Compatibility assessment of passenger rolling stock material in Great Britain rail network

Abstract

The Great Britain railway system, distinguished from being one of the oldest in the world, is composed by a plethora of varying types of rolling stock, to a degree incompatible with each other, which cause considerable inefficiencies into the system. This Master thesis aims to give guidance on the definition of technical specifications for a Standard Rolling Stock Material type (S-RSM) capable of running passenger services for primary and secondary strategic route sections in Great Britain. For this purpose a collection of infrastructure technical data from its manager, Network Rail, is required at first stage for Iatter analysis and definition ofthe common railway vehicle parameters. A route availability (RA) study is also performed in primary and secondary routes so as to locate critica) areas in the network that may affect the operation of the railway vehiclcs at first step compatibility assessment.