type 2 | Train | ||
Vehicle | Vehicle model | Articulated truck | Rigid truck | Train with 2 locomotives |
Fuel | Diesel | Diesel | Electric traction | |
European emissions classification | Euro 0 – Euro 6 | Euro 0 – Euro 6 | – | |
Load | Total mass: 40 t | Total mass: 26–28 t | Gross train weight: 1200 t | |
Tare: 8 t | Tare: 7.5 t | Gross freight weight: 1020 t | ||
Load capacity: 32 t | Load capacity: 20 t | Net freight weight: 597 t | ||
Goods transported: 16 t | Goods transported: 10 t | |||
Type of emissions considered | Hot emissions | Hot emissions | – | |
Infrastructure | Type | Motorway | Motorway | Railway |
Maximum travel speed | 80 km/h | 80 km/h | 100 km/h | |
Slope | Min: −4% | Min: −4% | – | |
Max: + 4% | Max: + 4% | |||
Geographical context | Rural | Rural | Rural | |
Congestion level | Free flow, with temporary exception between Bressanone and Vipiteno | Free flow, with temporary exception between Bressanone and Vipiteno | – | |
Emission models | Macro scale | HBEFA | HBEFA | Not used (TTW phase) |