Effect of train position reporting on railway line capacity

• Autorzy: Folęga Piotr , Irlik Maciej

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.21307/tp-2021-023

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Over the recent years, an increase in the demand for passenger and freight rail transport services has been observed. This is mainly owing to the policy objectives related to the use eco-friendly means of transport and the investment causing the quality of rail services to grow. Along with the growing demand for rail transport, a problem of railway capacity utilisation has emerged. Although the implementation of the new Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system increases the safety level, but under some scenarios, it may decrease the headways between trains. At the same time, the ATP systems enables train positioning based on odometry calculation and reporting it to the trackside system. This paper proposes a solution that involves application of virtual block sections which use the train position reporting feature of the ATP system for the determination of non-occupancy. Virtual blocks can successfully reduce headways in railway lines without increasing the number of trackside signalling devices. The capacity assessment proposed under the study was performed to calculate the average headway depending on the signalling system configuration.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

railway; signalling; ETCS; ATP; capacity

PL

kolej; sygnalizacja; ETCS; ATP; przepustowość

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej
• Czasopismo: Transport Problems
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: T. 16, z. 2
• Strony: 59--72
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 21 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Folęga Piotr

• Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, Krasińskiego 8, Katowice, 40-019, Poland

autor

Irlik Maciej

• (Alstom) Bombardier Transportation (ZWUS) Polska Sp. z o.o., Modelarska 12, Katowice, 40-142, Poland

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