Revised Estimation of Public Railway Infrastructure Line Capacity: Lithuanian Case

The problematic of determination of maximum capacity of Lithuanian Railway lines is considered is this article. Maximum capacity considered the largest number of trains that could run over a railway line, during the scheduled time interval. At the same time, the train traffic should be ensured in a strictly perfect, mathematically defined environment, with the trains running permanently and ideally at minimum headway, i.e., keeping time-based distance between two consecutive trains. Current applied calculation methods and the means of Lithuanian train traffic arranging are revised by estimating the railway traffic irregularity due the features of technical equipment: traction vehicles, signalling, automatic, track, catenary, etc. The maximum potential capacities of three problematic lines of Lithuanian Railways are estimated taking into account the type and power of freight locomotives. Considered railway lines are: “Livintai – Gaižiūnai”, “Plungė – Šateikiai” and “Pagėgiai – Tauragė – Viduklė”. Finally, basic conclusions and recommendations are given.

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  • https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25863-3_73
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  • © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.
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  Springer International Publishing

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• Authors:
  • Bureika, Gintautas
• Conference:
  • 13th International Conference TRANSBALTICA
  • Location: Vilnius , Lithuania
  • Date: 2022-9-15 to 2022-9-16
• Publication Date: 2024

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 756-764
• Monograph Title: TRANSBALTICA XIII: Transportation Science and Technology: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference TRANSBALTICA, September 15-16, 2022, Vilnius, Lithuania

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Estimating; Railroad capacity; Railroad traffic; Scheduling
• Identifier Terms: Lithuanian Railways
• Geographic Terms: Lithuania
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01937546
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9783031258626
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 20 2024 1:08PM