A TRAIN DISPATCHING MODEL FOR LINE CAPACITY ANALYSIS

To estimate the performance and capacity of specific railway lines, the ICC Rail Services Planning Office has developed a train dispatching model. For a specified set of variables the model simulates the dispatching of trains and the resulting interaction of trains along the line. The model can determine the practical capacity of a line; identify factors which constrain capacity; estimate capacity increases available from modification of existing constraints; and predict changes in performance likely to result from reducing to single track, adding a second track, installing CTC, imposing speed restrictions or changing the types of train services offered.

• Corporate Authors:

  Interstate Commerce Commission

  Rail Services Planning Office
  Washington, DC  United States  20423
• Publication Date: 1976-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 25 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dispatching; Double track; Mathematical models; Railroad facility operations; Simulation; Single track; Traffic delays; Train operations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Line capacity; Train delays
• Old TRIS Terms: Operating strategies; Train performance
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172638
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Interstate Commerce Commission
• Report/Paper Numbers: Exec Summ
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM