Open this publication in new window or tab >>2010 (English)In: Road and Rail Infrastructure / [ed] Stjepan Lakušić, University of Zagreb , 2010Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Many lines in the Swedish railway network are heavily utilized and the demand forfreight transport and passenger traffic is increasing. The Swedish National RailAdministration has been forced to declare some sections to be overloaded andwith the up-coming deregulation of railway traffic, the load is going to increaseeven more.This paper describes how the performance of the entire Swedish railway networkhas been investigated and the results. Data from several different databases(supplied by the Swedish Railway Administration) has been processed. The dataconsists of the scheduled timetable, data about the design of the infrastructureand operational data such as recorded delays, train weights and train lengths.To perform the calculations, the railway network has been divided into 123sections. The division has been made according to traffic patterns and type ofinfrastructure (single-track, double-track). For each line, the data has been usedto calculate several descriptive parameters, e.g. delay development, number oftrains/h during different parts of the day, time for the peak hour, inter-stationdistance, track length, train length, train weight, total mass/day (freight trains),train average speed and the heterogeneity of the train speeds.Together, all of the parameters form a picture of the traffic flows in the Swedishrailway grid and identifies the characteristics of the different lines such as: load,traffic mix, delay situation and infrastructure performance. The information can beused to detect deficiencies and propose possible solutions.Finally, the correlation between the calculated parameters and the delay situationhas been investigated.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
University of Zagreb, 2010
Keywords
performance, capacity, load, traffic mix, delay
National Category
Transport Systems and Logistics
Research subject
Järnvägsgruppen - Kapacitet
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-76815 (URN)978-953-6272-38-9 (ISBN)
Conference
CETRA 2010. Opatija, Croatia. 17-18 May 2010
Note
QC 20120418
2012-02-062012-02-062015-09-02Bibliographically approved