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User guide to METS Minimisation of Energy for Transport Systems (TM-AM-35)

Last updated on 31 March 2014 12:36

The METS system (Minimisation of Energy for Transport Systems) applies train coasting as a means of reducing traction energy over a given journey in a given time which exceeds the minimum time. This User Guide outlines the strategies employed in METS and explains how minimum energy consumption can be obtained...

Author(s): Brereton MJ

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1979

United Kingdom

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