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Just a guess, but maybe it's just a good starting point. 30kmh is pretty quick for moving goods (if you factor in all the downtime that goods spend in warehouse
by genocidicbunny 4y ago
Just a guess, but maybe it's just a good starting point. 30kmh is pretty quick for moving goods (if you factor in all the downtime that goods spend in warehouses) and is also not terribly hard to deal with in terms of designing the system and the traction engines. When you combine this with the fact that the density can be higher than with human drivers, 30kmh doesn't seem so bad.
Plus I would think they could gradually increase the speed as the system proves itself more. There are so many other challenges with getting this done, that maybe making the system go as fast as possible took a backburner.
- caseyf7 4y agoThere will also be significant elevation changes
- genocidicbunny 4y agoThere will be, but seeing as this is a tunnel system, those elevation changes can be spread out a lot more than they would be if this was overland. I'm sure it's _a_ factor, but not likely to be the biggest factor in the max speed.
- _nalply 4y agoBern is at 550 m (1800 feet) and Basel at 260 m (850 feet). I don't think that elevation changes matter a lot.
- config_yml 4y agoMaybe also packing efficiency. Cargo has to be less rigid and secured, more diverse load types etc.