REPORT 2006 - 4 Railway Operation Alex Landex, Anders H. Kaas & Sten Hansen Centre for Traffic and Transport Technical University of Denmark Railway Operation Alex Landex, Anders H. Kaas & Sten Hansen Subject: Railway Capacity Railway operation Infrastructure Headway Timetable Timetabling Network effects Train This Report has been published by: Centre for Traffic and Transport Technical University of Denmark Report 2006-4 Published in 50 copies. The report may be purchased from the Centre for Traffic and Transport (CTT) Bygningstorvet, Building 115 Technical University of Denmark DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby Att: Bente Svensson, Phone: +45 4525 1527 E-mail:
[email protected] The price is DKK 150,00 + tax + postage ISSN-1600-1575 ISBN-87-91137-21-7 Index 1 Characteristics of railway traffic ......................................... 1 1.1 Overview ....................................................................... 2 1.2 Capacity conditions ......................................................... 3 1.3 Rolling stock and train capacity......................................... 8 1.4 The level of service is part of the alternative..................... 12 1.4.1 Local effects or network effects....................................... 15 1.5 The Utilization problem.................................................. 15 1.6 Summary .................................................................... 17 References............................................................................... 18 2 Capacity conditions..........................................................