Cost comparison for conventional and advanced passenger trains. (IM-APT-101)

For the advanced train the total mileage is taken as 273,000 miles/year for 10 years life. The corresponding life span for a conventional train covering 157,000 miles/year is about 17 years. The costs for the advanced train are taken from R/APT/93, (Table 1). For the conventional train, most of...