South – North Stream Railway Line (SNS)
What is the new South North Stream Railway line (SNS)?
This is a high velocity railway line with a huge capacity to carry out transportation tasks between the new ultra large port of Maroneia on the Aegean Sea and port Wisla at the Baltic Sea. The railway track is located in six project countries, all of which are part of the European Union. These are Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland.
What are the advantages of new South North Stream Railway Line (SNS)?
The SNS is a unity of railway infrastructure, rolling stock, logistics centers and common management.
The SNS relies on a standard European track gauge double track railway line, whereas in some specific sections we will use three tracks. The railway line is designed for both freight (200 km/h) and high-speed passenger trains (400 km/h).
Freight transportation will be the main business of the new South North Stream Railway Line (SNS)
By applying advanced technologies in the SNS, short travel and delivery time of the goods will be achieved. Therefore, higher utilisation of the infrastructure and the rolling stock will lead to competitive conditions for all end users.
Important technical characteristics of the new South North Stream Railway Line (SNS)
- Length 1626.220 km
- Track gauge 1435 mm – Standard European Railway
- Number of tracks: 2 or 3 at some stretches
- Ballastless tracks
- Curve radius: no less than 7000 m
- Vertical curve: no less than 45000 m
- Max. slope -14 ‰; Warp – max. 110 mm
- Train length max. 1800 m
- Axle load 25,0 t/axle
- Length of the Rail stations: min. 2500 m
- Distance between stations : 16 300 m – 29 200 m
- Catenary AC 25 kV; 50 Hz
- Total locomotive power per freight train: 21 600 kW
Capacity of the trains and their velocity
- Commercial speed for freight trains – 200 km/h;
- Commercial speed for high-speed trains – 400 km/h;
- Train length max. 1800 m
- Axle load – 25,0 t/axle;
- Train weight – max. 8500 t
- Option trains: 19 800 t
- Low noise
- Remote control
- Driverless
Innovations
Digitalisation n, n> 2
- Long freight trains up to 1800 m
- High-speed freight trains
- Highest level of ETCS and ERTMS
- Movement of trains without drivers
- Automated coupling
- Automated shunting
- New type of wagon for 200 km / h commercial speed
- Energy recovery and storage
- Freight EMU
- Low noise
- Remote control
- TEN-T § TEN-E
The SNS railway line has fifteen times bigger throughput than an average European line railway. Therefore, an enormous amount of cargos can be transported along the line - up to 1.2 billion tons per year.
Safety will be of paramount importance.
For freight transport the SNS is characterized by:
high capacity + high commercial speed = high efficiency
in a block train: up to 185 km/h competitive prices
275 TEUs or 720 new cars average speed for the freight trains prompt deliveries
Since common general rules for the entire SNS railway line will apply for infrastructure, rolling stock, operators, the access to infrastructure, the customs and tariffs, as well as for cross border procedures (One Single window – One Stop Shop), this single and centralised traffic management will have many positive advantages that will make the railway line preferred and more economically viable.
For instance, trains will not stop at the border and will not stop either to change drivers. As a result, the freight trains will travel the distance of 1626.220 km from Port Maroneia on the Aegean Sea to Port Wisla on the Baltic Sea for only 9 hours and 21 minutes. Alternatively, passengers traveling between Bucharest and Warsaw by the high-speed train will travel the distance for only 3 hours 35 minutes or between Sofia and Bucharest for 2 hours and 42 minutes.