Organizing transportation on a double-track line under conditions of major overhaul on one track

Abstract

The problem of traffic organization on a railway line during the execution of civil works on super and sub-structures maintenance under the present conditions is becoming more and more difficult to solve, above all, due to the increased traffic intensity. In order to make decisions on indispensable measures to be taken under such circumstances, one needs information on train compositions and their delays, line capacity, facilities, etc. In order to obtain such information, it is necessary to use a computer simulation which significantly enhances the range of the problem to be solved and offers answers to the questions that cannot be solved by analytical models alone. The paper presents a simulation model of the trains’ movement on a double-track line when one track is closed to traffic due to the work executions. Such model will provide a better quality of decision-making in the process of traffic organization under given circumstances.