Train Planning & Performance Management 1
This module will cover the principles involved in planning train services and executing them. Specifically, it is intended to help students to:
- learn the basic principles of train planning and performance;
- gain an understanding of the documentation of the train plan and the performance, and of how it is constructed and used in the railway workplace;
- gain an appreciation of the infrastructure over which the traffic runs and the impact of engineering work.
Module Syllabus
In the course of this module students will cover the following aspects to enable you to identify the basic principles that apply to the following specific areas of operation:
- Timetable construction (train graph, the occupation graph, rules of the plan, rules of the route);
- Types of train planning (the permanent timetable, short-term timetable, very short, investigatory exercises, engineering work, projects);
- Types of train services;
- Infrastructure implications (track layout, headways, line speed, train speed, line capacity, single lines, bi-directional signalling, electric power supply)
- Passenger terminal constraints;
- Freight terminal constraints;
- Resource planning
- Identifying poor performance of the train service
- Bringing about improvements in performance: the Train Planning ↔Performance loop.
Module Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students should be able to:
- Critically analyse approaches to train planning and performance management;
- Demonstrate an understanding of infrastructure implications and resource planning in train performance management;
- Evaluate the factors which have an impact on timetable construction;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the stages of timetable construction.
Train Planning & Performance Management 1
This module will cover the principles involved in planning train services and executing them. Specifically, it is intended to help students to:
- learn the basic principles of train planning and performance;
- gain an understanding of the documentation of the train plan and the performance, and of how it is constructed and used in the railway workplace;
- gain an appreciation of the infrastructure over which the traffic runs and the impact of engineering work.
Module Syllabus
In the course of this module students will cover the following aspects to enable you to identify the basic principles that apply to the following specific areas of operation:
- Timetable construction (train graph, the occupation graph, rules of the plan, rules of the route);
- Types of train planning (the permanent timetable, short-term timetable, very short, investigatory exercises, engineering work, projects);
- Types of train services;
- Infrastructure implications (track layout, headways, line speed, train speed, line capacity, single lines, bi-directional signalling, electric power supply)
- Passenger terminal constraints;
- Freight terminal constraints;
- Resource planning
- Identifying poor performance of the train service
- Bringing about improvements in performance: the Train Planning ↔Performance loop.
Module Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students should be able to:
- Critically analyse approaches to train planning and performance management;
- Demonstrate an understanding of infrastructure implications and resource planning in train performance management;
- Evaluate the factors which have an impact on timetable construction;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the stages of timetable construction.