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<p>The paper focuses on construction layout of railway stations, mainly platforms for boarding passenger trains. Platform layout has significant impact to the operation of trains, because passengers cross some tracks horizontally, when the train boarding is necessary. Horizontal track crossings cause possible dangerous situations from passengers’ point of view as well as operational problems from dispatcher point of view, because other trains have to slow or stop their ride. It may cause delays and it negatively influences timetable planning too. The problem is deeply analysed and described in a case study of Opatov railway station.</p>
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The paper focuses on construction layout of railway stations, mainly platforms for boarding passenger trains. Platform layout has significant impact to the operation of trains, because passengers cross some tracks horizontally, when the train boarding is necessary. Horizontal track crossings cause possible dangerous situations from passengers’ point of view as well as operational problems from dispatcher point of view, because other trains have to slow or stop their ride. It may cause delays and it negatively influences timetable planning too. The problem is deeply analysed and described in a case study of Opatov railway station.

Construction Layout of Stations and its Impact to Train Delays

Faculty of Transport Engineering, Department of Transport Technology and Control

Transport technic and technology

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The paper focuses on construction layout of railway stations, mainly platforms for boarding passenger trains. Platform layout has significant impact to the...

Construction Layout of Stations and its Impact to Train Delays

Publié en ligne: 15 juil. 2021

Pages: 21 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttt-2021-0004

Mots clés
railway transport, safety of passengers, station layout, train delay

© 2021 Petr Štembírek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Construction Layout of Stations and its Impact to Train Delays

Publié en ligne: 15 juil. 2021

Pages: 21 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttt-2021-0004

Mots clésrailway transport, safety of passengers, station layout, train delay

© 2021 Petr Štembírek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
railway transport, safety of passengers, station layout, train delay