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SIGNAL+DRAHT | Issue 03/2023

Predictable performance capability of marshalling yards

March 2023 | Editor

The determining factor for the amount of traffic planned in marshalling yards is their daily performance capability. This indicates how many wagons can be processed per day in a marshalling yard. The hourly performance capability of the hump yard and the operating processes play a central role in this. The aim of this paper is to establish a simple link between the plannable daily performance capability of a train formation yard (ZBA) and the performance capability of its hump yard in order to link the operating requirements during the day with the resulting constructional and technical requirements...