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Brochure: Public transport planning & optimisation
5 October 2016 | By Quintiq
In this brochure, discover the benefits of mobile workforce planning in public transport.
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Briefing: Taming passenger rail disruptions
26 September 2016 | By Quintiq
In this briefing, discover the four insights to taming passenger rail disruption...
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Solution Paper: Winning the rail franchise bid
5 September 2016 | By Quintiq
This solution paper shows you how to put your rail franchise bid at the frontline with: a resilient timetable, optimal rolling stock, crew planning and complex unit & crew diagramming that can be created and revised quickly in real time.
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An interview with Jiří Kolář
27 November 2012 | By Craig Waters, Editor, Global Railway Review
Speaking exclusively with Global Railway Review, Jiří Kolář, Director General of the Czech Railway Infrastructure Administration (SŽDC) discusses the operational mission of the organisation, the importance of high-speed lines in the Czech Republic, competition with road transport, and what the future holds. Could you summarise the past and SŽDC’s mission?…
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Creating a fair and open rail market to compete with road and aviation is key
6 December 2011 | By Nicolas Petrovic, CEO, Eurostar
Over the coming weeks and months, EU policy-makers will lock horns in earnest over new rules to ensure fair and open competition in the European rail market, both freight and passenger. On economic grounds alone it is critical that the right rules are in place but it is equally important…
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Enhancing investments for a quality network
6 December 2011 | By Pavel Habarta, Executive Director, Czech Railway Infrastructure Administration, SŽDC
The Railway Infrastructure Administration, state organisation (SŽDC) is the infrastructure manager in the Czech Republic and, in addition to other duties is responsible for the modernisation and development of the railway network. It launched its operations on 1 January 2003 as one of two successors of the former Czech Railways…
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Improving Melbourne’s metropolitan train system one step at a time
3 August 2010 | By Andrew Lezala, CEO, Metro Trains Melbourne (Metro)
Six months in to its contract as operator of Melbourne’s metropolitan train network, Metro’s focus is firmly on improving asset reliability, simplifying the timetable and making every minute count. In 2009, the Victorian Government selected a new contractor to operate Melbourne’s metropolitan rail services. The network assets, which are Government-owned…
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92% of UK trains arrive on time
23 March 2010 | By Network Rail
Network Rail say that punctuality improved by almost 6% in February compared to 2009 with 92% of trains arriving on time.
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c2c sets new rail industry punctuality record of 96.6%
15 March 2010 | By c2c
National Express train operator c2c has set a new punctuality record for Britain’s franchised railways of 96.6%.
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Triple A approach tested in practice gives valuable results
28 January 2010 | By Sjaak Heijstek, Manager for Capacity Allocation Traffic, ProRail
In Issue 1 2009 of Global Railway Review, an article was published about how ProRail expects to realise a growth of 50% by applying a new approach. This approach is known as the Triple A. In this article, I will discuss the progress since January 2009, but I will first…
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Facilitating traffic growth in the Netherlands: the ‘Triple A’ strategy approach
23 January 2009 | By Arjen Zoeteman, Head Technical Advisor of European Rail Infrastructure Managers and Senior Researcher at Delft University of Technology and former Infrastructure Architect at ProRail, Michiel Deerenberg, Sustainability Programme Manager at ProRail and former Programme Manager of the Triple A Strategy, Sjaak Heijstek, Programme Manager of the Triple A Strategy, ProRail and Alfons Schaafsma, R&D Advisor for Traffic Control Management, ProRail
How ProRail is developing a new strategy for achieving a 50% increase in the capacity of the Netherland's rail network.
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SUPERNOVA – the evaluation tool
30 July 2007 | By Erwin Kastberger, SUPERNOVA Project Officer, ÖBB PV AG
In early 2005, Global Railway Review’s sister publication, Eurotransport, published an article describing the main functions and the development of SUPERNOVA – the evaluation tool of ÖBB Passenger Transport Department. Since 2005, there have been some relevant improvements of SUPERNOVA which has enlarged widely the possibilities to use the model.…
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SBB – service upgrades for tomorrow’s railway
30 July 2007 | By Paul Blumenthal, Head of SBB Passenger Traffic Division
Three years after the Rail 2000 project entered the operational phase, SBB now plans to introduce further service upgrades. In particular, the opening of the Lötschberg Base Tunnel in December 2007 will shorten journeys to Valais and Italy. The new timetable due to be introduced in December 2008 will see…
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Railroad simulation using OpenTrack
6 June 2007 | By Daniel Huerlimann, CEO, OpenTrack Railway Technology Ltd and Andrew Nash, Researcher, ETH IVT
OpenTrack is a user-friendly railroad network simulation program. It is a microscopic model that simulates rail system operations based on user defined train, infrastructure and timetable databases. OpenTrack can be used to evaluate and test infrastructure plans and operating schedules in order to optimise network and timetable design. It can…
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RailML – a standard interface for railway data
3 November 2005 | By Vasco Paul Kolmorgen, Coordinator of the RailML group, Dresden, Germany and Dr. Daniel Huerlimann, Coordinator of the RailML group, Zurich, Switzerland
As the number of different railway simulation and operation programmes increase, developing and maintaining individual interfaces will become impractical. Therefore, RailML has been developed using the XML (eXtensible Markup Language) to simplify data transfer through the use of a common data structure – a simple and efficient way to transfer…
