Capacity Evaluation and Infrastructure Planning Techniques for Operation of Freight and Higher-Speed Passenger Trains on Shared Railway Corridors

A railway line has finite capacity to provide transportation of goods and people at an acceptable level of service. The capacity of a particular route segment to satisfy railway traffic demand is largely a function of the track infrastructure layout and traffic control system. The amount of railway capacity consumed by a given demand for freight and passenger transportation is primarily a function of three factors: the number of trains required to transport the demanded freight and passenger volumes; the level-of-service requirements of each type of train; and complex interactions between different types of trains arising from the operating plan over a particular route segment. While much previous research has documented the relationship between infrastructure, traffic control and train volume, understanding the relationships between operating plans, train-type interactions and train-type-specific levels of service is still a knowledge gap. This research explores these latter factors in more detail and develops new capacity evaluation and infrastructure planning techniques to account for their effects.

• Record URL:
  http://www.nurailcenter.org/research/final_reports/UIUC/NURail2012-UIUC-R05_Final_Report-revised-2017-01-22.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31850
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program. Dissertation title: Capacity Evaluation and Infrastructure Planning Techniques for Heterogeneous Railway Traffic under Structured, Flexible and Mixed Operations.
• Corporate Authors:

  National University Rail Center (NURail)

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 205 N. Mathews Avenue
  Urbana, IL  United States  61801

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Shih, Mei-Cheng
• Publication Date: 2017-1-22

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 80p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design capacity; Evaluation; Freight and passenger traffic; Freight transportation; High speed rail; Infrastructure; Level of service; Railroad trains; Railroad vehicle operations; Transportation corridors; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01626797
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NURail2012-UIUC-R05
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12-G-UTC18 (Grant 1)
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 10 2017 11:32AM