Defining, measuring and implementing robustness
- How do we define robustness in relationship to the different parties involves in rail sector:
- The train operator?
- The infrastructure provider?
- The passenger?
- How can we maintain the level of robustness throughout the planning processes?
- Can we measure robustness and express it in a simple way understandable by management?
- What are the barriers for implementing robustness in planning?
- In relation to robustness, what are the current challenges in the industry?
Emphasizing passengers in the planning phase
Most railway operators around the world only measure train punctuality, not passenger punctuality. However, it is a well-known fact that train delays differ from passenger delays and even minor train delays can cause large passenger delays. In this regard we first want to discuss the pros and cons of focusing solely on the passengers when designing the timetable. Afterwards, we will discuss the challenges and which steps should be taken to enforce such a paradigm shift.
Implementing decision support systems
- What are the main barriers in implementing new decision support systems in Railway operations?
- How can we facilitate a process, that makes it easier to develop and implement new tools?
Industrial Adoption of Formal Methods for Railways - Latest Advances and Benefits
- How can formal methods be adopted?
- What are the barriers?
- Where are the highest returns of investment to be expected?
- What are the challenges and needs by industry? Are there some specific problems/tasks that it could be interesting for you to get solved/supported?
- How can university and industry collaborate?
- Comments&questions to invited talk by Jan Peleska and the talk by Linh Vu Hong.
Network effects, robustness and level of service
In order to ensure a high robustness, should we then stake on train systems with many direct lines or train systems with many shorter lines of higher frequency where transfer is needed several times?
On many short lines of higher frequency the risk of train delays being spread in the network are minimized. It can provide a better service to irregular operations. Conversely, service for long journeys will become deteriorated since there are fewer direct lines and part of the passengers have to transfer. What other options are there to minimize the risk of delays in one part of the network spread to other parts of the network?
The Signaling Program as a Driver for Technological Innovation in Denmark
- Foreseen technological limitations of the Signaling Program
- Is there a plan?
- What is the contribution of Danish industry into Signaling Program deployments?
- Denmark as a buyer or a source for (railway) technological developments?
- Cooperation models between industry, research and the railway sector: the role of ERRAC and Railway Technological Platforms in Europe.
- What is the Danish model? Why is Denmark not represented in ERRAC?
- Is there a Danish - vision? Who should lead it?
- How can research-industry synergies be boosted?