Rail operations
Railway traction - Equipment operation and safety

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Rail operations


Railway traction - Equipment operation and safety

Author : Pierre CHAPAS

Publication date: May 10, 2007 | Lire en français

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1. Rail operations

1.1 Objectives and optimization

The term "operation" refers to the entity in charge of traffic management.

Its objectives are :

  • customer satisfaction in terms of response to transport demand;

  • train traffic safety ;

  • the quality of the service offered in terms of guaranteed working hours;

  • the optimum cost contributing to the profitability of the rail system.

Reconciling the first three objectives with minimum cost is severely hampered for two reasons:

  • most networks were designed and built...

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