The Shaoshan-Ganzhou railway project was a mixed passenger and freight line with a design speed of 200 kilometers per hour (124.2 miles per hour) and limiting grade of 6 percent. It was conducted by the Fifth Railway Design Institute Group Corporation (T5Y) in China using the Trimble® Quantm alignment planning system.
The objective was to verify an existing 30 kilometer (18.6 mile) Dongyu-Huanglong design alignment section of the Shaoshan-Ganzhou project developed using conventional methods from the pre-feasibility study, and to search for better alternative solutions
“With its unique DTM and optimization engine, Quantm is capable of handling vast amounts of data efficiently and empowers our engineers to deliver multiple viable alignments with great reduction in bridge and tunnel length. The system also provides us new ideas on station location, environmental protection and land acquisitions along the route.”
