Contents

Chapter 1  Introduction  / 1

1.1  Significance and characteristics of railway transportation organization  / 2

1.2  Basic principles of railway transport organization  / 5

1.3  Development trend of railway transportation organization  / 8

Chapter 2  Organization of Railway Passenger Flow  / 11

2.1  Connotation of railway passenger flow  / 11

2.2  Railway passenger flow statistics  / 12

2.3  Railway passenger flow survey  / 17

2.4  Railway passenger flow forecast  / 23

2.5  Railway passenger flow plan  / 28

Chapter 3  Organization of Railway Freight Flow  / 32

3.1  Railway transport freight  / 32

3.2  The classification and condition of railway freight transport  / 36

3.3  Organization of railway freight transport plan operation  / 40

3.4  Railway freight delivery operation organization  / 44

3.5  In-transit operation organization of railway freight  / 49

3.6  Arrival operation organization of rail freight  / 53

Chapter 4  Organization of Passenger Trains  / 56

4.1  Overview of passenger trains  / 56

4.2  Organizational mode of passenger train transportation  / 60

4.3  Reasonable departure time range of trains  / 61

4.4  Train stop scheme  / 66

4.5  Line planning  / 68

Chapter 5  Organization of Wagon Flow  / 77

5.1  The overview of organization of wagon flow  / 77

5.2  Influence factors of freight train marshalling plan  / 84

5.3  Marshalling organization of direct train from loading station  / 90

5.4  Marshalling and organization of single group train in technical station  / 96

Chapter 6  Train Operation Organization  / 108

6.1  Overview of train timetable  / 108

6.2  Elements of train timetabling  / 118

6.3  Train timetable designing  / 125

6.4  Locomotive operation organization  / 132

6.5  Train set operation organization  / 135

Chapter 7  Operation Organization of Station  / 139

7.1  Introduction  / 139

7.2  Technical operation at the technical station  / 152

7.3  Station shunting operation  / 158

7.4  Vehicle accumulation process  / 162

References  / 164