Innovative approach to determining railway line capacity

Abstract

The contribution deals with critical assessment of used analytical and graphic-analytical methods for determining the lines capacity and of problems connected to the capacity formulation. Negative outcomes from executed case studies force us to investigate new approaches, which would result in more accurate capacity determination. Simulation models appear to be an appropriate tool allowing the investigation of the capacity of transport infrastructure in the interaction with the range of traffic. In case of incongruity between the transport infrastructure and the range of traffic operation, the implementation of various arrangements including the economical assessment can be simulated by means of scenarios. At the end of the paper a short list of the experience with the application of simulation modelling on particular lines in the Czech Republic is presented.