Punctuality, energy reduction and passenger satisfaction through optimised vehicle layout

The layout of rail vehicles has a significant influence on passenger behaviour. Most current vehicles take little account of this behaviour, which means that planning errors result in passenger boarding and alighting times being much longer than necessary. This leads to delays, high energy consumption on the route and dissatisfied passengers. In just a few steps, layouts can be optimised to significantly increase punctuality and reduce energy consumption by up to 20%. At the same time, passenger satisfaction also increases. The presentation provides an overview of ways to efficiently increase vehicle performance.

Bernhard Rüger, Managing Director, Netwiss OG