Establishing the impact of empty freight trains on the capacity railway lines

Abstract

Currently, according to the standard schedule of Uzbekistan Railways JSC, the timing of departure, acceleration, and braking of freight trains is determined uniformly for different weight compositions on each section of the railway track. This, in turn, does not allow for an accurate assessment of the level of utilization of the existing permeability capacity of the railway section. In this study, the impact of accounting for the period of the schedule based on the proportion of freight trains of different weights in the movement schedule is examined with respect to the permeability capacity of railway sections. Uzbekistan Railways JSC has demonstrated that the existing permeability capacity of single-track and double-track railway sections can be increased by 7% and 5%, respectively, under existing operating conditions.