TPL F21- FR8RAIL III WP2: Real-time network management

Researcher: Behzad Kordnejad (Project manager)

Source of Funding: Trafikverket (Swedish Transport Administration) / EU S2R - IP5

Research in Real-time network management will improve operational processes using improved methods and
information support, and human interaction. The research will reduce the gaps between timetable planning and operational traffic, and between yard management and network management.

The project will make a TRL 6 demonstration utilizing the integrated information platform developed in the project. The demonstration will include several important actors of the processes in scope, such as line planner, yard manager and arrival/departure yard planner.

The objectives can be summarized as follows:
• To automate sequential planning and efficient human interaction, overcoming the current lack of synergies when handling and sharing data among infrastructure managers, yard/terminal managers, railway undertakings and maintenance contractors.
• To improve interaction and balancing capacity utilization between infrastructure managers, yard/terminal managers, railway undertakings and maintenance contractors.
• To reduce the gap between timetable planning and operational traffic.