Efficient heavy haul operations require accurate predictions of terminal arrival times and equipment cycle times. Most analytical and parametric approaches for railway capacity evaluation and operations planning focus on predicting average train delay and not the performance of individual trains and their delay distribution. In practice, train delay varies about this average according to some d...

The occurrences of accidents on the railways are inevitable in today’s world and the factors which may cause it, except the atmospheric and accidental ones, are identified and preventable as well. Therefore, these factors can be investigated and useful actions can be performed in order to reduce these accidents. The main impetus of the present research is the statistical analysis of the causes ...

In recent years, there have been requirments for a transport environment that will foster comfortable and safe town development. Studies on urban activities in aging societies with falling birthrates and effective use of public transport modes in addressing environmental problems have become particularly important issues. Public transport is of great importance, especially from the perspective ...

The location of ground faults in railway electric lines in 2 × 5 kV railway power supply systems is a difficult task. In both 1 × 25 kV and transmission power systems it is common practice to use distance protection relays to clear ground faults and localize their positions. However, in the particular case of this 2 × 25 kV system, due to the widespread use of autotransformers, the relation bet...

In this paper, we propose a novel graph representation, Railway Visualization, to reveal the information evolution with temporal relationship over time. Through Railway Visualization, it cannot only reveal the changes of an entity’s intra-state over time, but also can effectively disclose the intrinsic characteristics of the complicated relationship evolution, such as branching, crossing, split...

Risk assessment is becoming increasingly important for railway signal system in order to safeguard their passengers and employees while improving safety and reducing maintenance costs. However, the application of risk assessment methods in railway signal system may not give satisfactory results because the risk data are incomplete or there is a high level of uncertainty involved in the risk dat...

Risk management is becoming increasingly important for railway companies in order to safeguard their passengers and employees while improving safety and reducing maintenance costs. However, in many circumstances, the application of probabilistic risk analysis tools may not give satisfactory results because the risk data are incomplete or there is a high level of uncertainty involved in the risk...

Railway tunnel clearance is directly related to the safe operation of trains and upgrading of freight capacity. As more and more railway are put into operation and the operation is continuously becoming faster, the railway tunnel clearance inspection should be more precise and efficient. In view of the problems existing in traditional tunnel clearance inspection methods, such as low density, sl...

This paper constructs an additive two-stage network DEA (data envelopment analysis) model with consideration of undesirable outputs and shared inputs. Following the triple bottom line standard of sustainability, we calculate both the overall and sub-stage sustainability performance of railway transportation in China from 2002 to 2013, from the aspects of economy, environment and society. The re...