Diagnosis of energy consumption during parking of different rail vehicles and evaluation of energy savings solutions

For a long time, energy consumption during parking of train was not studied because it was considered insignificant versus energy consumption for traction. This paper will present methods and results of a diagnosis made by French railways to analyze this part of energy consumption for different kinds of trains. After a reminder of current energy situation for railways, state of the art of energy consumption for rail vehicle will be presented. Then. three studies will be explained in detail. At the end, different kind of technical solutions will be addressed.