A railway capacity determination model and rail access charging methodologies
- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- other
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Transportation Planning and Technology
- Vol. 28 (1), 27-45
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0308106052000340378
Abstract
This article discusses approaches to the determination of railway capacity and the significance of the following factors on capacity: mix of trains, length and weight of trains, direction of train travel, acceleration and deceleration, stopping protocols of trains, location and length of crossing loops, location of signals, length of sections, dwell times and sectional running times. A more accurate method to calculate railway capacity is developed using previously unaddressed aspects for capacity determination. Capacity and pricing are two key issues for organizations involved with open track access regimes. A train access charging methodology is therefore developed and incorporated into a railway capacity determination model.Keywords
This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- Allocation of capacity in the rail industryUtilities Policy, 2003
- Modeling Train Delays in Urban NetworksTransportation Science, 1998
- Routing trains through railway stations: complexity issuesEuropean Journal of Operational Research, 1997
- Modelling delay risks associated with train schedulesTransportation Planning and Technology, 1995
- Predicting Dispatching Delays on a Low Speed, Single Track RailroadTransportation Science, 1988
- A Structured Model for Rail Line Simulation and OptimizationTransportation Science, 1982
- Models for rail transportationTransportation Research Part A: General, 1980