Process of Capacity Allocation on Public Sidings

Abstract

The gradual liberalization of the Czech rail market did not leave unaffected sidings and railway infrastructure managers operating railway transport as their main business activity at the same time. This paper presents the main changes in capacity allocation on public sidings in accordance with the amendment to the Act on Rail Systems. It outlines the specific procedures in capacity allocation on public sidings, the specific modes of request processing and the economic side of capacity allocation. The purpose of capacity allocation is to allow for an efficient use of services offered to all authorized entities. The requests are generally submitted through PROK SW. Furthermore, this paper touches on the initial experience of the Faculty of Transport Engineering of the University of Pardubice, as a capacity allocator on public sidings and rails owned by Ceske drahy, a.s., with statistical evaluation.