Railway Train Operations Management

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. describe the system knowledge of railway transportation on the safe and effective displacement of vehicles, locomotives and trains, master the basic concepts of railway organizations, fundamentals and methods. 2. have the professional knowledge of organizing railway traffic 3. have the preliminary ability to analyze and solve the problem of railway traffic organization, so as to lay a foundation for engineering capability and quality for carrying out transportation management.

Part 1 Overview: Station concept and classification; Station life activities and technical operation process; Station organization and management system. Pick up work and technical station train technology work: Trains and their classification; Station send and receive train work; Technology Station train technology work. Shunting work: Overview; shunting equipment and shunting operations; shunting the basic factors and operating time standards; Shunting operation plan of the basic preparation method. Truck assembled: basic concepts; truck assembly time analysis and calculation; truck build-up time to find ways. Cargo truck pick-up operation: take delivery car work summary; The number of fetch problems; radio-specific line to take the order of the car; special branch tree take-off car sequence problems. Technical Operating System Analysis: Coordination conditions of each sub-system of station; input flow, the statistical distribution of the operating time; The number of technical equipment to determine and apply; marshalling yard equipment comprehensive calculation; station technology and equipment use. Station job planning and scheduling command: Station Operating Plan; station scheduling command; Station Work Statistics; Station Work Analysis. Marshalling station homework automation. Part 2 Overview: traffic organization concept; Train Marshalling Program content and role; Train Marshalling Program preparation procedures and information; car flow path of choice; Preparation of program optimization of the three major factors. Loading train directly to the train organization: The organization of the train to the convenience of the train and the conditions of use; organization of the loading train to the benefit analysis; organization loading train directly to the preparation and implementation of the Marshalling Plan. Technical station train organization: The preparation of the basic principles of a single train formation plan; absolute calculation method; form calculation method; Mathematical Programming Model; grouping train composition plan; section of the tube grouping plan. Confirmation and Implementation of Cargo Train Marshalling Plan. Part 3 Overview: Train operation diagram significance; Train diagram of the graphical representation; train operating chart classification. Train operating diagram elements: Overview; station time interval; track the train time interval. Train Operation Chart Structural Analysis: Structure Analysis of Train Operation Chart and Theory of Late Propagation. The railway section passes capacity: Overview of railway transport capacity; deduction coefficient calculation method; minimum train interval calculation method; passenger dedicated maintenance skylight settings; Passenger Dedicated Capacity Calculation. Train travel speed: train speed index and its related parameters; Train travel speed calculation; Freight Train Travel Speed Coefficient Analysis. Sector work organization within the tube. Locomotive and motor car use: Locomotive and locomotive system; locomotive crew organization; locomotive turnaround time; EMU work organization. Preparation of train operation diagram: Overview; Passenger Train Operation Chart compilation method; The preparation method of freight train operation diagram; Semitrailer train diagram of the preparation; Electric traction section of the train operating plans; passenger dedicated train operation diagram of the preparation; Train diagram indicators and the implementation of the new plan before the preparatory work. Computer preparation train operation diagram. Strengthening of railway transport capacity: Adaptability of transport capacity; ways to enhance transport capacity; Measures to enhance transport capacity.