Digital design trends of train and shunting operations at railway stations

Abstract

This article explores in detail the problems associated with the digitization of train and shunting work at railway stations. Based on the analysis of the indicators of the use of the “Ch” station under the JSC “Uzbekistan Railways”, the factors that negatively affect the development of the digitization stages have been studied. A daily executed work-plan graph of the sorting station was also studied in real-time conditions. It found that the finished contents would remain standing at the station departure park for an average of 4 hours or more. One of the main reasons for this was the insufficient capacity of the adjacent station to handle trains. The station staff were therefore shown to be making possible the formation of “abandoned trains”. Recommendations were made to introduce a digitized complex system to improve train and shunting operations at railway stations. The functional capabilities of the proposed system were analyzed. Key words: railway station, loading of station, “abandoned train”, station daily executed work-plan graph, sorting hump capacity, digitized system, functional capacity, software.