Construction of Differentiated Periodic Freight Train Paths in Dense Mixed Traffic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158330" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158330</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13158330" target="_blank" >10.3390/su13158330</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Construction of Differentiated Periodic Freight Train Paths in Dense Mixed Traffic

Original language description

Freight rail transport plays key role in the transition to sustainable development. However, on European mainlines, freight trains have to cope with busy passenger operation-mostly in the form of (integrated) periodic timetables. Freight trains are characterized with very diverse parameters, so scheduling pre-arranged periodic freight train paths (PFTPs) on the basis of one sample freight train does not meet the needs of most freight operators. This article introduces new detailed framework process for hierarchized construction of differentiated (segmented) pre-arranged PFTPs. The process considers fluctuations in demand for capacity from freight rail operators, so the quality of a freight train path in terms of number of stops is related with its construction priority. This way, the process enhances competitiveness and decreases energy consumption of freight railway, as a factor for sustainable development. Correctness of the framework process is tested on the example of the Prague-Dresden mainline, in the context of prospective (denser) model passenger timetable. Results show that above 70% of real freight trains from the available historical data can fit into the proposed PFTPs. As a conclusion, the authors recommend reduction of service of the least frequent stops of regional trains to reduce number of scheduled stops for freight trains.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20104 - Transport engineering

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

SUSTAINABILITY

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

2071-1050

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

15

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

33

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000682223000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85111662992