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The Evaluation of GHG Emissions in Railroad Construction Sector (철도건설의 온실가스 배출량 산정평가)

  • Lee, Jae-Young;Jung, Woo-Sung;Hwang, In-Hwan;Kim, Yong-Ki
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.271-275
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    • 2011
  • According to governmental policies for green growth, the increase in the traffic volume of railroad is a representative method to reduce total greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted from transport. Comprehensive assessment for the GHG emission of railroad has been studied to compare the difference of transport modes just in the operating step excluded the construction step. The purpose of this study was to evaluate GHG emissions in railroad construction sector. The targets were some construction works for civil, track, building, and electric system in A line. The GHG emission source of constructing railroad infrastructure was mainly the energy consumption of heavy equipments. As a result, the civil construction sector showed more than 96% of total GHG emissions and its specific GHG emission was 2.191 ton $CO_2e/m$. Also, the specific GHG emissions of civil construction works were of the order: earthworks > tunnels > bridges > station. In future, it will be required to calculate the overall GHG emission of railroad through life cycle approaches including operation, maintenance and disposal step.

Analysis of Line Capacity for the Special Structure in Railway (특이구조를 갖는 선로구간의 용량분석에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Dong-Hee;Hong Soon-Heum
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.668-673
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    • 2003
  • Line Capacity is a criteria for transport capacity and is used to evaluate railroad investment alternatives or to decide train frequency when establish transportation plan. There are two methodologies to increase transport capacity of railway. One is to invest railroad equipment or vehicles, and the other is to improve operation efficiency through optimization. Such all efforts are intended to increase transport capacity by improving line capacity. So far, this criteria is calculated statical and experimental numerical formula. But, line capacity has special attribute that changes dynamically according to operational conditions, so there is a need of new line capacity estimation system. In this paper, we present a new estimation method of line capacity based on the probability simulation, and apply to normal railline section and special structured railine section.

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Feasibility Study on Introduction of Piggy-back System by Applying Transport Database

  • Lee, Yong-Jae;Lee, Chulung;Kim, Yong-Hoon;Han, Seong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.157-166
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    • 2022
  • In this study, The goal is to analyze the feasibility of introducing a Piggyback system that can reduce the time and cost incurred by transshipment work and improve the transportation speed when transporting complex cargo by rail. To this end, the feasibility analysis methodology is reviewed through domestic and international literature review. In order to quantitatively derive the feasibility analysis values, a transportation database was applied to develop a freight transport simulation model and a freight demand prediction model for major freight transport O-D routes with a transportation distance of 200 km or more. As a result of analyzing economic feasibility by setting the analysis period to 15 years on the premise that the Piggyback System will be introduced on major cargo transport O-D routes in 2025, the NPV value was positive and the B/C value was 1.18, indicating that the Piggyback system was economical. The proposed research method can be meaningful data for establishing transportation policies that can improve the competitiveness of railroad transportation.

A Study on Utilization Plans of Regional Trunk Rail Route (지역철도이용 활성화방안 연구)

  • Yang, Jun-Gyu
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.3289-3298
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    • 2011
  • The region trunk line railroad route considering regional characters is the final aim of railroad management to operators and passengers. For reflecting these aspect to make policies, The study has been performed by defining and analyzing the informations. According to the methodological and political research, First of all, The feature for demand and supply of railroad in the region trunk line railroad route is that demand aspect was excessively influenced by supply aspect. The demand sensitivity was measured very high on the supply changes. The survey, Containing the regional characters, result the railway and bus use patterns are clearly different and this feature is simiral to that of janghang and pohang district. also, In railroad case, Demand shifts from railroad to other transport sensitively. Therefore, We make some new index besides existing index, which like to management index, rate of boarding, rate of using. After that, We suggest passengers and operator's win-win alternatives.

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The Study of Headway Improvement on Signaling System Des19n of Urban Transit (도시철도 신호시스템 설계에서의 운전시격 향상에 대한 연구)

  • Baek, Jong-Hyen;An, Tae-Ki;Jeong, Rag-Gyo;Han, Seong-Ho;Byun, Yeun-Sub;Park, Hyun-Jun
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1999.07a
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    • pp.492-494
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    • 1999
  • To improve safety operation of urban transit, compatible design of signaling system is most important factor at future train operation and management. Therefore, signaling system should be designed compatible transport demand of target year. In addition, signaling system should be designed improved train safety, based fail-safe principle. Most of all, to solve passenger concentration, high density and to improve efficiency of train operation. Headway improvement of train is most important. Train organization length of new urban transit as light rail is generally shorter than EMU. Therefore, to increase passenger service and operation efficiency, minimum headway of one minute in this system should be important required.

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Competition Structure and Management Capability of Railroad Companies in Tokyo, Japan (일본 동경권 대형사철의 경장구조와 경영비교분석)

  • Lim, Chai-Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.10 no.1 s.38
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    • pp.74-83
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    • 2007
  • Japanese railroad companies continued growing by developing diversification based on the railroad enterprise. However, the diversification strategy of railroad companies reached the management limit in the 1990s. Under the long-term economic depression, Aging and a decrease in the birthrate progressed and passenger transport changed to the downward tendency. Nevertheless, since railroad investment was expanded, business results worsen and price competitiveness with JR East became weak. Futhermore, the business results of a diversification enterprise were bad compared with it of a railroad enterprise. Therefore, group management was thought as important and structural reform was carried out resolutely.

