COMPUTERS HELP TO MANAGE THE WORLD'S LARGEST FREIGHT CARRIER

The 85,000-mile (135,000 km) network of the Soviet Railways handles more than twice the tonnage handled by any other system. In the 1970s development was started on a hierarchy of linked computer-based management information systems which could be used in real time to optimize all train movements and yard operations. The first stage, introduced in 1975, created a data bank which holds the location and status of cars and locomotives. Programs are now evolving which will enable managerial decisions to be made automatically so as to optimize resource utilization.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

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• Authors:
  • Kharlanovitch IV
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 222-225
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 133
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Information processing; Information systems; Management information systems; Network analysis (Planning); Railroads; Yard operations
• Geographic Terms: Former Soviet Union
• Old TRIS Terms: Operating strategies; Yard and terminal information systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157510
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1977 12:00AM