Selection of reference line for slip coaching case study and simulation:
- In the case study and for the simulation of the slip coaching scenarios a railway line in Germany is analysed.
- The reference line Hanover/Brunswick – Göttingen – Kassel – Fulda – Hanau – Frankfurt (Main) was chosen.
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The following criteria were decisive:
- A sequence of several small stations, which justify a regular high-speed train service (Göttingen, Kassel,
Fulda and Hanau) between two big railroad nodes (Hanover and Frankfurt);
- A mostly separated infrastructure for high-speed train service;
- A maximum line speed of at least 250 km/h or more to analyse genuine high-speed rail traffic;
- A branching at one end of the line (Göttingen – Brunswick/Hanover) to demonstrate the possibility of new
direct connections.