Timetable analysis and evaluation of upgrading the capacity of the railway link Rotterdam-Den Haag

Crespo Farràs, Ignasi

dc.contributor	Hansen, I. A.
dc.contributor	López Pita, Andrés
dc.contributor.author	Crespo Farràs, Ignasi
dc.contributor.other	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Infraestructura del Transport i del Territori
dc.date.accessioned	2007-03-09T11:23:58Z
dc.date.available	2007-03-09T11:23:58Z
dc.date.issued	2005-09
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2099.1/3286
dc.description	Due to the existing use and shortage of railway capacity, the reliability of tain operations is threatened. An increasing market demand requires fitting even more services in the railway system leading to upgraded scenarios. An analysis based on the Blocking Time Theory is used to asses the different alternatives addressing to the signalling system and infrastructural extensions to upgrade the capacity of double_track line between Den Haag and Rotterdam. Computations carried out using a simulation tool showed that signalling improvements appear not to give a substantial contribution to increase the capacity. On the other hand, removing the capacity bottlenecks located at stations and merging points by means of second-track extensions per line direction might achieve a significant reduction of track occupations in order to fit the timetable with additional trains, keeping or even improving the existing timetable stability. Other solutions are analysed referring to new timetable concepts based on dwell time optimization or speed homogenization due to their proved influence on the existing critical sections.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
dc.subject	Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Infraestructures i modelització dels transports::Infraestructures i transport ferroviari
dc.subject	Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Infraestructures i modelització dels transports
dc.title	Timetable analysis and evaluation of upgrading the capacity of the railway link Rotterdam-Den Haag
dc.type	Minor thesis
dc.rights.access	Open Access
dc.audience.educationlevel	Estudis de primer/segon cicle
dc.audience.mediator	Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyers de Camins, Canals i Ports de Barcelona
dc.provenance	Aquest document conté originàriament altre material i/o programari no inclòs en aquest lloc web.
dc.audience.degree	ENGINYERIA DE CAMINS, CANALS I PORTS (Pla 1995)