Sustainable rail switch

Purpose and goal

A robust railway that is not disturbed by serious problems such as stopp in today´s switches, provides increased profits for society thanks to greater occupancy. Vertex switch creates a robust and reliable railway, which means that more people choose rail, passenger traffic as well as freight traffic. If you can trust the railway in your planning for work, the companies can count on security in deliveries, then communities develop locally that would otherwise not be as easy to invest in. Vertex switch is adapted to the planned high-speed lines, which facilitates planning and reduces cost

Expected effects and result

There are also big savings thanks to the greatly reduced energy demand and the reduced need for maintenance. Vertex gear will radically reduce the consumption of power kW, by 85% calculated against a total consumption of at least 300 million kWh per year. 300 million kWh is an uncertain figure as the Swedish Transport Administration has significant problems with the alternating current heating systems that do not work today, the blackout rate is significant and could be significantly higher. The measurable goal will be in the region of at least 250 million kWh each year in pure savings.

Planned approach and implementation

Setting up of organization, administrative routines, start-up meeting for project group. Main resp. Consat. Localization of geographical location, Inventory of the railway yard, review suitable places to build the test facility in connection with the operating site or railway yard, where full-size trains can operate the switch without affecting ordinary traffic. Main resp. Inlandsbanan, Planning with Inlandsbanan. In-depth planning of the project together with Inlandsbanans, Enhet Spår och Väg. Main resp: Consat. Principal responsible: Logistica, Håkan Henningsson.