Reduction of Particulate Matters Levels in Railway Cabins in Korea

  • Park, Duck-Shin;Kwon, Soon-Bark;Cho, Young-Min;Park, Eun-Young;Jeong, Woo-Tae;Lee, Ki-Young
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.51-56
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    • 2012
  • Objectives: High concentrations of airborne particulate matters (PM) can affect the health of passengers using public transportation. The objectives of this research were to develop a PM control system for a railway cabin and to evaluate the performance of the device under conditions of an actual journey. Methods: This study measured the concentrations of $PM_{10}$ and $PM_{2.5}$ simultaneously in a reference cabin and a cabin with the PM control device. Results: The average $PM_{10}$ concentration in the reference cabin was 100 ${\mu}g/m^3$, and the $PM_{10}$ concentration in the cabin with the control device was 79 ${\mu}g/m^3$. While the overall control efficiency of the control device was 15.4%, reduction was more effective for peak $PM_{10}$ concentration. However, $PM_{2.5}$ levels did not differ greatly between the reference cabin and the cabin with the control device. The ratio of $PM_{2.5}$ to $PM_{10}$ was 0.37. $PM_{10}$ concentrations in cabins were not associated with ambient concentrations, indicating that the main sources of $PM_{10}$ were present in cabins. Additionally, average $CO_2$ concentration in the cabins was 1,359 ppm, less than the maximum of 2,000 ppm set out by the Korean Ministry of Environment's guideline. The $CO_2$ concentration in cabins was significantly associated with the number of passengers: the in-cabin concentration = $23.4{\times}N+460.2$, where N is the number of passengers. Conclusions: Application of the PM control device can improve $PM_{10}$ concentration, especially at peak levels but not $PM_{2.5}$ concentration.

Railroad Information Integrated-Service and Its Knowledge-Base Construction Method based on Passengers Needs Analysis (철도이용객 니즈 분석을 통한 철도정보 통합서비스 및 지식베이스 구축 방안)

  • Shon, Woo-Yong;An, Tae-Ki;Ahn, Chi-Hyung;Lee, Won-Goo;Kim, Sam-Taek
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.9-18
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    • 2016
  • The railroad is one of the most popular means of transport. Howerver, railroad agencies are managing the railroad information and provide its service respectively. That is, because of managing the different information and its type, The user will not receive the correct and integrated information. In this study, We figure out the needs of passengers that they want in railroad service and seek an integrated service plan that railroad passengers can use the railroad information service at a time, at a glance and in one place. Also, we investigate the knowledge-base construction to provide a knowledge map service to railroad passengers.

Transport Card Based Revenue Allocation Model Considering Boundary Stations in Seoul Metropolitan Urban Railroad Network (수도권 도시철도 경계역을 반영한 교통카드 기반 수입금 배분모형)

  • Seongil Shin;Hee Chun Kim;Doohee Nam
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.15-28
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    • 2023
  • Boundary Station is an evaluation index that was not reflected in the Seoul Metropolitan Urban Railroad Connected Eare Allocation. Boundary station is a station located at the boundary point of two transportation agencies sharing the same route, and track operation methods are divided into business management and maintenance management. Until now, the Connected Fare Allocation has evaluated the boundary stations from the perspective of business management. Meanwhile, the integrated public transportation fee system requires the need to interpret the boundary stations from the point of view of maintenance management at the developmental level. This study was prepared a measure to quantitatively analyze changes in income with the introduction of maintenance methods in mind. The Change in the income of operation agency evaluated based on the daily transportation card data for the boundary stations of the four Seoul Transportation Corporation and KORAIL sections. This study is meaningful as a basic research for an analytical judgment that evaluates and allocates changes in transportation income of Seoul Metropolitan Urban Railroad in the future.

A Study on the Calculation of GHG Emission for Domestic Railroad Transport based on IPCC Guideline (IPCC 가이드라인을 이용한 국내 철도수송에 따른 온실가스 배출량 산정에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jae-Young;Kim, Yong-Ki;Lee, Cheul-Kyu;Rhee, Young-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.408-412
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    • 2012
  • Recently, new climate change mechanism after 2020 year has been accepted with the parties, and so government is pushing ahead the GHG reduction policies to achieve the effective results. Especially, it is essential to enhance the role of railroad in the public traffic system as well as to develop new cars with high energy efficiency for the GHG reduction of transportation sector. Thus, the calculation method of GHG emission of railroad should be established to manage the emission continuously. In this study, the calculation method of GHG emission of railroad was defined with Tier level considering its emission sources to refer to 2006 IPCC guideline for national GHG inventories. Also, the GHG emission of railroad at Tier 1 level was investigated using the activity data related to the amount of diesel and electricity consumption from 2008 to 2010. As a result, total GHG emission in 2010 was about 2,060 thousands ton CO2e, which have 73% of electricity and 27% of diesel. In future, the plans on the GHG reduction of railroad will be accomplished by the analysis of the detailed trends on the basis of the emission management of Tier 3 level under operating patterns. Therefore, it is important to develop the specific GHG emission factors of railroad in advance.