TRAINS OF THE FUTURE

Submitted by:
Abhishek,Akshay Deep Thakur
16BCE1032,16BCE1041
7CE-3

Submitted for Assignment of Railway Engineering

INTRODUCTION:
• In recent years, the world has turned to rail to
answer some of the problems threatening our
global transport network.
• Need for Trains that are fast, efficient,
transnational, energy efficient and able to cope
with the increasing demand on infrastructure.
• With the global population expected to reach 9.8
billion by 2050, it is time for rail to deliver new
innovations and make more efficient use of our
existing infrastructure.
Trains of the Future:
1. Hydrogen Trains
2. Freight Shuttles
3. Maglev Trains
4. Hyperloop
1. Hydrogen Trains

• CO2 emission free regional trains.

• An alternative to diesel power.
• Hydrogen power works when hydrogen is
burned with oxygen to produce huge amounts
of energy.
• Only by-product being water.
• Convert the chemical
energyof hydrogen to mechanical energy
Facts:
• A hydrogen powered passenger train is
currently being tested in Germany.
• A 17.4km track will be built in two phases
at 760 million yuan ($109.0 million) with 20
stations.
• The trains can travel at speeds of up to 70kp/h
A Hydrogen Train in China
2. Freight Shuttles:
• Engineers at Ruhr University of Bochum,
Germany are working on the CargoCap
• It is the fifth transportation alternative to the
conventional systems of road, rail, air and
water.
• Strong climate credentials and international
efforts to reduce CO2 levels will ensure that
freight is dealt with effectively.
Facts:
• Drive based on electric motors and a battery that
stores energy recovered during braking.
• The individual wagons can travel the final
kilometres to the respective customer
automatically and autonomously.
• Appropriate sensors for the requirements.
• The wagons can also be driven directly into ports,
trans-shipment stations or logistics terminals
right up to the high level racks, where they are
also then loaded or unloaded automatically.
‘Freight Train of the Future’ NGT CARGO
3. Maglev Trains
• Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a system
of train transportation that uses two sets of magnets.
• Along certain "medium range" routes (usually 200 to
400 miles (320 to 640 km))
• Maglev can compete favorably with high speed
rail and airplanes.
• The Shanghai Maglev Train, also known as
the Transrapid, has a top speed of 430 km/h
(270 mph).
• Last year, the Incheon Airport maglev was launched in
South Korea.
• In Japan, the Chuo Shinkansen line under construction
Facts
• Initially created by English inventor Eric
Laithwaite
• Made commercially viable in Birmingham
1984.
• This first maglev train travelled only 42km/h
covering a distance of 600m.
• The Shanghai Maglev has a top operational
speed of 430km/h and average speed of 251
km/h.
Maglev Train of Japan
4. Hyperloop
• Elon Musk’s innovation.
• Seen by its founder at least as the future of
rail.
• Hypothetical proposal in the transportation
industry.
• Rival firm HTT signed a deal in March to bring
its Hyperloop technology to Slovakia,
• Aiming to link Bratislava with Vienna and
Budapest.
Facts:
• Hyperloop One tested their first motor in May
this year and will test the full system early
next year.
• The firm are in the process of developing new
routes in five different countries.
• Ambitious goal of the firm to finish their first
model of the Hyperloop by 2020 and
transport cargo by 2021.
Hyperloop Loop shuttle Hyperloop ONE