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Indian railways are one of the four largest railway systems globally and transport more than a billion tonnes of freight each year. However, several of the routes share the tracks with passenger trains. Passenger and freight trains operate at distinct speeds, and a slow-running freight train is often stopped to pass a faster passenger train. This leads to a reduction in the average speed of the freight train. In this context, a pre-processing tool to assist in the operational planning of freight trains using a trajectory-based graphical approach was developed to insert feasible rail movements in real time. The proposed method and its effectiveness are demonstrated using real-world data, which shows that the proposed method can greatly reduce delays and provide significant benefits for real-time applications.
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Raj, A., Vinayagam, U.S., Chilukuri, B.R. (2024). A Graphical Tool for Planning and Real-Time Operation of Freight Trains. In: Rao, K.R., Seyfried , A., Schadschneider, A. (eds) Traffic and Granular Flow '22 . TGF 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 443. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7976-9_49
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