Performance comparison between the Dutch and European signalling system at bottlenecks Final report Graduation Thesis Nico Huurman, January 2013 Performance comparison between the Dutch and European signalling system at bottlenecks Graduation Thesis MSc in Civil Engineering Student Name: Nico (N.T.J.) Huurman Student number: 1275437 E-mail:
[email protected] University Delft University of Technology (Technische Universiteit Delft) Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department of Transport & Planning Company ARCADIS Nederland BV Divisie Mobiliteit Marktgroep Rail Team Railverkeerstechniek Graduation committee Prof. dr. ir. Bart (B.) van Arem TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department Transport & Planning Prof. dr. ir. Rolf (R.P.B.J.) Dollevoet TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Section Road & Railway Engineering Dr. Rob (R.M.P.) Goverde TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department Transport & Planning Prof.Dr.-Ing. Ingo (I.A.) Hansen TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department Transport & Planning Ing. Rikus (H.) Koops Arcadis, Adviseur/Specialist Railverkeerstechniek & Railverkeerskunde Ir. Paul (P.B.L.) Wiggenraad TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department Transport & Planning ii Preface This document sketches the results of my graduation thesis research on the comparison of minimum headway times at bottleneck situations between the Dutch and the European train protection system. The aim of this MSc thesis research is to compare the found headway times for the current NS’54 block system with ATB-EG train protection and the ETCS L2 train protection system. The research will search for improved positioning of signals and block limit for both systems to enable a smaller time headway at common conflict points.