Organisation of railway freight transport: case study CIM/SMGS between Slovakia and Ukraine

Abstract

Purpose This paper presents a method for optimising freight traffic procedures on the border between Slovakia (European Union) and Ukraine.

Baseline Model to Increase Railway Infrastructure Capacity on a Single-Track Section: a Case Study

“…Then, occupation times for individual probability of train sequences in limiting interstate section are determined and multiples of train numbers in individual sequences are calculated [9][10][11][12].…”

“…To determine the number of train paths for each train typologies, after examining the possibilities of creating the symmetric cycle train graph schedule diagram, it is necessary to quantify the practical throughput of the assessed section [8][9][10][11][12].…”

“…For this purpose, facts by analyzing the elements of the Train Graph Schedule (TGS) diagram in 2015, such as interstate section occupation times, station and track intervals, and so on were identified. In Table 4, numbers of established routes for passenger and freight trains and total and free capacity in the Zvolen -Banska Bystrica section are processed [10][11][12][13][14][15]. Table 5 shows the throughput indicators in the current state.…”

Proposal for Streamlining the Railway Infrastructure Capacity on the Specific Track Section in the Context of Establishing an Integrated Transport System

“…There is also a remote (dispatcher) controlled track between the cities of Kysak and Ličartovce on the assessed infrastructure section. All the operating buildings are constantly occupied without the transport service lockout [6][7][8][9].…”

The future of European rail freight transport and logistics

“…Organising railway freight transport between Slovakia and Ukraine is an example where the potential for improvements is high, but traditional manual procedures increase lead times dramatically and thus limit the attractiveness of rail freight. Abramović et al [1] present a method for optimising freight traffic procedures on the border between Slovakia (European Union) and Ukraine. The most important organisational aspect of transport in this case is the existence of two different procedures.…”