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RET Rotterdam
RET N.V. Integral company Age: 135 yearsApprox: 3000 employeesIntegral Public Transport network Public transport services and infrastructure maintenance
l The overall management of RET is the responsibility of chief executive officer Pedro Peters. The organisation consists of three main divisions – Transport, Finance, and Technique. RET transports more than 600,000 passengers per day: by bus, tram, metro and one Fast Ferry over water. RET is dedicated to the city and its inhabitants, and in this way hopes to make some contribution to both the ease of getting around and the quality of life within the energetic city of Rotterdam and its dynamic surroundings. In line with the company motto ‘the passenger is both our point of departure and our destination,’ RET’s goal is for ever more satisfied passengers. This is achieved through: l High frequency services l Reliable transportation l Well-designed connections l Quality and modern materials l Friendly and proud staff l Safe travel This article focuses on some of the projects, which strongly contribute to the safety and comfort and reliable rolling stock for our passengers, which are categorised: l Projects rolled out l Projects in execution l Project plans.
RandstadRail (RaRa) An interurban rail connection between The Hague and Rotterdam.
l RandstadRail (RaRa) is a renewed
60 kilometre light rail connection between
The Hague and Rotterdam’s city centre, which
extends the existing metro network known
as the Erasmus or ‘E’ metro line towards the
south side of Rotterdam.
Six newly designed and constructed metro
stations in the Rotterdam region together
with upgraded existing stations, and a 2.4
kilometre bi-directional rail tunnel, form the
renewed light rail connection.
This 2.4 kilometre tunnel was the first
bored tunnel in the Netherlands within an
urban area, and was constructed using a
70 metre long tunnel boring machine. This
tunnel has a second notable claim as the
‘Blijdorp’ station, built at a depth of
20 metres, is the deepest station within the
Netherlands. The E metro line runs through the
new colourful Rotterdam Central Station (RCS),
where international travel transfers are made,
and the metro meets up with regular heavy rail
and the HSL– high-speed track.
RaRa with its new rolling stock not
only connects two cities but also all the
intermediate towns with a densely frequent
(every ten minutes), fast, comfortable and
reliable service. All RaRa station platforms and
vehicles are easily accessible to wheelchair
users.
RET was involved by providing the expertise in
various fields of engineering.
The total project costs are: €630 million
The period of execution: 2003 –2011
RET Rotterdam -Improving journeys
Two traction projects by Cegelec l Cegelec is a specialist in the area of
rail transportation infrastructure, from the
installation of traction power supply and
operating systems to the creation of turnkey
integrated systems. It participates in the
development of railway and urban transport
infrastructures in Europe, and throughout the
world, in close collaboration with its customers
and partners such as RET in the Netherlands.
In co-operation with the RET project team,
Cegelec realised the systems and installations
for the traction power supply for the
Randstadrail and Erasmus line.
The rectifier stations cover the electrical power
distribution for the 60 kilometre track of the
light rail RandstadRail between Den-Haag and
Rotterdam.
Cegelec is involved in the following projects:
l Randstadrail traction power supply systems
and installations
l Restructuring traction power distribution for
the new Grand Central Station in Rotterdam
l Fully integrated SCADA traction monitoring
and traction safety systems
l Restructuring Erasmus line and
Statenwegtunnel traction power supply
C2000 Special Coverage Location for safety
government communication
l Rail signalling installations central station
for Siemens.
The total project costs are: over €30 million
The period of execution: autumn 2006 –
autumn 2011
CegelecAs a sub contractor of the Project Organisation RandstadRail, Cegelec succeeded in providing services in engineering, procurement, erection and commissioning of 14 rectifier stations. The rectifier stations cover the electrical power distribution for the 60 km track of the light rail RandstadRail between Den-Haag and Rotterdam. RET took the leading role for the contract supervision. Cegelec was further involved with restructuring traction power distribution for the new grand Central Station in Rotterdam; a fully integrated SCADA traction monitoring and traction safety systems; and proven reliability on the
new Rotterdam transportation network. The total project
costs are €14 million and the period of execution of the project was Autumn 2006 – Autumn 2007.
