High Speed Railways
High-speed lines are distinct from
conventional railways in many respects and their development
requires a specialised approach to:
- Financing
- Engineering
- Operations
- Maintenance
- Environmental impact
- Position within the transport sector
- Interfaces with conventional lines and interoperability of
stock
The successful delivery of such large-scale projects requires
cross-functional teams of specialists, each applying their own area
of expertise to the development of the scheme.
- Demand forecasting
- Route selection and preliminary design, including finance,
costing, risk analysis and environmental impact management
- Rolling stock selection
- Signalling, electrification, permanent way and their careful
integration
- Design of infrastructure and rolling stock maintenance
regimes
- Operational advice and performance modelling
- Project implementation
- Integration with conventional railway networks, including
interchange design
- Guidance on and preparation of technical specifications
- Guidance on and preparation of tender documents for procurement
of materials, equipment and services
Scott Wilson has been engaged in the
development of high speed lines in a number of countries, advising
on the engineering, economic and environmental requirements of such
systems. Our staff includes established experts who have
published papers on the issues facing high speed lines, and the
scope of our services ranges from pre-feasibility studies to
detailed design. Highly experienced staff from across Scott
Wilson work together to provide complete guidance at all stages of
the development of High Speed Lines from concept, design and
construction to commissioning, operation and refurbishment.
Scott Wilson also has significant experience in the upgrading of
conventional routes to higher speed operation, such as the West
Coast Main Line in the UK. Such upgrades require their own
specialist approaches due to their mix of traffic and the need to
keep an established railway open during implementation.
