Research Article

Comprehensive Evaluation of Operating Speeds for High-Speed Railway: A Case Study of China High-Speed Railway

Table 2

Energy consumption of different class of operating speeds.

Item200 km/h250 km/h300 km/h

Kinetic energy (kWh/train)308.6482.3694.4
Unit operating resistance (N/kN)8.8312.8617.79
Energy consumed by resistance per train km (kWh)17.3325.2234.9
Energy consumed by resistance per 10000 pass km (kWh)144.4210.2290.8
Ratio1.412.062.85