Automated translation of German Press release: https://www.newstix.de/mid=469890
Accessed: 2021-04-17
Accessed: 2021-04-17
Munich: Increasing traffic pressure, the growing metropolitan area: new challenges require new solutions. Together with the state capital of Munich, several MVV-associated districts and the Munich Transport Company (MVG), the Munich Transport and Tariff Association (MVV) accompanied a traffic study on the basic traffic sense of the Transport System Bögl (TSB) - a maglev train. For corridors in the south, east and north of Munich, as well as between Dachau and Munich in the northwest, the study shows that a basic economic benefit can be assumed. The results of the study were presented [...] in the transport committee of the Munich district.
With the Transport System Bögl (TSB), the Max Bögl Group has developed a maglev train as a complete system solution for use in local public transport. Over the past ten years, the vehicles, the infrastructure and the operations control technology have been developed to production readiness. Various committees and delegations from the MVV region have already visited the company's headquarters in Sengenthal in the Upper Palatinate and had the system presented to them. The initial rough study now available has made it possible to identify the transport system's basic feasibility in terms of traffic for various potential application routes in the Munich metropolitan area.
The aim of the traffic study, which was carried out by a Swiss engineering firm, was to make an initial rough traffic value assessment of the TSB in order to be able to identify in principle whether this new transport system could be promising for the Munich area. In the process, initial benefit-cost calculations were also prepared for various routes, which were intended to show indications of possible government funding. Specifically, for four different corridors in the MVV area, it was examined on which routes or in which spatial and traffic environment the Bögl transport system could achieve a traffic benefit and economic viability.
The first traffic value assessment that has now been carried out shows indications that the TSB could meaningfully strengthen local public transport in various corridors ("North U2/U3" (Dachau - Karlsfeld - Munich), "North U6" (Garching - Hochbrück - Unterschleißheim), "South U5" (Taufkirchen/Ottobrunn - Neubiberg - Munich) and "East U2" (Nordosttangente)). According to the assessment, the Bögl transport system could achieve a large share of passengers switching from cars to public transport if it opens up new areas and acts as the main means of public transport. However, more in-depth studies are needed to make a final assessment.
"The population figures in the Munich region are rising steadily, and there is no relief in sight on the roads in the long term - despite the current pandemic situation. The expansion of the transport infrastructure is one of the most urgent tasks in Munich County. Only with a mix of different measures and means of transport can we tackle the traffic problems in a targeted manner. The present study shows that the TSB could be a very promising transport system. However, whether it could really be a meaningful addition to local public transport in the Munich district would first have to be subjected to an objective and comparative examination, which would confirm the traffic benefits as a first step. In further steps, urban planning aspects would also have to be examined," says Christoph Göbel, District Administrator of the Munich district.
Dachau's District Administrator Stefan Löwl sees the results of the study as confirming the potential for the feasibility of the TSB in the north of Munich: "The positive benefit-cost ratio for the possible connection between Feldmoching and Dachau, as well as other corridors studied, shows that with the TSB there is a new solution option for the future of public transport services in and around Munich "made in Bavaria". Especially in view of the enormous competition for space, the use of the so-called "third" level could represent a relevant advantage for the TSB. I would be pleased if we could realize this project together in the north of Munich."
The Mobility Officer of the City of Munich, Georg Dunkel, considers the TSB to be a meaningful instrument for the further implementation of the traffic turnaround: "Particularly in the outskirts, I can very well imagine the TSB as a supplement to the streetcar, subway or S-Bahn. Particularly in the corridor from Dachau to the north of Munich, we urgently need an additional public transport service, and this is where the TSB could play to its strengths. However, there are still a number of questions to be answered, especially with regard to linking it with the existing network."
"The TSB is a fundamentally interesting new transport system, and the study currently available attests to its rough feasibility," said MVV Managing Director Dr. Bernd Rosenbusch. "Other crucial issues, such as the system's urban integration, land availability, or even transfer times and costs, still need to be examined in greater depth in a next step."
The TSB is a new public transport system that has so far only been tested on a demonstration line in China and a trial line in Bavaria. In the summer of 2020, the German Federal Railway Authority (EBA) confirmed that major parts of the vehicle and guideway are ready for approval.
In a next step, a comparison with classic transportation systems such as streetcars, subways, and possibly cable cars would now be meaningful in order to find the best development option for the favored corridors. In individual cases, this could also mean a combination of different transport systems. A general comparison of the TSB with conventional public transport systems is currently being carried out in a feasibility study by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and will be examined in more detail using Munich Airport as an application example. Initial findings are expected to be available in spring 2021 and can be incorporated into further considerations of the corridors.
Automated translation of German Press release:
Transport System Bögl für verschiedene Korridore im MVV-Raum untersucht
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