Welcome to Zurich / Willkommen in Zürich

Marco LuethiDaniel Huerlimann

OpenTrack User ConferenceJanuary 24, 2008

• Introduction of the participants / Vorstellungsrunde

• Release notes

• Presentation of version 1.5 of OpenTrack / Präsentation der Version 1.5 von OpenTrack

• Key features / wichtigste Neuerungen

• Short demo / kurze Demo

Agenda

OpenTrack - an ETH Zurich spin-off company

A spin-off company of ETH Zurich is a

newly founded company based on

research results of ETH Zurich in which

ETH employees or graduates participate.

OpenTrack Railway Technology Ltd.

c/o Institute for Transport Planning

and Systems

CH - 8093 Zürich, Switzerland

OpenTrack Railway Technology GmbH

OpenTrack - Simulation of Railway Networks

Daniel HuerlimannIVT - ETH Zurich

Train Categories: Running time distribution

Trains on time

Delayed trains

OpenTrack - Simulation of Railway Networks

Daniel HuerlimannIVT - ETH Zurich

Distribution (Type: piecewise linear)

88 90 92 94 96 98 [%]

0

5

10

15

20

[%]

25

30

35

Performance Factor (on time)

Pro

ba

bili

ty

OpenTrack - Simulation of Railway Networks

Daniel HuerlimannIVT - ETH Zurich

Train Categories: Running time distribution

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 [km]

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

110

120

130

[km/h]

UST

NAEN

SCWE

DUE

CHRI

NGUT

STET

ZHOT

ZSTH

ZMUO

ZMUS

ZLST

Distance / Distanz

Sp

eed

/

Ge

sch

win

dig

keit

OpenTrack - Simulation of Railway Networks

Daniel HuerlimannIVT - ETH Zurich

Train Categories: Running time distribution

Time / Zeit

Dis

tan

ce

/ D

ista

nz

00:10 00:20 00:30 00:40 Time

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

[km]

UST

NAEN

SCWE

DUE

CHRI

NGUT

STET

ZHOT

ZSTH

ZMUOZMUS

ZLST

Dispatching

Priority in function

of time

Route setting

(offensive/defensive)

Dispatching (Local Dispatching 1)

Station Y

X2000

P15000

Signals: Dispatching Delay

Station Y

X2000

P15000

Signals: Dispatching Delay

Dispatching (Local Dispatching 2)

Station Y

T100000

R10002

Signals: Dispatching Priority

Station Y

T100000

R10002

Signals: Dispatching Priority

OpenTrack - Simulation of Railway Networks

Daniel HuerlimannIVT - ETH Zurich

Incident sets

New table

OpenTrack - Simulation of Railway Networks

Daniel HuerlimannIVT - ETH Zurich

Periodic incidents

Period:

40 s ON, 10 s OFF,

50 s ON, 15 s Off

Periodic edge incident

OpenTrack - Simulation of Railway Networks

Daniel HuerlimannIVT - ETH Zurich

Periodic incident: Example crossing

Tram

Tram

crossing with

individual traffic

Tram: 10 min. interval, Moving Block

Route: Discrete for Mov. Block Operations

OpenTrack - Simulation of Railway Networks

Daniel HuerlimannIVT - ETH Zurich

Periodic incident: Output speed/distance

0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 [km]

0

10

20

30

40

50

[km/h]

No disturbance

Braking / reacceleration

Stop

OpenTrack - Simulation of Railway Networks

Daniel HuerlimannIVT - ETH Zurich

Periodic incident: Output occupations

08:00 08:01 08:02 Time

Lower Track

Upper Track

System SystemTram.1

System SystemTram.2

08:10 08:11 08:12 Time

Lower Track

Upper Track

SystemTram.3

SystemTram.4

No disturbance

Braking / reacceleration

OpenTrack - Simulation of Railway Networks

Daniel HuerlimannIVT - ETH Zurich

Blocking-time stairways (per direction)

OpenTrack - Simulation of Railway Networks

Daniel HuerlimannIVT - ETH Zurich

RailML timetable import and export

Time filterStation ID converter

OpenPowerNet - Electrical network simulation

OpenPowerNet

Railway Simulation Electrical Network Simulation

Interprocess Communication(TCP/IP, SOAP, RailML)

OpenPowerNet

Railway Simulation Electrical Network Simulation

Interprocess Communication(TCP/IP, SOAP, RailML)

OpenPowerNet - Electrical network simulation

OpenPowerNet

Railway Simulation Electrical Network Simulation

Interprocess Communication(TCP/IP, SOAP, RailML)

• Precise railway operation simulation

• Co-simulation with electrical network calculation

• Online-communication between operation and electrical network simulation

• Retroaction of electrical network calculation to train driving dynamic

• Comprehensive analyzing and interpreting tools (energy, load flows, currents,voltages)

Questionsand

Answers

Demo