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Railway Traffic Control and Safety

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Transportation and Future Mobility".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 2795

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Dr. Jozef Gasparik

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Department of Railway Transport, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Žilina, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
Interests: transportation; railway capacity; intermodal transport; transport logistics; railway
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Railways are under increasing pressure to raise efficiency without sacrificing safety. In support of these challenges, this Special Issue aims to assess railway traffic control, a core railway activity that leans heavily on efficiency and safety to improve its performance.

Railway systems should be able to offer performance, which means guaranteeing traffic flows with minimum disruption, based on high levels of operational availability, safety, and security. The network will be engineered for resilience and optimized by interoperable real-time traffic management that allows for intelligent, predictive, and adaptable operational control of train movements, maximizes system capacity and saves energy.

Rail mobility should remain one of the safest and most environmentally friendly modes of transport. This requires continuous innovation and development in these topics:

  • Railway traffic operation and safety management;
  • Railway traffic sustainable management and system reliability;
  • Intelligent transport system and automatic train operation;
  • Interoperability of railway system;
  • Capacity management of railway infrastructure.

Dr. Jozef Gasparik
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • railway operation
  • safety technologies
  • infrastructure capacity
  • interoperability
  • intelligent transport system

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A Method for Using GSM Technology and SCADA Systems to Monitor and Control Decommissioned and Partially Decommissioned Railway Stations
by Alexandru-Florian Popov, Dominic Mircea Kristaly, Dragoș-Vasile Bratu, Maria-Alexandra Zolya and Sorin-Aurel Moraru
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(8), 4874; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13084874 - 13 Apr 2023
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Railway systems are sometimes faced with the necessity of decommissioning railway stations due to issues in the electricity supply system, control system failures, or a decrease in train traffic. In order for fully or partially decommissioned stations to maintain functionality and turnout availability, [...] Read more.
Railway systems are sometimes faced with the necessity of decommissioning railway stations due to issues in the electricity supply system, control system failures, or a decrease in train traffic. In order for fully or partially decommissioned stations to maintain functionality and turnout availability, the researchers propose the use of a computer system utilizing GSM technology. Using AES-encrypted SMS messages, GSM signaling can be applied to a wide range of electrical equipment at decommissioned stations, enabling monitoring and control of these installations remotely, as well as allowing for integration into an existing SCADA system. This study attempts to estimate the reduction in total delays and operating cost that would arise when implementing this control system in a low-resource setting. An impact and cost analysis was performed on a rail section with partially decommissioned stations (Brașov–Codlea, Romania), to ascertain whether this control method would result in significant delay and cost reductions. The analyzed data show that the proposed control system can significantly reduce delays and costs on railway lines with decommissioned stations, thus allowing for a more efficient use of resources. By leveraging technology to monitor and control electrical installations remotely, the need for physical presence at the decommissioned station is eliminated. Overall, the research described represents a significant step towards the more efficient and safe use of railway infrastructure, and could potentially lead to the reactivation of previously decommissioned stations, providing benefits for both passengers and freight transport operators. Full article
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Double-Track One-Direction Operation Mode for Overnight Trains on High-Speed Railway
by Zhengfu Xu, Kai Li, Qinyu Zhang and Huiling Fu
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(6), 3527; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13063527 - 9 Mar 2023
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The mileage of China’s high-speed railways is increasing, and trains running only during the day cannot satisfy the need. In the existing train organization and maintenance modes, overnight trains and maintenance constructions strongly interact with each other and are difficult to coordinate. Although [...] Read more.
The mileage of China’s high-speed railways is increasing, and trains running only during the day cannot satisfy the need. In the existing train organization and maintenance modes, overnight trains and maintenance constructions strongly interact with each other and are difficult to coordinate. Although some overnight trains run on a high-speed railway (HSR), currently, they are all sunset-departure and sunrise-arrival trains, and none of them depart in the night by passenger’s habits. Only a one-way line is occupied by night, except rendezvous; the opposite direction line resources are idled. According to this feature, a double-track one-direction mode on the HSR was proposed based on the reverse running ability of the train control system to coordinate the train operation and maintenance. A mathematical model was established, and a heuristic algorithm based on simulated annealing was designed. The validity of the model was verified on the section from Xuzhoudong to Xi’anbei of Xuzhou-Lanzhou HSR, as an example. The results showed that 10 pairs of overnight sleeper trains and some freight trains can run, and the maintenance disruption is not less than 180 min. The proposed method can provide a new method to coordinate the overnight operation and maintenance of the HSR and increase the capacity of HSRs. Full article
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