Railway Line Capacity Relative to Additional Block Division

Piotr Folęga; Maciej Irlik; Andrzej Kochan; Grzegorz Wojnar

doi:10.7307/ptt.v36i1.360

Authors

Piotr Folęga Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering
Maciej Irlik Alstom Polska Sp. z o.o.
Andrzej Kochan Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Transport
Grzegorz Wojnar Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7307/ptt.v36i1.360

Keywords:

railway capacity, ETCS, simulation, MATLAB, Simulink

Abstract

The article discusses the results of studies of railway line capacity relative to the application of additional block division using virtual blocks in the process of positioning a train reporting its position and train set integrity. The studies were conducted using the authors’ original simulation software enabling extensive parameterisation of infrastructure, including configuration of the train control system and signalling principles, by taking the actual characteristics of train movements into account based on data obtained from real-life measurements.

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