TPL C17- PLASA 2 Smart planning and virtual certification

Researchers: Oskar Fröidh (Project manager), Ingrid Johansson (PhD student), Jennifer Warg (PhD student), Hans Sipilä

Source of Funding: Trafikverket (Swedish Transport Administration)/ KAJT / EU S2R

As PLASA 1, the project is about smart planning. Plasa 2 involves further development of the PRISM model and methodology developed in the first project. The macrosimulation tool PRISM enables faster analyses than the commonly used microscopic tool RailSys. In a case study on the line Hallsberg-Malmö, the tool is used and compared to simulation with RailSys, and to realistic data. While the case studies in PLASA 1 were theoretical with many assumptions, the further developed tool allows for a more realistic analysis. Deutsche Bahn, as developer of the tool, are applying PRISM in a variety of case studies on the German railway network and developing it to include capability to use microscopic data when available, without reducing the advantage of fast simulation. An analysis of the program’s advantages and disadvantages in comparison to RailSys as well as a description and method for use with incomplete data is also included in the project.

The project is under leadership from Deutsche Bahn (DB). Trafikverket is the Swedish partner using KTH and LU based researchers as linked third parties.