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RET Rotterdam
RaRa: Rail track safety project by Siemensl The RET aims to connect the RandstadRail
infrastructure between The Hague and
Rotterdam’s local rail network in order to expand
its operational light rail service. This project in
fact entails two elements simultaneously: The
‘Statenwegtunnel’, a tunnel section and the
conversion of the Central Station of Rotterdam
(RCS).
This will finalise the connection and provide
passengers with a safe and swift alternative for
the automotive connection between the two cities.
Statenwegtunnel:l Project costs: €5.2 million
l Availability: according to RandstadRail lot 1
l Performance: headway 240 seconds
l Type of rail track safety system: Sicas S7 ZUBTM 222
RCS conversion:l Project costs: €4.5 million
l Project planning: 2008 - August 2011
l Performance: within 360 second to allow three
metro vehicles to turn and simultaneously let a
RandstadRail vehicle pass by
l Type of rail track safety system:
DrsÜ (relay technology)
Activities:l Project Management;
l Rail track security engineering (track
equipment, interlocking and centralised traffic
control) and interface
l Fibre optic network engineering
l Installation and assembly of track equipment
including interface and fibre optic networkl Testing and commissioning
l Providing training and user documentation.
Metro stock: 22 type RSG3l RET operates the Rotterdam - The Hague
two-way inter-urban light rail track, locally
referred to as RandstadRail, with Bombardier
FLEXITY Swift vehicles. The three-piece vehicles
are 42 metres long each, carrying in total
270 passengers, and furnished with red plush
luxury seat upholstery. The vehicles have roof-
mounted air conditioning and a specialised air
suspension enabling them to whizz comfortably
to their destinations. They are also equipped
with cameras for improved public safety and
are designed to meet the highest European
standards for impact resistance and fire safety.
Project costs: ca. €105 million
Constructed: 2007 - 2009
Metro stock: 42 type SG3
By replacing the 69 piece light rail metro with
42 vehicles of the longer RSG3 type, also from
Bombardier, on the old subway lines, RET can
offer a significantly higher passenger comfort
level and overall quality of urban travelling.
Project costs: ca. €175 million
Constructed: 2007 – 2012
Highlights: except the colour of the vehicles the
RSG3 are identical.
Tram stock – Citadis: The RET in 2006 decided to buy and deploy 53
new trams of Alstom type Citadis-I. At the same
time it was then decided that Citadis-II would be
the successor to Citadis-I.
Project costs: ca. €130 million
Planned construction: 2007 – 2012
Highlights of the Citadis-II:
l Leather seat upholstery
l The tram was reduced in length by 20cm to
meet the requirements of the inner city
l Topcooling
l Roof-mounted air conditioning
l RET is currently executing the complete
renovation of its metro signalling system on
the Erasmus and the Caland lines (55km of
double track with 42 interlocking installations).
In a rigorous tender process with particular
focus on LCC aspects such as maintenance
costs and performance improvements, on
the migration strategy and on the overall
availability of the system, RET has selected
GE Transportation as its contract partner for
the execution of this project. This includes the
replacement of all interlockings, both in the
stations and the depots, all track circuits and
the entire ATP system, the supply of a back-
up office system for the control centre and
all cabling between the interlockings and the
wayside elements.
The old, mostly relay-based interlockings,
will be replaced by GE’s VHLC interlockings in
a redundant configuration. GE uses its AFTC
train detection and has developed a new ATP
transmitter board, based on the Siemens
LZB801 protocol, to be compatible with the
onboard ATP of the RET trains. A redundant
fibre optic network connects the different
locations with RET’s control centre. A protocol
convertor was developed to communicate with
RET’s VKL back office system.
