Railway capacity is seemingly easy but truly complex concept due to its interaction with all
the pillars of railways such as infrastructure, rolling stock, signaling and operation planning …

Road freight transportation accounts for around 7% of total world energy-related carbon
dioxide emissions. With the appropriate incentives, energy savings and emissions …

Variability of travel times on the United States freight rail network is high due to large
network demands relative to infrastructure capacity, especially when traffic is …

Sažetak In times of ever stronger awareness of environmental protection and potentiation of
a beneficial modal split, the railway sector with efficient asset utilization and proper …

Many railroads are currently develo** advanced train control systems incorporating
moving blocks with the potential to shift train separation principles from a system based on …

Timetable management is one of the operational methodologies commonly applied in the
highly structured European rail system to improve the capacity utilization while maintaining …

In this study, a multi-commodity network flow model is proposed to optimize the railroad
capacity under temporary line blockage. The proposed model enables the assessment of …

This paper attempts to provide a better understanding of the service quality risks that are
associated with freight train operations in mixed traffic. Adequate operational quality …

Simulation modelling is one way to determine the capacity of railway lines. The specialized
software tool OpenTrack was used for simulation. The aim of this paper was to find out …

A key strategy for increasing railway capacity is utilizing infrastructure more efficiently. While
much research has been completed on methods for assessing railway capacity, very little …