Course syllabus
Kapacitet och punktlighet i järnvägstrafik
Capacatiy and Punctuality in Railway Transportation
VTVG05, 7,5 credits, G2 (First Cycle)
Valid for: 2021/22
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering, LTH
Decided by: PLED V
Date of Decision: 2021-04-15
General Information
Compulsory for: IBYI3
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish
Aim
The aim is to go from the basics of railway transportation,
through more advanced concepts, up to the research frontier. Except
disciplinary competences, the aim is also to prepare the student
for larger independent projects, and to give tools to and
experience of independently pose and answer research questions
using both literature studies and data of various kinds.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
- Understand the foundations of railway transportation and the
capacity allocation process.
- Be able to read and interpret a graphical timetable.
- Understand the terms capacity and punctuality, and know what
influences them.
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
- Independently seek and utilise relevant research
literature.
- Handle and analyse timetable and delay data.
- Construct graphical timetables for mixed railway
operations.
- Calculate and describe relevant key performance indicators for
actual and scheduled operations, with regards to capacity
utilisation, robustness and punctuality.
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
- Show an open, constructive and reflective approach to their own
learning and work, as well as that of their peers.
- Based on timetables, delay data and research literature,
critically evaluate railway operations and give constructive,
targeted advice to industry stakeholders.
Contents
Capacity and timetable planning, including:
- Run, dwell, headway and buffer times;
- Stopping patterns, meetings, passes and associations between
trains;
- Cyclical and noncyclical timetables, homogenous and
heterogenous operations, maintenance works;
- The capacity allocation process, prioritisation criteria;
- Timetable quality, robustness, and how to achieve them.
Analysis of delays and punctuality, including:
- Arrival, departure, dwell, and run time delays;
- The distribution of delays in size, space and time;
- Valuation of delay time, quality/delay fees, and recourse;
- Punctiality, regularity, and influencing factors;
- Measurement and evaluations systems, quality assessment and
improvement.
Examination details
Grading scale: TH - (U,3,4,5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: Oral and written presentation of individual project report.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Admission
The number of participants is limited to: No
Reading list
- Trafikverket: Kapacitet på järnväg – en kunskapsöversikt. 2019.
- Nelldal, Bo-Lennart, Lindfeldt, Anders & Lindfeldt, Olov : Kapacitetsanalys av järnvägsnätet i Sverige – Delrapport 1. , Hur många tåg kan man köra? En analys av praktisk och teoretisk kapacitet. 2009.
- Lindfeldt, Anders : Kapacitetsanalys av järnvägsnätet i Sverige – Delrapport 2, Bearbetning av databas över infrastruktur, trafik, tidtabell och förseningar. 2009.
- Nelldal, Bo-Lennart: Kapacitetsanalys av järnvägsnätet i Sverige – Delrapport 3., Förslag till åtgärder för att öka kapaciteten på kort sikt. KTH, 2009.
- Nelldal, Bo-Lennart: Kapacitetsanalys av järnvägsnätet i Sverige – Delrapport 3., Förslag till åtgärder för att öka kapaciteten på kort sikt. KTH, 2009.
- Nelldal, Bo-Lennart: Några slutsatser av fem års forskning på kapacitet och kvalitet i järnvägstrafik - eller Doktor Lindfeldts recept. KTH, 2010.
Contact and other information
Examinator: Carl-William Palmqvist, carl-william.palmqvist@tft.lth.se
Course coordinator: Carl-William Palmqvist, carl-william.palmqvist@tft.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.tft.lth.se