Computer Assistance Of Train Operations

Abstract

Modern computer assistance can significantly contribute towards a more efficient performance of the numerous tasks underlying todays train operation management. Concept and development of such computer-aided systems are subject to special requirements which will be discussed for the case of train monitoring and control centers. The resulting increase in efficiency and profitability considerably depends on the detained knowledge of the specific application as well as on the methodic approach. The train operation involves various groups of persons with quite different individual tasks. These individual tasks range from the planning of the supply via train arrangements, running the trains, routing, surveying punctuality up to passenger information. The operations are mostly complex, and on many sites are still handled manually to this day. In order to achieve the necessary improvement of economy, railway authorities have increasingly introduced computer assistance. 1 The use of computer systems in production The computer support in production can already start with the training of the people involved in the transportation process.where all operation situations can be simulated in danger-free environment. On the level of dispatching, train monitoring and control systems take up a central position. They support the dispatcher with the monitoring, dispatching and controlling of train operations. The system of Transactions on the Built Environment vol 6, © 1994 WIT Press, www.witpress.com, ISSN 1743-3509