Changes of the Infrastructure and Operation Parameters of a Railway Line and Their Impact to the Track Capacity and the Volume of Transported Goods

The railway transport is considered as a one of the most environmentally friendly type of transport. With future prediction of increasing freight transport there are lines facing problems with demanded capacity. Increase of the track capacity could be achieved by infrastructure constructive adjustments. The contribution shows how the travel time can be minimized and the track capacity increased by changing some of the basic infrastructure and operation parameters, for example the minimal curve radius of the track, the number of tracks, or the usable track length at stations. Calculation of the necessary parameter changes is based on the fundamental physical laws applied to the train movement, and calculation of the occupation time is dependent on the changes of controlling the traffic between the stations.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.1052
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812027887
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/18770428
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Kendra, Martin
  • Babin, Matej
  • Barta, Dalibor
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena 2012
  • Location: Athens , Greece
  • Date: 2012-4-23 to 2012-4-26
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References;
• Pagination: pp 743-752
• Serial:
  • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1877-0428
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18770428/53
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Curvature; Freight traffic; Railroad tracks; Railroad traffic control; Railroads; Travel time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Track capacity
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01489253
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 5 2013 2:58PM