The EU project COMBINE investigated about architectures and algorithms for advanced Traffic Management Systems (TMS) to optimise traffic in Management Systems (TMS) to optimise traffic in railways networks equipped with moving block safety systems. During the project lifetime algorithms for Conflict Detection and Resolution were implemented to real time optimisation of traffic flows, resulting in advisory speeds continuously sent to trains to regulate their movement. A TMS demonstrator was developed for the Amsterdam-Bruxelles-Paris high speed line around Breda triangle.
TECHNOLOGY:
Ad hoc models developed with MODSIM III
(CACI unsupported), C++,MFC.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
COMBINE 2 is the follow-up project of COMBINE.
COMBINE 2 was co-financed by the European Commission “Information Society” DG, inside the “IST Programme (1998-2002)”. COMBINE 2 resulted in the prototype of an advanced network of Traffic Management System (TMS) applications, controlling different safety systems (fixed block and moving block), and integrating and co-ordinating them by means of co-operation algorithms.
The aim was to demonstrate the effectiveness of traffic management approach to improve the traffic management approach to improve the railways network performance.
TECHNOLOGY:
Ad hoc models developed with MODSIM III
(CACI unsupported), C++,MFC.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
CUSTOMER:
Prorail
Taking advantage of the result of COMBINE and COMBINE 2 projects Prorail, the Dutch company managing rail infrastructure and innovation in the Dutch rail network, set up dGG (“Green Wave”) as a pilot project to investigate the ability of Dispatchers to deal with innovative Traffic Management Systems (TMS), and to measure the performance of the overall management system.
The project started March 2002 with a first phase, and ended in June 2004 with the real pilot on the Breda-Roosendaal-Rotterdam line.
This project was developed in co-operation with On Air.
TECHNOLOGY:
Ad hoc models developed with MODSIM III
(CACI unsupported), C++,MFC.
