Railway Operations Management
About this course

Overview

A timetable is a promise about capacity, and the interesting part is what happens once it starts slipping. You cover timetabling, capacity analysis and real-time control, weighted towards recovering a service after disruption rather than planning the perfect day.

What you will be able to do

Learning outcomes

  • Build a conflict-free timetable for a route
  • Estimate capacity and identify bottlenecks
  • Make sound traffic control prioritisation calls
  • Apply a structured disruption recovery approach
  • Assess trade-offs in mixed-traffic operation
What the course sets out to do

Course objectives

  • Construct timetables and train paths
  • Analyse line and node capacity
  • Manage real-time traffic control decisions
  • Handle disruption and service recovery
  • Balance capacity between freight and passenger traffic
Course content

Modules

01

Timetabling principles

Train paths, headways, margins, and conflict resolution in timetable design.

02

Capacity analysis

Line and junction capacity, utilisation, and bottleneck identification.

03

Traffic control

Real-time regulation, prioritisation, and control-centre decision making.

04

Disruption management

Contingency plans, service recovery, and communication during incidents.

05

Mixed-traffic operation

Reconciling freight and passenger demands on shared infrastructure.

06

Performance measurement

Punctuality, delay attribution, and operational performance reporting.

Who it is for

Target audience

Traffic managers, operations supervisors, control-centre staff, and operations planners on freight and passenger railways.

Before you start

Prerequisites

Rail operations, traffic management or planning experience.

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