Rail Traffic Lab

What it is about

You work in groups on programmable tasks for modeling railway traffic. At the end you can rout trains, evaluate infrastructure and capacity utilization, and implement and demonstrate simple timetable planning and operating algorithms in Python.

What you will be able to do

• Familiarity with methods of railway simulation and planning
• Application of routing concepts in railway networks
• Assessment of infrastructure occupancy and capacity utilization
• Algorithmic competence for organizing train traffic
• Practical Python programming skills
• Ability to collaborate and divide tasks within teams

What the module consists of

• Computational ExerciseSolving four successive programming tasks in groups on routing, infrastructure modeling, capacity allocation, and train operations simulation
• Presence meetings (weekly)Feedback and discussion of solution approaches and implementation questions
• Interim presentations/demonstrationsPresentation of the solutions after each subtask to the supervisor

Teaching method

• Group work on programming tasksenables practical implementation and team organization
• Weekly presence sessions with feedbackserve to clarify, discuss, and improve the solutions
• Demonstration of the solutionsshows functionality and understanding of the developed approaches