Railway Passenger Transportation

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. relate the basic concepts and principles of railway passenger transportation 2. identify the basic concepts and principles of passenger station, passenger station operation organization, train planning, and ticket price 3. explain the development and prospects of railway passenger transportation 4. analyse how to determine passenger demand plan, train plan and ticket price.

Introduction: Development history of railway passenger transportation; The characteristic of railway passenger transportation compared with other transportation ways; Basic function of railway passenger transportation. Passenger Station: The function of passenger station; The facilities of passenger station; The Layout of all kinds of facilities in passenger station. Rolling stock depot: The function of Rolling stock depot; The layout of rolling stock depot; The organization of rolling stock depot. Train planning: The content of train plan; The method of train planning. Train operational organization: The content of train operation organization; Some concepts of train operation organization; The calculation of train crews. Price: Some concepts about price; The formation of ticket price; The calculation of ticket price.