World's best practice in railway timetable & capacity planning

Developing timetables for railways has always been a difficult and risky business and with recent high levels of growth around the world (particularly for passenger railways), greater expectations from the railways users and an often more fragmented railway organisation, the challenges for timetable designers are ever increasing. This paper provides an investigation into the environment that railways are operating in, with particular reference to timetable and capacity planning to discover the challenges that railways are facing in this area. The processes and techniques used by railways in Australia and throughout the world are also examined to identify world’s best practice in these areas. The railways surveyed included the Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne metropolitan railways in Australia and the Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Switzerland railways overseas.

• Record URL:
  http://railknowledgebank.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?q=IldvcmxkJ3MgYmVzdCBwcmFjdGljZSBpbiByYWlsd2F5IHRpbWV0YWJsZSI=&ctID=MTk4MTRjNDUtNWQ0My00OTBmLTllYWUtZWFjM2U2OTE0ZDY3&rID=MTg=&qcf=&ph=VHJ1ZQ==&bckToL=VHJ1ZQ==&
• Authors:
  • Schuppan R
  • Backhouse M
• Conference:
  • AusRAIL PLUS 2009, 17-19 November 2009, Adelaide, South Australia
• Publication Date: 2009

Media Info

• Pagination: 7p.
• Monograph Title: AusRAIL PLUS 2009, doing more with less, 17-19 November 2009, Adelaide, South Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Railroad transportation; Scheduling; Travel demand
• Uncontrolled Terms: International comparison
• ATRI Terms: International comparison; Rail transport; Scheduling; Travel demand
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01516949
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 4 2014 8:00PM