Evaluating the potential benefits of a rail traffic movement planning algorithm

Author

Julich, Paul M. ; Martin, Charles G. ; Brazelton, Stephen L. ; Curtiss, Daniel F.

Author_Institution

GE-Harris Railway, Melbourne, FL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1181

Abstract

Railroads have large investments in capital items such as track, trains and terminals. Optimizing the use of their resources has the potential of enormous payback. Precision Train Control^TM (PTC) is an effort to optimize the flow of trains on the railroad line in order to increase the return on capital. This paper describes a study whose purpose was to quantify the performance improvements that could be anticipated with PTC. A large-scale simulation involving approximately 1000 miles of track and 700 trains was conducted to produce an estimate of potential improvement

Keywords

digital simulation; planning; rail traffic; railways; traffic control; traffic engineering computing; PTC; Precision Train Control; benefits evaluation; large-scale simulation; performance improvement; rail traffic movement planning algorithm; railroad resource usage optimization; railway terminals; railway track; return on capital; return on investment; trains; Automatic control; Circuits; Investments; Large-scale systems; Rail transportation; Roads; Telecommunication traffic; Tracking; Traffic control; Water resources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1999 Winter

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5780-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.1999.816838

Filename

816838