Future Train Traffic Control: Control by Re-Planning

This article explores planning strategies used to improve train traffic control as a cost-efficient way to improve train traffic punctuality and increase the use of existing and future railway infrastructure. The authors note that working in a preventive manner is poorly supported and train traffic controllers are usually restricted to just solving problems as they occur. In this article, the authors describe a proposed control strategy and use a case study to evaluate the control strategy and the prototype tool derived from the research. They find that by shifting the control paradigm to a high-level control strategy, many of the present problems may be avoided. The case study involved 21 train traffic controllers and a simulated prototype environment. The majority of the participating train traffic controllers were positive to the new concepts and ideas demonstrated in the case study. The authors conclude by briefly describing a pilot project being undertaken by the Swedish National Railway Administration to implement a full-scale operative demonstrator system. This system will provide more conclusive results on how the control strategy works in reality, not only in simulated environments.

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• Authors:
  • Kauppi, Arvid
  • Wikstrom, Johan
  • Sandblad, Bengt
  • Andersson, Arne W
• Publication Date: 2006-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 50-56
• Serial:
  • Cognition, Technology & Work
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Springer Verlag
  • ISSN: 1435-5558
  • EISSN: 1435-5566
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/10111

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Awareness; Cost effectiveness; Dispatching; Infrastructure; Planning; Railroad traffic; Railroad traffic control; Railroad traffic control devices; Schedules and scheduling; Simulation
• Identifier Terms: Banverket (Sweden)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Punctuality
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01050086
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 30 2007 3:04PM