The first three installations are scheduled to
go into service at the end of this year.
l The total project costs are: €93 million
l The period of execution: autumn 2008 –
autumn 2015
Renovation project of metro signalling system on older lines by GE Transportation
Rolling stock: New metro and tram vehicles
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Beverwaard TramStore and Park & Ride (P&R) l With the introduction of the new Citadis
trams, and the increasing demand for local
transport, the RET requires more space and
modern maintenance equipment for its fleet
of 85 trams and offices. The newly developed
Beverwaard tram depot is built on a sustainable
basis as part of the TramStore21 project in
a P&R concept enabling passengers to park
their car and directly access the trams. On
the 19,000 square metre site RET built a
6000 square metre maintenance hall and a
tram stabling area of 13,000 square metres.
The company carefully utilised this space to
maximum benefit with 500 P&R spaces on the
roof, and tram stabling below.
The location was chosen with great care:
l Low density residential area
l Close to an existing tramline
l Close to a main highway
l Geothermal energy-piled foundation,
512 piles of 20m length each
The goal of sustainability:
l Improving quality of environment
l Improving sustainability in building
construction
l Managing natural resources
l Low-cost use of energy
The total project costs are: €35-50 million
The period of execution: 2009-2011
RET: dREIS project l In the metropolitan region of Rotterdam,
a total of 821 functional, pole-mounted real-
time-based travel information displays have
been installed. This ambitious project known
as ‘dReis’ was commissioned by RET to be
carried out by SPIE Netherlands BV. SPIE won
the tender for the project based on its specific
design and technology, as the original column
design was tailored to the style of the Erasmus
Bridge.
A change in RET deployment policy led to the
introduction of a new, more compact design at
an early stage of the project. This new design
has since been deployed all across the City
Region.
The display panel not only informs passengers
of real-time arrivals, it also supplies additional
information like delay times or detour
information given by the central traffic control
centre (CVL).
Also available is a service and maintenance
tool, which minimizes the disruption of
the operational information service for the
passenger.
The total project costs are: €13 million
The period of execution: Mid 2009 – 2011
Tunnel safety
l RET will soon complete a programme to
upgrade the safety level for the four stations on
the Erasmus line metro, following four years of
research, including Quantified Risk Analysis. Fire
safety proposals for new and existing stations and
tunnels in the Netherlands need to pass with a
positive advice from the Dutch Safety Commission.
With local stakeholders (re. fire brigade) and the
supplier for the ventilation installations, RET was
able to reach the Dutch standards for tenable
evacuation routes. In total, 1800 passengers
(including the metro with 900 passengers capacity)
can be evacuated in around five minutes from
two platforms to a safe area. There is also the
option to improve the evacuation route with an
emergency bridge, across the space between the
two platforms.
Highlights: l Verification of the CFD results (Computer Fluid
Dynamics) on the growth of a fire in a metro vehicle
through a real fire test in a metro station
l Evacuation modelling with the guiding
behavioural measures
l Powerful ventilators with pull and push air action
l Roll down smoke screens across platforms/metro
l Thermal detection in station along the side of
pull/push ventilators
The total project costs are: €25 million
Timetable: start research: 2007 / building
execution: 2009-2011
Article by:Klaas Smit, manager of engineering office, & Albert van der Zalm, Tunnel safety advisor
Translation:Eric Stenstra (RET)
RETTel: (010) 447 69 11Email: KSMIT@ret.nlWeb: www.ret.nl
Hoekse Lijn light rail l This project involves the upgrading and improvement of the 26 kilometre long railway line of ProRail (the Dutch railway infrastructure
administrator) to a high quality light rail connection between the centre of Rotterdam and the town Hoek van Holland in the coastal area.
The existing stations will be converted to metro stations suited for light rail and two additional new stations will also be built. All stations are of the
same design and quality level as the other remaining 58 metro RET stations.
The light rail metro concept – in comparison to heavy rail – will offer a cheaper, faster means of transport and will attract more passengers by
halting at intermediate towns and urban districts. The new line extends and hooks up to the existing subway system around Rotterdam. The map
shows the projected line along the suburbs of Rotterdam to the coastal area.
The result will be a high-end market transportation product; fast, high-frequency, comfortable vehicles, real-time travel information, safe and
convenient stations.
Planning forecast: 2013 - 2015 (after government decision realisation is possible within four years)
Contract: ProRail, RET, Rotterdam Metropolitan Region, the Dutch Government.