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Morning Coffee
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| 9:00 |
Morning Chairman’s Address
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| 9:15 |
Morning Keynote Address
High Speed Rail – Applying world experience in the Australian context
- What are the findings on high speed rail resulting from the studies done by CRC for Rail Innovation?
- What are the economic benefits vs costs in developing high speed rail systems?
- How do airport capacity, population, climate change and rail capacity issues impact on the decision to go with high speed rail development?
- Concept study for an Australian HSR network
Peter Thornton, General Manager - Infrastructure, Worley Parsons
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| 9:45 |
Building an Express Rail terminus at city centre – West Kowloon
- What design features of the terminus need to be taken into consideration?
- What are the construction challenges for building a huge terminus at the city centre?
- Effectively integrating the terminus with the local community and nearby development
- Developing a world class facility that is supported by comprehensive network and public transportation system
Paul Lo, General Manager – XRL, MTR CORPORATION
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| 10:15 |
Morning Coffee
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Funding and Financing Options for High Speed Rail
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| 10:45 |
Cost comparison between underground and elevated guideway options for high speed rail development in the Philippines
- Update on the current urban network for Metro Manila and what are the financial implications for high speed rail development?
- 2010 economic environment and project financing objectives
- Project development cost comparison of underground and at garde/elevated guide way for high speed rail link between Clark to Manila and Clark to Poro Point
- What are the options and recommendations?
Rommel Gavieta, Vice President, MRT PHILIPPINES
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Sociological, Environmental, Safety and Security Issues Impacting High Speed Rail Development
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| 11:15 |
Air and high speed rail : Cooperation and competition
- What are the various types of passenger airport railways in the market currently?
- How are airports and high speed rail systems cooperating currently and how can this be enhanced to be complementary?
- What impact has high speed rail development and implementation had on domestic air travel to date and what can be expected in the future?
Andrew Sharp, Director-General, INTERNATIONAL AIR RAIL ORGANISATION
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| 11:45 |
Lunch |
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Technological Advances in the High Speed Rail Market
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| 1:00 |
Economic benefits of applying advanced technologies to high speed rail planning and construction
- Undertaking rail planning and construction from initial scoping studies through to operation and maintenance phase
- Strategies to reduce environmental and social impact whilst reducing construction and overall maintenance costs
James Muir, Regional Manager, Asia Pacific, Trimble
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| 1:30 |
Overview of maintenance programmes for high speed rail systems
- Rolling stock maintenance
- Track maintenance
- What maintenance levels needs to be put in place to ensure safety?
Dr Uli Dobler, Vice President, Head of Maintenance Sub-Division, Railway Operation Division, TAIWAN HIGH SPEED RAIL CORPORATION
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| 2:00 |
Re-thinking the modern rail station for high speed rail – Case Study – Beijing South Station
- Response to the environment, culture, demand, patronage and scale
- What city connections needed to be taken into consideration when designing the station – multi modal transportation and local vs national
- Looking at efficiency, sustainability, visual and technical challenges when designing and constructing the station
Stefan Krummeck, Principal Director, TFP FARRELLS
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| 2:30 |
Specifying and certifying high speed rail
- What are the specifications that need to be taken into consideration for certifying high speed rail lines?
- What lessons can be learnt and how are these applicable to developing and implementing high speed rail lines?
- What is the current thinking on how and when certification should be done?
- What degree of Certification is appropriate?
Dr David Hill, General Manager – Transportation (Hong Kong and Taiwan) LLOYD’S REGISTER RAIL
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| 3:00 |
Afternoon Tea |
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Competitive strategies for a successful cross border HSR operation
- HSR market and competition perspective
- What strategies should be considered to take account of cross-boundary operations?
- How is this reflected in the service offer?
- Successful marketing and promotion of HSR
- Seamless integration of HSR with urban multi-modal transport systems
Aidan Eaglestone, Director, MVA Hong Kong
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| 4:00 |
Challenge of building and operating high speed railways
- Development and key characteristics of high speed rail
- Benefits of high speed rail in terms of journey time, capacity and improving the customer experience
- Key technical challenges of moving to train speeds above 250kph and some of the risks involved
- Funding high speed railway projects – using the PPP model
Ian Stelfox, Rail Sector Head, Project Director, Scott Wilson Asia Pacific
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| 4:30 |
Close of High Speed Rail Asia 2010 Conference |
