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Rail Operations
GFT&RS is structured to offer a premier team of planning, operations, simulation, and analysis professionals who are recognized as leaders in their fields.
Our demonstrated planning, operations, and simulation capabilities provide:
Operations Analyses for:
- Operating plan development and testing
- Rail line/train control system capacity
- Integration of regional transit service
- Integration of freight and commuter rail
- Intermodal transit scheduling
- Rail transit integration with air or other ground transit
- Transit or freight rail acquisitions
- Cost/benefit
- Systems upgrades to support future operations.
Alternative Operations Analyses
- Environmental impact assessments.
Operations Analyses Based Upon Ridership
- Environmental impacts vs. ridership demand and diversion from single-occupant vehicles (SOVs)
- Vehicle performance evaluations using simulation.
Design-Build Project Delivery Operations Analyses for:
- Staging construction "under traffic"
- Staging multi-phased projects
- Goal setting and proposal evaluation against operational criteria
- "Up front" evaluation to lower overall construction costs.
Track & Right-of-Way Analyses Using our InXpress™ Tools
- Supporting operational control needs
- Interlocking, station, or terminal reconfiguration for maximized operations.
Signals and Train Control Evaluations Using our Powerful RAILSIM® Capability
- Signal/train control system capacity analysis
- Signal block layout design and evaluation
- Need for advanced signaling application to sustain or upgrade throughput.
Network Simulations
Featuring Rail Traffic Controller (RTC) network simulation software tool
- Resolution of train dispatching conflicts/protocols for proposed service enhancements or existing issues
- Network capacity analysis
- Operations planning for major construction
- "Turn-key" development and calibration of network simulation models
- Freight/passenger operations interfacing.
Communication Needs Based Upon Multiple Operational Scenarios
- Operational needs
- Passenger information needs
- ADA requirements
- Security requirements.
Interoperation of Intermodal Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Rail and highway crossings in conjunction with the unique VISSIM® simulation tool.
Traction Power Networks, Sizing and Siting for Multiple Scenarios Using RAILSIM®; and
- Carnegie Mellon's Energy Management Model (EMM) modules:
- Train Performance Simulator (TPS) tool
- Electrical Network Simulator (ENS) tool.
Catenary as Adjunct to Track, Right-of-Way and Interlocking Operating Requirements
- In conjunction with the GFT&RS CatPro2™ design program.
Maintenance and Yard Facility Operations
- Facilities to support operational changes or expansions
- Yard configuration based upon operational needs.
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