INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE FOR AUTOMATED SCHEDULING OF

CONTAINER TRAIN TRAFFIC IN INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION

FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (ESCAP)

5th Meeting of Working Group on Trans-Asian Railway Network

Advisor to President RZD OJSC

Gennady Bessonov

Busan, Republic of Korea, 13-14 June 2017

Zabaikalsk

Brest

Dostyk

Kanisai

Altynkol

Naushki

Zamyn-Uud

Chengdu Chongqing

Zhengzhou

Nakhodka

Dalian

Harbin

Riga

Vladivostok

Krasnoye Duisburg

Zilupe

CONTAINER TRAIN ROUTES

NAME OF CITY - CITY OF STATION EN-ROUTE

- CUSTOMS POINT

Malaszewicze

Shanghai

2

NEW SERVICE FOR CLIENT

3

FAST AND ACCURATE

TIMING

THROUGH AUTOMATED

PLANNING OF RAIL

TRAFFIC

INFORMATION FLOWS BETWEEN RAIL ADMINISTRATIONS

4

Supranational

level

Central

server

1. Time of departure

and time of arrival en-

route rail

administration’s

domain 2. Time of

entrance to rail

administration’

s domain

National Level

3. Time of departure and

arrival en-route rail

administration’s domain

2. Time of entrance

to rail

administration’s

domain

4. Time of departure en-

route rail

administration’s domain

and arrival at

destination station

Zabaikalsk Krasnoye

PROCEDURE OF SCHEDULING BLOCK TRAIN TRAFFIC:

NATIONAL LEVEL

Routing:

Plan generation

or special route

Layout of train path:

• Tight run profile

• Regulatory standards for

train handling

Approving schedule

of block train

traffic 5

SOFTWARE OPERATION RESULTS:

BLOCK TRAIN TRAFFIC SCHEDULE

6

Increasing the level of client-oriented approach of rail services

Adjusting block train traffic schedule to the infrastructure operation modes

Increasing efficiency of locomotive and locomotive team operation through advanced planning of block train handling

Ensuring the availability of advanced planning of off-loading work followed by rational rolling stock utilisation

Increasing efficiency in train path sales for stake holding structures with regard to their needs

Ensuring client’s access to the planned schedule

7

ADVANTAGES OF IMPLEMENTING SOFTWARE

1

2

3

4

5

6

Eliminating temporary randomness and ensuring determination of transportation in time 7

Increasing profitability of carriers 8

Thank you for your kind attention!