VHSTcalculations.xls

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q
1		TGV regular (max 575kph)	Maglev	Hyperloop						For comparison:
2	max kph	320	600	1,200						m/s/s
3	max m/s	89	167	333						1.53	747-400, average over	51	secs to	280	kph at take-off
4	m/s/s	1.0	1.0	1.0	(1m/s/s typical for metro rail)					2.7	Hyundaii	0-60mph in	10	secs
5	mins to max speed	1.5	2.8	5.6	same to stop; prefer train separation > this for safety					10.7	Porsche/Ferrari/Tesla Model S	0-60mph in	2.5	secs
6	km to max speed	4	14	56	If distance between stops, s < 2 x this then t = 2 x SQRT[(2 x s/2)/a] for accel then decel (with top speed < max speed)
7	dwell time	3	4	6
8	Note much lower km to get to max speed when the max is lower - hence less benefit from express vs all-stops services, especially for destinations like Canberra that are earlier in the route (when only a couple of prior stations have slowed you down).
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10	Minutes travel time including dwell, acceleration & deceleration			NB. Start 0km at Parramatta assuming a new fast metro links Sydney CBD to there, so it will be a long time if ever before any VHST/Hyperloop extension goes to Sydney CBD.
11				Sydney Trains	TGV		Maglev		Hyperloop……………………………………….
12	cumul km	km to this station	Destination		all-stops	ltd stops	all-stops	ltd stops	stop to stop	all-stops	stage 1 (all-stops)	all non-stop from Parramatta
13	-25	0	Sydney CBD							-11			saving v all-stops
14	0	25	Parramatta	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
15	16	16	Liverpool		7		8		10	10		10	0
16	36	20	Badgerys Creek		16	11	17	10	11	21	0	12	9
17	66	30	Campbelltown	50	26	21	27	20	12	33	12	15	18
18	130	64	Bowral		42		40		14	47		18	29
19	208	78	Goulburn		61		54		15	62	30	22	40
20	307	99	Canberra	270	84	71	71	51	16	79	47	27	52
21	487	180	Wagga Wagga		123		96		21	99		36	64
22	617	130	Albury		152		116		18	118		42	75
23	943	326	Melbourne		217	195	155	121	28	145		59	87
24	1,018	75	Geelong, then tunnel to						15	161		62	98
25	1,383	365	Devonport (Tasmania)						30	190		81	110
26	1,453	70	Launceston						15	205		84	121
27	1,653	200	Hobart						22	227		94	133
28	TGV gives huge benefits to Cambelltown & Canberra - good for development & potential value-capture (& Sydney housing affordability).
29	Savings from limited stops services not worth it for TGV & Maglev - better to run regular, high frequency all-stops (especially given maglev switches could be very difficult; & in practice you wouldn't skip Liverpool).
30	Maglev only gives worthwhile benefit over TGV for Syd-Melbourne (although TGV could go faster), but still about the same as flying (normal TGV speed is much slower than flying) - so it may not be worth the cost of going beyond Canberra with TGV/Maglev.
31	Hyperloop needs off-line stations (& hence switches) to get the most of its higher speed benefit.
32	Start with a test track at Badgerys Creek then extend to Campbelltown (avoids difficult urban areas) then along Hume Highway to Canberra, initially excluding Bowral until an off-line station using proven switches is built.
33		Also start with single pods every 10 minutes, then develop up to 4-pod trains every 6 minutes (separation just > braking distance).
34		NB. For a freight connection, Badgerys Creek is 7km to M7 & total 20km to Moorebank Intermodal.									Capacity
35											System	seats / train	standing pax/train	total pax/train	interval (mins)	pax/hr	seats/hr
36	Pricing / Value-of-time										Sydney Trains double deck	890	310	1,200	3	24,000	17,800
37		km	peak	$/km	off-peak	$/km					single deck metro	600	600	1,200	2	36,000	18,000
38	Wynyard to Redfern	4.5	$ 3.38	0.75	$ 2.36	0.52					single deck metro (max)	400	1,600	2,000	2	60,000	12,000
39	Wynyard to Parramatta	26	$ 4.82	0.18	$ 3.37	0.13					Plane (50/50 A330/737)	222	0	222	6	2,215	2,215
40	Wynyard to Penrith	58	$ 6.46	0.11	$ 4.52	0.08					Hyperloop	44	0	44	10	264	264
41	Wynyard to Newcastle	158	$ 8.30	0.05	$ 5.81	0.04					Hyperloop train	176	0	176	10	1,056	1,056
42	economy flight Syd-Mel	943	$ 190	0.20							Hyperloop train max	176	0	176	6	1,760	1,760
43	Syd-Mel flight varies $80-$420 one-way; typically $100-200				Above excludes ave. Opal discount for 10 trips/wk of	90%					pods per train:	4	pax/pod (all seated):	44
44													NB. Standard STA bus is 43; Boeing 777 is typical 360 & max 451 pax
45	Tunnel to Tasmania?	Geelong, then tunnel to	km	tunnel $bn	years to tunnel								Plane (50/50 A330/737) =	222
46		Devonport (Tasmania)	365	22.4	18.3	cf 57km Swiss Alps tunnel (longest in world) took 20 years
47		Assumes tunnelling from both ends (x2) at:	20	km/yr, vs 2 x km/yr in UK X-rail =			13.8	4.3	miles/yr (one TBM)
48			61	$m/km vs	85	AU$m/km 2016 in UK
49		assuming continued improvements in cost and speed of tunneling.			4.00%	reduction p.a. for		8	years
50				https://hyperloop-one.com/blog/is-this-the-golden-age-of-tunneling
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