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The frequency already accounts for the time component. (People/Car)*(Car/Hour) = (People/Hour) = Throughput At a constant frequency and higher speeds, you wil
by netrus 13y ago
The frequency already accounts for the time component.
(People/Car)*(Car/Hour) = (People/Hour) = Throughput
At a constant frequency and higher speeds, you will simply have less trains on the track at the same time.
- apendleton 13y agoYes, I guess you're right, but the maximum frequency is bounded by vehicle length and speed (you can't have a vehicle pass every thirty seconds if it takes more than thirty seconds for a single vehicle to pass a given point).
- jarek 13y agoThe longest TGV and Shinkansen consists are around 400 m, so they pass a given point in 30 seconds at about 50 km/h (30 mph). Of course there's spacing for safety and so on, but 50 km/h is so low that it's really a factor in practice unless you also have non-HSR traffic on the line. A bigger factor in practical capacity is loading and offloading people and switching near termini.