Current technologies for managing rail traffic such as the Global System Mobile communications Railway (GSM-R) will be no longer available within upcoming years. The European Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (S2R-JU) proposed Adaptable Communication (ACS) to overcome this problem. In work, we model ACS by abstracting it at Internet Protocol (IP) level, using tunnels datagrams’ transmission a commun...

Cross-line trains, as a link between high-speed and conventional rail networks, will increase the complexity of transport organization and lead to significant challenges in dispatch coordination between the two systems. Based on the characteristics of high-speed transport organization, this paper deals with the necessity of dispatch coordination between high-speed and conventional lines from th...

Maintenance contracts have received significant attention in last ten years. It has huge potential to reduce the upfront investments in maintenance infrastructure, specialised maintenance facilities, and risk for owners through expert services provided by the original equipment manufacturers and/ or specialist maintenance providers. There is a growing trend for asset intensive Industries to out...

The modelling of passengers and pedestrians at transport facilities remains a complex issue to be addressed by industry within a transportation context. Passenger and pedestrian movements are a key component in all transport systems including public transport operations, interchange facilities and airport operations. Pedestrian performance is also a significant issue for design of retail centre...