TOWARDS BETTER UTILISATION OF CONVENTIONAL RAILWAYS: A MICROPROCESSOR-BASED TRAFFIC REGULATION PROJECT

The increase in running speed of a fraction of trains operating on a network increases the difficulties of integrating these with flows of lower speed traffic. The paper examines the problems of modelling conventional railway traffic with a view to optimal regulation, and suggests an approach which is considered sufficiently rudimentary to allow real-time computer control. Preliminary results obtained from a small laboratory implementation are presented.(a)

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• Authors:
  • Renfrew, A C
  • Khan, MEH
• Publication Date: 1984-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 37-42
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 18A
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control; Control devices; Control systems; Digital computers; Mathematical models; Railroad facility operations; Railroad trains; Railroad transportation; Railroads; Scheduling; Speed; Timetables; Traffic flow
• Uncontrolled Terms: Line capacity
• ITRD Terms: 3874: Control; 8673: Digital computer; 6473: Mathematical model; 1173: Rail bound transport; 5408: Speed; 1186: Timetable; 671: Traffic flow; 1268: Train
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387863
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM