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This paper deals with railway lines with low traffic intensity where trains are operated under simplified conditions. Those conditions are stated in a regulation, and there is no interlocking system on the line. The whole railway operation is organized according to a regulation in cooperation with the train crew. For the calculation of the throughput, we can use analytic or simulation methods. On those lines there is a big problem with the common working methods because of special circumstances on each line, which are influencing the technological times and reliability of the calculation. The simplified conditions are the transforming of regular interlocking systems on the administrative level. Therefore, it is very complicated to use a common simulation model. Most of the simulation tools are not able to work with it. The motivation of this paper is to prove that modern simulation tools are usable for that specific condition as well. The simulation model was built in SW OpenTrack which is able to modify its functions to figure out each technological action to ensure the correct function of the model. This functionality is described in the paper in general and implemented on a case study.
Jaromír Široký; Petr Nachtigall; Erik Tischer; Jozef Gašparík. Simulation of Railway Lines with a Simplified Interlocking System. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1394 .
AMA StyleJaromír Široký, Petr Nachtigall, Erik Tischer, Jozef Gašparík. Simulation of Railway Lines with a Simplified Interlocking System. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (3):1394.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJaromír Široký; Petr Nachtigall; Erik Tischer; Jozef Gašparík. 2021. "Simulation of Railway Lines with a Simplified Interlocking System." Sustainability 13, no. 3: 1394.
Using simulation in OpenTrack, this paper analyses the journey of type trainsets on model infrastructure in the line section Rokycany–Ejpovice–Plzeň hl. n. The aim of this paper is to assess the efficiency of increasing the track speed in this section. Analyzing the output characteristics of the simulation, selected indicators were assessed which influence the efficiency of further increases in track speed. One of the simulation scenarios is using the European Train Control System Level 2 (ETCS L2) system as the necessary condition of the speed over 160 km·h−1.
Petr Nachtigall; Jaromír Široký; Erik Tischer. Assessing the Efficiency of Increasing the Track Speed in the Line Section Rokycany–Plzeň hl. n. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7415 .
AMA StylePetr Nachtigall, Jaromír Široký, Erik Tischer. Assessing the Efficiency of Increasing the Track Speed in the Line Section Rokycany–Plzeň hl. n. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (18):7415.
Chicago/Turabian StylePetr Nachtigall; Jaromír Široký; Erik Tischer. 2020. "Assessing the Efficiency of Increasing the Track Speed in the Line Section Rokycany–Plzeň hl. n." Sustainability 12, no. 18: 7415.