Simulation on the track
The Simulation on Rail meeting was held at ProRail in Utrecht on 24 November 2010.
Description
Following two previous lectures on simulation tools in the rail sector by DHV, Arcadis and Movares, a third and final lecture in this series is now provided by ProRail.
In the development of the railway network, simulation plays an increasing role in various planning and analysis processes.
To develop and quality-assess future timetable, infrastructure and control variants, ProRail applies a number of advanced simulation models.
Various models will be discussed at the meeting and demos will be available:
DONS - development of national timetables and routing at stations
SIMONE - timetable assessment at (national) network level
FRISO - timetable assessment at local (corridor, sub-network) level
SITA - bottleneck analysis running flows
Application of simulation requires adequate tools and deployment of specialists, neither of which are widely available.
Topic of the final discussion is how the rail sector can try to avoid fragmentation of knowledge and tools
17.00:00 Walk-in half-hour with videos of ProRail simulation models
17:30 Opening by ir Frank Bokhorst, board member KIVINIRIA Platform Railsystemen
17:35 General introduction on design process, with framework of planning and simulation, and positioning simulation tools. Leader: Dick Middelkoop, programme manager, ProRail
18:15 General demos and videos of simulation assets DONS, SIMONE, FRISO and SITA
19:00 Bread lunch
19:15 General discussion led by Frank Bokhorst, with participation of the speakers on simulation assets from the three meetings
20:15 After-dinner drinks
20:45 Closing
Location
Nieuweroordzaal, Moreelsepark 3, Utrecht
Organiser
Traffic and Transport
Rail Systems
Name and contact details for information
Frank Bokhorst, at the e-mail address below: