Proposals for the construction of a rail Channel Tunnel, under consideration by the British and French governments, include provisions for a service of roll-on roll-off ferry trains to carry accompanied motor vehicles and their loads between terminals near the tunnel portals. The Laboratory was asked to investigate train loading and unloading operations by means of full-scale experiments. A preliminary series of experiments was carried out to find the effects of different sizes of railway wagons and platforms and of various parking procedures in the trains on the rates of flow of various classes of motor vehicles and trailers. Having established these figures, a further series of experiments was carried out to assess driver and pedestrain behaviour in the closed environment of realistically simulated trains. The Report describes all the experiments concerned with vehicular movements and gives the conclusions drawn from them.


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    Title :

    Channel Tunnel: Vehicular Movements in Proposed Ferry Trains


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1972


    Size :

    86 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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