Diversiteit aan projecten binnen het ingenieursbureau van RET, wel en niet in eigen beheer op de markt gebracht.

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